Maria Sharapova

It is evidence of the declining state of the women's game – and perhaps of the lack of popularity of grass-court tennis among some female players – that the bookies still make Sharapova third favourite to win Wimbledon behind the Williams sisters. ...

 UK The 13th seed Rybarikova relied on some classic serve and volley tennis to reach her first WTA final by beating India's Sania Mirza 3-6 6-0 6-3. "It is very good to play at the net on grass as the other girls don't like it, so it's obviously something ...

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Ranked 365, she led Alla Kudryavtseva, conqueror of Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon last year, by a set and 5–3 and had three match points before losing a resumed first-round encounter 5–7, 7–6, 6–4. The 19-year-old from Merseyside had to console herself ...

Russia's former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, on the comeback trail after a shoulder injury, won her first-round match on Monday. (Writing by Kevin Fylan in London. Editing by Alan Baldwin; To query or comment on this story email ...

 UK But the 22-year-old, who won Wimbledon five years ago and has also triumphed in the US Open and Australian Open, believes her slide down the rankings will soon be seen as a short-term blip in her career. She reached the French Open quarter-finals and ...

 UK Maria Sharapova plays her first tournament on the WTA tour since last summer when she competes in Warsaw next week. Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters If anyone had genuinely believed Maria Sharapova would retire in frustration at the shoulder ...

By Katy Murrells, Steve Bierley It will be a winner-takes-all final to usurp Serbia's Jelena Jankovic as the world No1, though few would currently argue against the assertion that Serena Williams, when she puts her body and mind to it, is overwhelmingly the best player in the world. Victory against Safina, last year's b...