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Tennis-Wimbledon-Sharapova demolishes Dechy to reach quarters

LONDON, June 27 - Champion Maria Sharapova,
unbeaten on grass for two years, powered into the quarter-finals
at Wimbledon on Monday, demolishing 16th seed Nathalie Dechy of
France 6-4 6-2 in Court One sunshine.

Guadeloupe-born Dechy put a up a brave first-set fight
against the Russian second seed, who has conceded only 17 games
and no sets in four rounds so far.

She had no answer to Sharapova's booming serve, however,
conceding the first set to an ace and losing her own serve twice
in the second.

The Russian next meets compatriot Nadia Petrova or Czech
Kveta Peschke.

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