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Maria Sharapova ends Laura Robson hopes

Sharapova ends Robson hopes
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Great Britain's Laura Robson is knocked out of the women's Olympic singles by Russian third seed Maria Sharapova.

Great Britain's Laura Robson has been knocked out of the women's Olympic singles by third seed Maria Sharapova.

The 18-year-old lost her serve in game five of the first set but managed to break back and level the opener at 4-4.

The remainder of the set stayed on serve and it was down to a tie-break to decide who would move ahead in the match, with Sharapova prevailing 7-5 as Robson's serve was broken on the 12th point.

Sharapova broke at the first opportunity in the second and looked to be cruising to victory at 4-1 before Robson bounced back to move back to 4-3.

However, the Russian broke back instantly before she served out the match 6-3.

Sharapova next faces her conqueror from Wimbledon this year, young German Sabine Lisicki, in round three of the Games.

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