MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was sensationally defeated by fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva and failed to make it into the third round of Wimbledon.
The 2004 Wimbledon champion and this year's Australian Open winner Maria Sharapova lost in straight sets 2-6, 4-6.
The 20-year-old Kudryavtseva, ranked 154th in the world, will now face China's Peng Shuai in the 3rd round.
