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Olympic hopes are flagging for Maria Sharapova
Evening Standard 31 Jul 2008
Russian Maria Sharapova is a major doubt for Beijing after pulling out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal with a shoulder injury.
The World No3 had expressed a desire to carry the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony a week tomorrow but may now miss the event altogether.
Sharapova - back in action for the first time since Wimbledon - served 17 double faults in a three-hour 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 win over Poland's Marta Domachowska.
Sharapova twice required treatment on her right shoulder.
