Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova ended the US Open run of Christina McHale when she overpowered the American 6-2 6-1 at Flushing Meadows overnight.

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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.

Posh frocks on today for the first action on Centre Court when the sport's reigning goddess, Maria Sharapova, meets her match in the looks department.

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.

Six years ago, Maria Sharapova arrived in Birmingham as a 16-year-old with an extraordinary life story and a dream of fame and fortune. Yesterday, at 22, she gave every indication that her career, already in decline, may soon be terminated. Back at Birmingham for the Aegon Classic, the lat...

 UK I am sure Maria will play better tennis come Wimbledon. She is still too young to come full circle, yet! To be fair, she has been off the circuit for so many months. To be fair, Sharapova did beat Li in a similarly tight encounter the match before this ...