Maria Sharapova will be chasing her fourth Grand Slam title and first French Open crown when she begins play at Roland Garros tomorrow morning. The 23 year old Russian, who now resides in Bradenton, Florida, won her last major at the Australian Open in 2008.Sharapova comes into her match with Pervak sporting a 11-3 record this season, and she has captured two singles titles. The Nyagan native followed her early dismissal at Melbourne with a victory on the hard courts at Memphis. She also won her French Open tune up last week in Strasbourg, beating Kristina Barrois 7-5, 6-1 in the final.
Ksenia Pervak, who will turn 19 years old on Thursday, has never played in a Grand Slam event. Pervak has yet to turn pro, spending most of her time on the ITF circuit in Russia.
The left-handed playing Pervak did make a run at an Australian Open appearance in January but lost in the qualifying round of 32. The Chelyabinsk native is 16-11 in match play this season; her best WTP finish came on the clay courts at Prague earlier this month, where she lost to Alja Tomljanovic in the semi-finals 3-6, 6-2, 3-6.
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