Maria Sharapova

By Erwin Maria Sharapova got into all sorts of dung for debuting her Nike “peacock” dress at the 2010 Australian Open. Fanfare about clothing is usually great for media — we can only write about backhand winners so many times — but if the athlete strays too far from the matter at hand (that’s playing t...

By Aaress Lawless The women’s draw is also expected to feature Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Jelena Jankovic, Melanie Oudin, Yanina Wickmayer, Samantha Stosur, and Dominika Cibulkova. Co-ranked world number one players Cara Black an...

By Marija World No.58 Maria Kirilenko, who took out Maria Sharapova in the first round of the Australian Open, reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal through Dinara Safina’s misfortune of a recurrent back injury. The second-seeded Safina retired down 5-4 in the opening set of the fourth-round...

By Aaress Lawless Justine Henin Henin’s second round match against Elena Dementieva was probably the best women’s tennis match I’ve seen since last summer’s thriller between Dementieva and Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Needless to say, this bears testament to the skill of Elena and makes me hope that on...

By Guest Writers While Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin can seemingly wake up from a sound sleep, throw on a tennis skirt, and emerge as legitimate contenders for Grand-Slam titles, getting back to top form has proven to be a more nightmarish endeavor for the 22-year-old jet-setting Russian.

Two years ago, Ana Ivanovic's squeaky shoes carried her all the way to a women's final against Maria Sharapova at the Australia Open.

By nmccarvel The first three days of action are complete at the Australian Open and the tournament has provided some interesting talking points thus far. There was the Maria Sharapova upset to start. And then the Roger Federer hiccup. Serena made sure she ignited some week-one controversy because the t...

Maria Sharapova is an extremely determined and focused individual, but she may be caught in the gears of a churning, ever-moving game.

Maria Sharapova returned to the Australian Open this afternoon for the first time since winning it all in 2008.

By Erwin Here’s what Maria Sharapova will be wearing on the court for the 2010 Australian Open. The draw: Maria shares the bottom half of the 2010 Australian Open draw with Safina, Jankovic, and both Bondarenko sisters. How far do you think she’ll go?

By Aaress Lawless Doubles Team of the Year – Venus and Serena Williams Fan Favorite of the Year – Maria Sharapova Twitterer of the Year – Kim Clijsters Best Grand Slam Final of 2009 – Kim Clijsters d. Caroline Wozniacki (US Open) Best Non-Grand Slam Final of 2009 – Elena Dementieva d. Dinara Safina (Sydney)

By Guest Writers At just 22 years old, she already owns three Grand Slam titles (2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open) and has been ranked World No. 1 for 17 weeks. Following her quarterfinal finish at Roland Garros in 2004, Sharapova reached the semifinals or better in nine of the next 12 maj...

FILE PHOTO Noppawan, who won both junior singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon, has become Thailand's new hope in tennis and Sharapova had some sage words ... Sharapova, Williams target Hua Hin sharpenerThe Nation all 2 news articles »

CBC.ca A year earlier, Maria Sharapova had been the belle of the ball at Wimbledon, reaching the round of 16 in her debut. Twelve months later, she was in the ... WTA review 2009SkySports all 406 news articles »

One of these collectors is tennis star Maria Sharapova. While Sharapova does not fit with the image of the typical stamp collector, she has actually ... Stamp collecting enjoys surge in popularityTelegraph.co.uk all 2 news articles »

Maria Sharapova visited Chile this week, doing two of the things she does best: playing tennis and modeling. The tall Sharapova took advantage of the break ... and more »

By Marija It’s true: Maria Sharapova is in a relationship with Sasha Vujacic. A few days ago Matt Cronin tweeted about Sharapova dating the Lakers player, and the picture of them holding hands proves it was not only a gossip. (via Forty Deuce) Share This

Dinara Safina, the world No1, has joined the former champions Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick in being eliminated from the US Open in the third-round. The Russian, who is still searching for a first grand slam win, was beaten by the world No70 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 2-6, 7...

By Nick's Picks As has been the case for most of 2009, the field is once again wide open. This draw seems top-heavy to me. On the top you have a very strong contingent of Russian women which includes: Dinara Safina, Alisa Kleybanova, Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova, Nadia Petrova, and Svetalana Kuznetso...

Maria Sharapova continues her comeback from injury with victory over Jarmila Groth in round one of the LA Women's Tennis Championships in Los Angeles.

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By madprofessah@gmail.com (Mad Professah) On the women's side I was correct in 1 of 4 quarterfinal matches, 2 of 2 semifinal matches and 0 of 1 final matches, that's 3 of 7 correct predictions. I did not predict Kuznetsova defeating Serena, Stosur defeating Cirstea and Cibulkova defeating Sharapova. I am happy that Kuznetsova defea...

By Nick's Picks Cirstea got what has to be the biggest win of her career, as she took down former world #1 Jelena Jankovic in the fourth round. She won 9-7 in the third set to advance to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. In fact, prior to this tournament her best result at any Grand...

Like the old Sharapova (aged 22), she dropped the first set in her first round match on Monday. And like the original version she got through to Wednesday's second round. However De Brito has yet to triumph at Wimbledon, the US and Australian Opens. ...

Sharapova's tennis is not yet back to her lofty standards, as one might expect after shoulder surgery in October and four singles matches in the past 10 months. The 64th-ranked Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus is not the sort of opponent who would ...

By Katy Murrells, Steve Bierley Venus Williams was asked just after she had won her fifth Wimbledon title last summer against her sister Serena whether this was the beginning of a sisterly second coming. "I would really love that," she replied. A couple of months later Serena became the US Open champion for a third time, an...

By Erwin Maria Sharapova the fashionista will have one less fashion show to attend at the Fall 2009 fashion week in New York City (next month). One of her favorite designers, Peter Som, has split with its business partner, leaving him without the moolah to present a proper a fall collection.

By J.A. Allen Seeded No. 1 at the French Open after Henin’s retirement, Sharapova lost to Dinara Safina in the fourth round. After her loss in the second round at Wimbledon in 2008 and a subsequent loss at the Rogers Cup, Sharapova has been absent from the tour.  —Old tennis proverb!

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By regentville(noreply@blogger.com) The highly anticipated match between Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze here in Singapore had drawn much media attention over last couple of weeks and seemed to far surpass the “The Clash Times” between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras in KL. Whichever city Maria Sharapova plays in the m...

By Patricia Davis Stays low and hits low: TTC commercials during the match featured former pro Jeff Turango talking about how hard it is to stay down when contacting the ball on a groundie. He should have used Radwanska as an example: she stays so low that her knee nearly scrapes the grass on her backhand side.

By Aaress Lawless The best Russian stars in the world, including world No. 1 Maria Sharapova, are set to headline day seven at the 2008 French Open. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Vera Zvonareva, Dinara Safina, and Nadia Petrova are among the players competing for berths in the round of sixteen.

By Patricia Davis This question gets asked all the time - can Roger Federer win the French Open - but his case is different from Maria’s. Roger can actually play well on clay and is quite familiar with the surface. If Rafael Nadal is the second best guy behind Federer on grass, then Roger is the second best player...

MOSCOW : World number five Maria Sharapova will lead champions Russia in next month's Fed Cup first round tie against Israel in Tel Aviv. via International Herald Tribune

Flashy Williams perfectly prepared for Australian Open Daily Telegraph, Australia - Jan 3, 2008 Maria Sharapova has spent the past week in Singapore and Hong Kong contesting exhibitions and Amelie Mauresmo is struggling to find form on the Gold Coast. ...

By Aaress The 2008 JB Group Classic begins on Wednesday in Hong Kong. The field includes Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, and Venus Williams. (WTA Tennis Blog) Women’s Tennis Blog has written a review of Jelena Jankovic’s new website. (Women’s Tennis Blog) Net Cords

By Aaress Paszek, currently the youngest player in the top 280, scored wins over former top 10 players Patty Schnyder and Elena Dementieva during 2007, and even pushed Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin into close, three-set encounters. You reached the fourth round at both Wimbledon and the US Ope...

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By MadProfessah She lost 22 games in her final four matches, beating 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova on Wednesday, 2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova on Thursday and French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic on Friday. Serena, she inspires me," Venus said. "The Australian Open champion -- I wan...

Venus Williams wins again at Wimbledon Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - On Wednesday, she easily beat 2004 champion Maria Sharapova in a match that started Tuesday but was suspended for the night after only three points were ...

Three former/current No. 1s kick off play on day one Wednesday at the WTA Championships in L.A., with world No. 2 Amelie Mauresmo vs. Russian Vera "The Crying Game" Zvonareva, Serena Williams vs. French Open winner Anastasia Myskina, and world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport vs. 2004 French and US Open ru...

Day 8 - Sunday (GMT) Nikolay Davydenko said he was lucky to hold on and win today in the fourth set Maria Sharapova talks about her fighting three-set victory

Women's tennis star Sharapova eyeing Aussie golfer Adam Scott  AZ - Women's tennis star Maria Sharapova has the 'hots' for Australian golfer Adam Scott. On her Web site, Maxim's "Hottest Female Athlete" of the last four ...

Fox SportsMaria wants Adam for night session Fox Sports, Australia - TENNIS siren Maria Sharapova appears to have her set her sights on Australian golfer Adam Scott after naming him in her top 10 of dream "mixed doubles" ...

Guillermo Canas upset the topranked Roger Federer for the second time this month, and Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova in a rout reminiscent of their Australian Open final.

Sharapova falls, will lose No. 1 Arizona Republic, AZ - Defending champion Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the Pacific Life Open on Tuesday, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss to Vera Zvonareva that will cost her the No. ...

Top-ranked Maria Sharapova retired during the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semifinal against Ana Ivanovic on Saturday because of a hamstring injury. Top-ranked Maria Sharapova retired during the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semifinal against Ana Ivanovic on Saturday becau...

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By manfred In a chat with second seed Maria Sharapova of Russia -- who attempts to win the Zurich Open for the first time -- she talked about the coaching rule, her perfume, life in general, and the Year End Championships. Other topics included the FedCup and the Olympics.

By Lawntennisnews The other semis slots were all filled by players who are no strangers to the last stages of a Slam: World No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo made a very quick appearance on Armstrong Court beating young Russian Dinara Safina 6-2 6-3. The top seed is set to meet Maria Sharapova next. The Russian beat fellow to...

Maria Sharapova has captured Wimbledon and Madison Avenue. However, the rest of New York, including the U.S. Open title, has so far eluded the 19-year-old star. Sharapova talked about her preparations for the U.S. Open in an e-mail interview with Douglas Robson for USA TODAY.What kind of prepa...

By Henry8 Asked if she had enough endorsements, Sharapova said, "It's never enough. You always want more." See also: Home Biography Endorsements Fun Facts How It All Began Maria by Numbers Maria in the News Maria Ogling and Googling Maria the Fashion Maven Swimsuit Shots Tennis Shots Thus Spake Sha...