Maria Sharapova

By Noble Liar Russians. Where would we be without Russia? Off the top of my head, they’ve given us fur hats, the helicopter, and Maria Sharapova. Now they’ve started pirate hunting cruises. Russians. Where would we be without Russia? Off the top of my head, they’ve given us fur hats,

Argentinean Gisela Dulko, the highest-ranked player at the Federation Cup quarterfinals, who played in Surprise in February, pulled off the biggest upset at this year's Wimbledon event Wednesday, knocking out 2004 champion Maria Sharapova.

Women's tennis will be much the poorer if Maria Sharapova, still struggling after her shoulder operation, never returns to her brilliant best Maria Sharapova in first-round action at Wimbledon 2009.

Battle of the babes ... Gisela Dulko, ranked at 45, and unseeded Maria Sharapova, ranked 60, took centre court / AP Glam unknowns taking centre court "Good looks are a factor" "Brits or babes pull the viewers" GOOD looks count for more than tennis ability when it comes to choosing which women p...

By kdirk French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, 24, was also annoyed. ‘It’s about Dinara on Court No 2, Venus (Williams) on Court No 1 and the girls who are not very highly seeded they play on Centre. Twice champion Serena Williams even got lost on the way to No 2 Court on Friday.

Sharapova battling back...Phils beat Rays again...Obama warming up WIMBLEDON, England Former champion Maria Sharapova is taking on Gisela Dulko of Argentina on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

A little of the light goes out of any tournament when Maria Sharapova is no longer part of its scenery. Sharapova's 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 defeat by Gisela Dulko - greeted a touch too enthusiastically on Centre Court - proved that there is still much piecing together of the Russian's game to be done.

By Todd Spiker(noreply@blogger.com) But is was. Sharapova had a chance on a break point that would have knotted the 3rd set at 5-5, but she missed her shot. Soon after, Dulko's fifth MP went in the Argentine's favor when the Russian made an error on another big point. Dulko won 6-2/3-6/6-4, and can say that she's defeated both Shara...

Maria Sharapova goes out in the second round to Argentina's Gisela Dulko.

Maria Sharapova and Gisela Dulko open up the third day's action on a sunny Centre Court.

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Georgie Stoop, the 21-year-old Londoner ranked No 185 in the world, will make headline writers very happy indeed should she conquer Vera Zvonareva when she resumes her match against the seventh seed today.

Former champion Maria Sharapova edges out Viktoriya Kutuzova in a lively first-round match at Wimbledon.

Britain's Mel South is in action after wins for Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova but a narrow defeat for Laura Robson.

By bettingexpertblog The number one challenger to the Williams sisters is Russian Dinara Safina. She is currently world number one and is seeded first at Wimbledon. She could meet Venus in the semifinals and Serena in the Finals. Safina is currently on top form, she was a finalist at the French Open and has already...

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...

 VA Maria Sharapova beat Stephanie Dubois 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England. Returning after being out 10 months because of shoulder surgery, Sharapova hit strong groundstrokes and solid serves. ...

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 United Kingdom However, the 2004 Wimbledon champion was more interested in discussing her new dress on Monday – a slinky turquoise number, complete with three-quarter length leggings and long sleeves for protection against the cold – than tennis-great Navratilova's ...

 UK Former world number one Maria Sharapova, ranked 102 after a year of injury, tells BBC 5 Live's Sportsweek that she does not know when she will return to her best. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. ...

 Australia Maria Sharapova was far from her best as she returns from injury and Justine Henin is retired, at least for now. In reality Dinara Safina should win the final but had Stosur got there and applied a bit of pressure, who knows? ...

 Jamaica I always knew that I could play really, really good tennis," he said. After ending Nadal's four-year reign as French Open champion, Soderling received a congratulatory text message from fellow Swede Bjorn Borg. His opponent Friday will be No. ...

By madprofessah@gmail.com (Mad Professah) Dinara Safina RUS (1) vs. Victoria Azarenka BLR (9) Ana Ivanovic SRB (8) . Dinara Safina has been playing like she is the best player in the world. Oh, wait, she IS the #1 ranked player in the world! Safina has been improving in every round, losing a mere 5, then 3, then 2, then 1 games in her first fo...

By Nick's Picks Dinara Safina (RUS) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Nick’s Pick – Safina in 3 sets Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS) Nick’s Pick – Sharapova in 3 sets Serena Williams (USA) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Nick’s Pick – S. Williams in 3 sets

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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 Guest Writers Women’s tennis has had many exciting, intense rivalries. Chris Evert-Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf-Monica Seles and Serena Williams-Jennifer Capriati are some of the classic battles that have taken place on tennis courts throughout the world.

By larussophobe Sharapova may have shown considerable prescience.  Last week she dropped out of the top 10 in the tennis rankings, falling 8 places from #9 to a lowly #17 as 10-time grand slam champion American Serena Williams took over the #1 spot for the third time in her career.  Williams now holds more gr...

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 bahamaderek This extraordinary line-up will include both men’s and women’s defending champions, Andy Roddick and Elena Demetieva, as well as crowd favourites Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the ever-popular Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic.

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.

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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!

By Aaress Lawless Former Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has returned home. In his place, Kuznetsova turned to Russian tennis legend Olga Morozova. Morozova became the first Russian to win a Grand Slam title in 1974 after partnering with Chris Evert at the French Open.

By Irina Aleksander And of course Nike invited some of its old friends, including tennis stars Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, to help open the doors. We wondered what the Russian tennis beauty thought about the U.S. Open draws that took place just yesterday.

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By noreply@blogger.com (Mad Professah) 3. Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS). Despite a dream draw that only contained a hobbled Lindsay Davenport and well-known head cases Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina. However, Sharapova went out to the hard-hitting Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round who one year before had almost taken out Venu...

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 Only a few weeks ago at the French Open, I watched Rad play another talented newcomer, Alize Cornet of France. Martina Navratilova was calling that match, and God knows, I am her number one fan who loves her trenchant, often blunt opinions. But I had to take exception with her comments. She pra...

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...

They have (Shahar) Peer ranked in the world top 20 and they will be playing at home, so it won't be an easy match by any means" 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 Trib...

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) Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts: Peer vs. Schruff, Pennetta vs. Safina, Schnyder vs. Schiavone, Dechy vs. Mauresmo, Vaidisova vs. Malek

By Aaress Tamira Paszek stormed onto the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis scene in 2007, skyrocketing from No. 181 at the start of the season to No. 35 by July. Paszek, currently the youngest player in the top 280, scored wins over former top 10 players Patty Schnyder and Elena Dementieva during 2007, and e...

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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. ...

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...