Coming to the US Open with a special ticket, however, Masha (Sharapova's intimate name) quickly proved how much she deserved this valuable ticket in the second round of the tournament against Hungarian tennis player - Timea Babos.
Set 1 was dramatic as both teams had a tit-for-tat and were forced to take each other in the tie-break to determine. Timea was the player who played more steadily in the decisive points to soon win the first set with a score of 7-6 (7).
The difficulties piled up when in set 2, the beautiful Russian tennis player continued to suffer a lack of pressure against her opponent when she was behind 2-4. However, with her diligence and determination, she continuously pressured the opponent with heavy dribbles to turn the tables when she won all 4 remaining games and ended set 2 with a score of 6-4.
Entering the deciding set 3, taking advantage of the opponent's psychological and physical weakness, Masha had a completely overwhelming performance when he only allowed his opponent to win 1 match to win a ticket to round 3.
The next opponent the 2006 US Open champion will have to face is Sofia Kenin - the home country tennis player and also one of the lucky ones like her.
Accompanying the Russian tennis player was Venus Williams when the home country tennis player easily beat Oceane Dodin after only 88 minutes with a score of 7-5, 6-4.
Meanwhile, in the men's singles event, we continue to see big names gradually fall behind. Potential young tennis player Alexander Zeverev disappointed when he surprisingly lost 6-3, 5-7, 6-7, 6-7 to Berna Coric. Before that, Nick Kyrgios also suffered a big shock when he put the net against John Milman with a score of 3-6, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6.
