Sharapova lost out to Ajla Tomljanovic in the Kooyong Classic; a yearly exhibition event which acts as a pre cursor to the Australian Open.
The Russian faced the victor recently in Abu Dhabi; Sharapova got the better of her but this time around it was the opposite.
Tomljanovic came out of the gate quick easing through the first set 6-1 on home soil but Sharapova eased through the second by the same score line.
It went all the way from there with Tomljanovic just edging it in the tiebreak 11-9.
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