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Maria Sharapova's coach called it "a statement."
For exactly one hour of excellence, Sharapova played -- and sounded -- exactly the way she did when she was a teen, when it seemed nothing could stop her.
Those powerful-as-ever groundstrokes cut through the grass, landing right where she wanted. Those solid-as-ever service returns flummoxed her overmatched opponent. And those loud-as-ever shrieks bounced around Centre Court, its retractable roof shut to keep out the rain.
Simply put, Sharapova dominated 24th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time since 2006 -- back in the days before she needed surgery to repair her right shoulder and dealt with doubts about the future of her career.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon11/news/story?id=6712169
