Sharapova withdraws from Stanford with injury

Former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Stanford Classic ahead of her second round match yesterday due to soreness in her left arm. 

She was competing as a wildcard in her fourth tournament after a 15-month doping ban. Sharapova said, she started to feel pain in her forearm late during her



first-round win over American Jennifer Brady on Monday.Her early exit means Ukrainian seventh seed Lesia Tsurenko advances to the third round by walkover.

The 30-year-old Russian, banned after testing positive for heart drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, has had mixed results since re-joining the WTA Tour.