Maria Sharapova squeezed through her way to reach the quarterfinals of Roland Garros 2011.

The former world number one tennis star is currently seventh seed and she easily edged Polish 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 to make her way to the French Open 2011 Quarterfinals on Monday.

Maria Sharapova is now expected to show her skills again in Paris either against 25th seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko or German 15th seed Andrea Petkovic to confirm a semifinal seat of French Open.

Initially, it was not looking easy for Sharapova to beat Agnieszka Radwanska as Agnieszka was cruising against her with 4-1 in first set.

However, Sharapova, known for her fighting skills, bounced back and survived five set points in the second set.

The 24 year old Russian sensation Sharapova has won three Grand Slams and she is bidding to better her previous best performance at French Open 2007 when she made into the semifinals.

After a shaky start when Sharapova saw a fall of 4-1 down, she narrowly escaped a 5-1 deficit as she survived two breaks, but then she skilfully converted her fifth break point of the seventh game.

Radwanska could do nothing as she failed to retrieve a stinging forehand.

After levelling the sets, Sharapova never looked back and she took the first set tie break on her first set point.

Radwanska found herself lacking power to return a hammering first serve and Sharapova reacted in much powerful manner.

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Russian hot tennis star Maria Sharapova stormed in Paris to enter into French Open 2011 last 16.

She won against Taiwan’s Chan Yung-Jan during their women’s third round match in the French Open in Paris with ease.

Former world number one Maria Sharapova cruised like a firestorm in the fourth round of the French Open 2011 with an explicit show of hard-hitting as she won direct sets with 6-2 6-3 to earn victory over Taiwan’s Chan Yung-Jan on Saturday.

Known for her graceful hot girl looks, Sharapova was once voted as the most fashionable tennis player on and off the court.

On Saturday, she was wearing a chic chick yellow dress on court Philippe Chartrier at Paris in France.

Currently, Maria Sharapova is seventh seeded and she is one of the strongest contenders for the French Open this year.

She has never won a French Open title, however, this year, she is feeling very comfortable while playing on the typical clay courts of France.

Right from the start of the game, Maria Sharapova maintained her power strokes to take a 4-0 lead and from there, nothing was able to stop her.

In an another match, Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska, who is 12th seeded, won against Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-4 6-4.

Sharapova will take on Agnieszka Radwanska to progress towards the title French Open 2011 to complete a career grand slam.

Recently in an interview, she said that Belgian Kim Clijsters will be a strong opponent in any condition.

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A clash of Titan women is certain at the French Open 2011 tournament.

After gaining easy victory in Rome last week, Maria Sharapova has proved that this time, she is a seriously planning to make her way towards the French Open title. Maria Sharapova is one of the finest tennis players of our times with 23 WTA singles titles in her kitty. She has won 3 Grand Slam singles titles including Wimbledon 2004, US Open 2006, and Australian Open 2008. However, French Open remained beyond her reach till now.

But this time, she is set to make the history as her power strokes game is improving specifically on the unique surfaces of France. After winning some great matches against even greater players this year, she has definitely got boost for her confidence.

However, the only hurdle she sees after making her way towards the quarterfinals by defeating Roland Garros after Friday match, is the Belgian super mom Kim Clijsters.

In current times and with current form, it seems that there is nothing that can beat Kim Clijsters. However, she missed the action for a long period after hurting her ankle at her cousins wedding where she stumbled to get injured. The injury is two months old and now she has recovered and is expected to make a blistering comeback again.

Analysts suggest that it would be difficult for Kim Clijsters to get her form back after two months of inaction. This gives a positive chance for Sharapova to gain her fourth Grand Slam. However, Maria Sharapova feels that it won’t be that easy as it seems.

She believes that Kim Clijsters is always a strong opponent in any condition.

The 24 years old sexy tennis star praised Kim Clijsters and said, "It's always difficult to not play for a few weeks and come back at a Grand Slam being your first tournament, "but, you know, she has a tremendous amount of experience behind her. I don't think this is the first time that she's come back after having a long lay-off.”

There are strong probabilities that Maria Sharapova will have to fight against Kim Clijsters on the unique French clay courts.

Sharapova further praised Clijsters and said, “She's been able to do really well when she's taken time off, so you can never count her out.”It might take her a few matches to get into form. That's normal when you haven't played for a while. But she's a great champion, she's won the last couple of grand slams, is number two in the world. “

History proves that Sharapova never gained at Parisian clay courts. In 2007, she reached semifinals and that was the end of her strives. However this time, she has played much better. After winning against, Smantha Stosur in Rome last week, she said, "I was really happy with the way last week turned out."

Before playing her next game, she said, "I played great tennis. I had some great matches and wins over good players, especially on clay. So it's definitely a confidence booster. Just hoping to take this form and bring it over to Roland Garros."

And she successfully carried her winning streak to win against Roland Garros; however, the next fight may not be that easy. If Sharapova is the titan of tennis game, Clijsters is also a titan goddess of the same game.

So, tennis players can expect a great draw between the two great and beautiful tennis players in coming days.

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