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 The Australian Open champion is 14-0, including two wins in the Fed Cup for Russia this year. Sharapova is 9-0 in Doha, where she won in 2005.
"I played five matches in five days and that is not an easy thing to do," Sharapova said. "I think what I have done is just great."
Sharapova broke her opponent twice in the first set, but Zvonareva had two breaks of her own in the second before the fifth-ranked Russian swept the third.
"She stayed aggressive right throughout the match," Zvonareva said. "She didn't give me much of a chance."
Sharapova earned a first-place prize of $414,000, the largest on the WTA Tour outside of the Grand Slams.
[Associated Press]
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