Maria Sharapova made a winning return from injury on Tuesday by beating Viktoria Kuzmova 7-6 , 6-0 to reach the second round of the Mallorca Open.
The five-time Grand Slam champion has not played since the end of January after taking time out to recover from a shoulder injury, but edged out a tight opening set against Kuzmova before strolling through the second. Victory on the grass will come as a timely morale boost for the 32-year-old Russian, with the start of Wimbledon less than two weeks away."It's great to be here in Mallorca. What a great place to train and have a warm-up tournament."
Angelique Kerber, also a former world No. 1, is set to meet Sharapova in the next round today, after the top-seeded German defeated Belgium's Ysaline Bonaventure 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.
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