Maria Sharapova squeezed through her way to reach the quarterfinals of Roland Garros 2011.The former world number one tennis star is currently seventh seed and she easily edged Polish 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 to make her way to the French Open 2011 Quarterfinals on Monday.Maria Sharapova is now expected to show her skills again in Paris either against 25th seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko or German 15th seed Andrea Petkovic to confirm a semifinal seat of French Open.Initially, it was not looking easy for Sharapova to beat Agnieszka Radwanska as Agnieszka was cruising against her with 4-1 in first set.However, Sharapova, known for her fighting skills, bounced back and survived five set points in the second set.The 24 year old Russian sensation Sharapova has won three Grand Slams and she is bidding to better her previous best performance at French Open 2007 when she made into the semifinals. After a shaky start when Sharapova saw a fall of 4-1 down, she narrowly escaped a 5-1 deficit as she survived two breaks, but then she skilfully converted her fifth break point of the seventh game.Radwanska could do nothing as she failed to retrieve a stinging forehand.After levelling the sets, Sharapova never looked back and she took the first set tie break on her first set point.Radwanska found herself lacking power to return a hammering first serve and Sharapova reacted in much powerful manner.
