Sharapova will participate in the tournament in Moscow for the first time in 10 years

Shuai Peng, a defender of the host, is ranked for the semi-finals of the tennis tournament in the Chinese city of Tianjin with a prize pool of 500,000 dollars.Under the number 3 Peng, Spaniard Sara Soribes Tormo defeated 6: 0, 6: 1 in less than an hour.For a place in the final, last year`s champion will face Maria Sharapova (Russia), former number 1 in the world.


Sharapova`s `Wild Card` won earlier today qualifier Stephanie Foguele (Switzerland) 6: 3, 6:1.The 30-year-old Russian has reached the second semi-final of the WTA tournament after returning to the court in late April after a 15-month penalty for using the banned substance `Melodoni.`

Sharapova, who has 35 career titlesstrives for the first season final.`Obviously, I`m expecting a hard game, being a champion of last season, feeling good here, having a great knowledge of the court and the atmosphere, and the semi-finals of every tournament you can not expect a rival, I have not played a lot this season and I still miss the rhythmI hope to do well, `Sharapova said, currently ranked 86th in the world rankings.` Meanwhile, it became clear that next week Sharapova will play at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the officialsite of the competition.She will join the tournament from sport tips battle in the Russian capital for the first time since 2007 and will play with the Wild Card.