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Margarita Gasparyan: I don't want to leave. I am happy in Moscow

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For the first time in her tennis career Russian Margarita Gasparyan is through to 1/8 finals of a Grand Slam having beaten Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6/3, 6/4. Now she has to face the threatening Serena Williams but can't still believe that last year watched the Australian Open on TV, and only dreamed about getting here. And now she's done it, even without sponsor.


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By Andrej Bucko

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For the first time in her tennis career Russian Margarita Gasparyan is through to 1/8 finals of a Grand Slam having beaten Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6/3, 6/4. Now she has to face the threatening Serena Williams but can't still believe that last year watched the Australian Open on TV, and only dreamed about getting here. And now she's done it, even without sponsor.



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