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STUTTGART. — Maria Sharapova won her third straight Porsche Grand Prix tennis title on Sunday by coming from behind to defeat Ana Ivanovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final.
Sharapova won her first tournament of the year and clinched the 30th title of her career. She is now undefeated in 13 consecutive matches on the indoor clay in Stuttgart. Ivanovic wasted a 3-1 lead in the second set as Sharapova raised her game to stay in the high-quality match between two former top-ranked players and French Open champions.

Ivanovic was seeking her third title of the year. “I just tried to hang in there,” Sharapova said. “For the first half of the match I thought it might not be my day today, but somehow I turned it around.”

Ivanovic got off to a flying a start and won the first five games of the match before Sharapova started fighting back. Ivanovic wasted a set point and could not serve out the set at her first attempt. She gifted Sharapova another game with a double-fault but finally pulled together to win the first set. — AFP.