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In a season full of talk about the parity in women's tennis, unheralded Galina Voskoboeva became the latest to step up and prove that point.
The 26-year-old from Kazakhstan, ranked just 135th in the world, beat fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday at the Rogers Cup as two recent Grand Slam champions also lost.
Voskoboeva, who cruised past Marion Bartoli and Flavia Pennetta to earn her date with Sharapova, beat the Russian veteran with lovely drop shots and had the 6-foot-2 Sharapova chasing balls back to the baseline all game long.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/6854053/galina-voskoboeva-takes-maria-sharapova-rogers-cup
