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TOKYO (AP) – Maria Sharapova twisted her ankle while serving Thursday and quit her Pan Pacific Open quarterfinal against Petra Kvitova in a rematch of this summer's Wimbledon final.

Maria Sharapova of Russia receives treatment after injuring her left ankle in her match against Petra Kvitova.

By Kiyoshi Ota, Getty Images

Maria Sharapova of Russia receives treatment after injuring her left ankle in her match against Petra Kvitova.

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By Kiyoshi Ota, Getty Images

Maria Sharapova of Russia receives treatment after injuring her left ankle in her match against Petra Kvitova.

Kvitova was ahead 4-3 in the first set when Sharapova was injured. Sharapova limped to her chair and pulled out after speaking with her trainer. She went to a hospital for an MRI.

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"I hit a serve and then landed awkwardly on my left ankle," said Sharapova, seeded second. "I felt a sharp pain and next thing I knew I was on the floor. It swelled up immediately and I knew there was no way I could continue."

Added Kvitova: "It's sad because we were both playing so well. It was a great match but I could see (the ankle) was really big. Hopefully, she will be OK."

At the Wimbledon title match in July, Kvitova beat Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 for her first major championship.

Kvitova, the fifth-seeded Czech, will next face fourth-seeded Vera Zvonareva, who defeated Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-3 in an all-Russian match.

"I played her already three times, the last time in Madrid on clay when I beat her," Kvitova said. "She's a very good player. She has a great serve and hits the ball well so it will be a tough match."

Zvonareva had five aces and improved to 6-0 against Kirilenko.

"I'm really happy that my serve helped me today," Zvonareva said. "The first serve was good and my second serve even caused her some problems, and that made a big difference."

Kirilenko knocked out U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur on Tuesday and beat 12th-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday. But she struggled with her serve against Zvonareva and was broken three times.

"Maria is a great player and a great fighter, and proved it by beating two tough opponents on her way to the quarterfinals," Zvonareva said. "There is no secret to beating her. I just tried to make some shots that caused her some discomfort and was able to do that."

Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated seventh-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 7-5, 6-0 to reach the final four. She will next face Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who downed Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 7-6 (9-7).

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Women’s tennis being taken over by ‘hot and beautiful’ babes

Melbourne: Women’s tennis is apparently being taken over by hot and beautiful players, according to a report.

Be it No.1 Caroline Wozniacki, or Maria Sharapova, or Vera Zvonareva – at least half of the top female tennis players are so beautiful that they can very well become models, claims the report.

The advantage is obvious as the hotter the player is, the more she would catch the eye of coaches and sponsors early in her career, reports the Age.

In fact the report suggested that some beautiful players often get to play on centre court even if they are unseeded.

During Wimbledon’s early rounds this year, some of the more attractive but unseeded players, such as Gisela Dulko, Sorana Cirstea and Maria Kirilenko, were picked to play on centre court, while some of the higher-ranked but less attractive players were relegated to the outer courts.

A BBC spokesman confirmed that, even though the decision was in the hands of Wimbledon officials, “our preference would always be a Brit or a babe, as this always delivers high viewing figures”

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U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur bowed out of the China Open after losing to Maria Kirilenko from Russia in the second round on Tuesday.

The China Open, which ran in its eighth year, has lost world number one Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters to injury or weird illness. It was then followed by early upsets from reigning Grand Slam winners Li Na (French Open) and Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic(Wimbledon).

There was another surprise on the fourth matchday of the elite tournament when world number seven Stosur went down to the 27th ranked Kirilenko 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 after two hours' battle.

"I've only played two tournaments since winning the U.S. Open so it's not the end of the world. Obviously I wanted it to be a lot better than what it has been, but I guess it's one of those things," Stosur said.

With the convincing victory, Kirilenko, the 2005 China Open champion, improved her record against Stosur to 4-4.

"I played against her eight times in my life and now we have an even score in all matches. I know how she's playing, nothing new," Kirilenko, 24, commented on the rivalry.

Stosur shared the same sentiment with Kirilenko, "I don't think there's anything really bad with the tactics going out to play Maria. I think in the U.S. Open I won in three sets; last week I lost 6-4 in the third, so there is reall not a lot in it. It's just a matter of at those crucial times doing my game plan and really sticking to it when it really matters."

Stosur made a flying start at the opening set, notching up a break in the fourth game to lead at 3-1, but it was just a flash in the pan as the Australian, who claimed the first Grand Slam title in career in the U.S. Open, was troubled by too many unforced errors in the following play of the set.

Kirilenko, who has just defeated the Australian in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo a week ago, was not affected by the slow start and raised her level with a more aggressive game. She mixed attacks from the baseline with net approach and broke back two times in seventh and 11th games before clinching the set at 7-5.

Stosur finally produced an impressive display from baseline and called the shots in the second set, converting on three out of six break points to take it at 6-1.

The deciding third set was hotly contested, with Kirilenko first storming to a 3-0 lead and then Stosur breaking back to level at 5-5.

The final two games was just a replica of those in the opening set, seeing Kirilenko break first and then serve for the match.

"I did't get off to as good a start as you want going into a third set. 3-love down and then 5-2 down, that's not a deficit you want to be in when it's the last set of the match," Stosur said of the final set.

"I got it back to 5-all and started playing quite well again and really felt like I was on top of it. Unfortunately I didn't play a great game at 5-all and I think I had chances to do a little more with the ball but I didn't," added Stosur.