{"id":4368,"date":"2017-08-29T04:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T02:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/08\/29\/maria-sharapova-v-simona-halep-us-open-2017-womens-singles-live\/"},"modified":"2017-08-29T04:03:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T02:03:52","slug":"maria-sharapova-v-simona-halep-us-open-2017-womens-singles-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=4368","title":{"rendered":"Maria Sharapova v Simona Halep: US Open 2017 women&#039;s singles  \u2013 live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former world No1 makes return to New York after doping banEmail jake.nevins@theguardian.com or tweet him @jhnevins 3.03am BST After Sharapova botches four break-point opportunities, Simona Halep takes the second set 6-4 in an unbelievably tense game. Sharapova is littering the stat chart with tons of errors while Simona, who was down a set and 1-4, is sticking to her brand of road-runner tennis. One set will decide this match. 2.51am BST Second set: Sharapova* 6-4, 4-5 Halep (*denotes server): This match has turned on a dime. Halep, after a Sharapova double fault, breaks for 5-4 and will serve for the second set. She\u2019s reeled off four games in a row. Sharapova, on the other hand, has wracked up 21 unforced errors in the second set alone; she\u2019s still going for her shots, but with less margin for error than she was in the opener. Such are the drawbacks of pure, punishing power tennis. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2017\/aug\/28\/maria-sharapova-simona-halep-us-open-2017-live\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Sharapova v Simona Halep: US Open 2017 women&#039;s singles  \u2013 live!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former world No1 makes return to New York after doping banEmail jake.nevins@theguardian.com or tweet him @jhnevins 3.03am BST After Sharapova botches four break-point opportunities, Simona Halep takes the second set 6-4 in an unbelievably tense game. Sharapova is littering the stat chart with tons of errors while Simona, who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}