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Peng Shuai beaten in Australian Open

Xinhua, January 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Second-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova cruised into the Australian Open quarter-finals after beating China's 21st seed Peng Shuai in straight sets on Sunday.

The 2008 Australian Open winner crushed Peng 6-3, 6-0 to face Canada's Eugenie Bouchard. Endi