Maria Sharapova losses to Katerina Siniakova; Out of Shenzhen Open

Maria Sharapova, the former world number one has lost to defending champion Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic. With this lose Maria has crashed out of Shenzhen Open.

Siniakova, the sixth seed, beat the 30-year-old 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and will face world number one Simona Halep in the final.

Halep cruised into the decider in southern China with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over fellow Romanian Irina- Camelia Begu.

The former world number one was banned for 15 months for taking meldonium, which is known as performance-enhancing substance and is a banned drug.

But Maria pleaded that she was not aware of ban on meldonium. After returning from ban Maria has been trying to get her title back.