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The powerful, hard-hitting Russian is used to dictating points with her big groundstrokes but in Stuttgart against Caroline Garcia, she had to employ some tricks to snag a point.

The five-time major champion played a high-quality match against Garcia but fell just short for her fourth straight loss of the season.

Hola, Madrid! 👋🏼 Loved playing in front of you today 👊🏻🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/JCGGTFtAfV
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) May 6, 2018

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However, Sharapova has turned things around in Madrid, winning matches against Mihaela Buzarnescu and Irina-Camelia Begu.

Sharapova shocked by WTA Shot of the Month win

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Sharapova shocked by WTA Shot of the Month win

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