Rome: Ana Ivanovic handed Maria Sharapova her first loss of the spring clay season as she beat the Russian eighth seed 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarter-fials of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters. <img title="Maria Sharapova" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/jul/16Maria-Sharapova-1.jpg" alt="Maria Sharapova" /> Maria Sharapova&nbsp;
Sharapova had won back-to-back titles in Stuttgart and Madrid, compiling a dozen straight victories.
Ivanovic, the 2008 Roland Garros winner and world number one, had won just two of ten previous meetings with the four-time grand slam champion, the last seven years ago at a Roland Garros semi-final.
The Serb next plays Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.

Ana Ivanovic handed Maria Sharapova her first loss of the spring clay season as she beat the Russian eighth seed 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarter-fials of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters

Maria Sharapova stunned by Ana Ivanovic in Rome Masters

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Ana Ivanovic handed Maria Sharapova her first loss of the spring clay season as she beat the Russian eighth seed 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarter-fials of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters

Maria Sharapova stunned by Ana Ivanovic in Rome Masters

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