American teen-ager Beatrice Capra's magical ride at the open ended quicklly today in the third-round today when Maria Sharapova beat her 6-0, 6-0.

         Capra, the 371st ranked woman here, had earned a wild-card berth by winning an eight-women tournament. She then had shown great  poise and composure in her first  two wins, the most recent of which heading into today was a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, win over No. 18 Aravane Real.

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