Maria Sharapova

Wk.44- What Goes Around Comes Around

source: WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker

45 - Serena Williams, USA 45 - Dinara Safina, RUS 45 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS 45 - Elena Dementieva, RUS 45 - Venus Williams, USA 45 - Jelena Jankovic, SRB 25 - Nadia Petrova, RUS 22 - Ana Ivanovic, SRB 18 - Agnieszka Radwanska, POL 5 - Flavi Pennetta, ITA 4 - Maria Sharapova, RUS

Published 3 hours ago

The Decade's Best: Players #6-10

source: WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker

6. Jennifer Capriati, USA 8. Amelie Mauresmo, FRA 9. Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS 15. Elena Dementieva, RUS 16. Martina Hingis, SUI 19. Dinara Safina, RUS 22. Jelena Jankovic, SRB 25. Patty Schnyder, SUI Kim Clijsters Justine Henin Maria Sharapova Serena Williams Venus Williams

Published Sun, Nov 8

Wk.43- Simply Another Pleat in Her Cape

source: WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker

MOST SEC TITLES - ACTIVE** 2...Kim Clijsters 2...Justine Henin 2...SERENA WILLIAMS 1...Amelie Mauresmo 1...Maria Sharapova 1...Venus Williams CAREER WTA TITLES - ACTIVE** 41...Justine Henin 41...Venus Williams 35...SERENA WILLIAMS 35...Kim Clijsters 25...Amelie Mauresmo 20...Maria Sharapova

Published Tue, Nov 3

Wk.42- And 2009's "Ms.Backspin"-to-Be is...?

source: WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker

4...Dinara Safina (May, 2-2) 2...Elena Dementieva (January, 2-0) 2...Venus Williams (February, 2-0) 2...Flavia Pennetta (July/August, 2-0) 2...Shahar Peer (September, 2-0) 2...Svetlana Kuznetsova (May, 1-1) 2...Caroline Wozniacki (August/September, 1-1) 2...Dinara Safina (January/February, 0-2)

Published Tue, Oct 27

The Decade's Best: Players #21-25

source: WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker

Jennifer Capriati Kim Clijsters Lindsay Davenport Elena Dementieva Daniela Hantuchova Justine Henin Martina Hingis Liezel Huber Svetlana Kuznetsova Amelie Mauresmo Mary Pierce Lisa Raymond Dinara Safina Maria Sharapova Paola Suarez Serena Williams Venus Williams

Published Thu, Oct 8

phoenix returns to the nest, leaves with the queen

source: cornedbeefhash (WordPress)

Bracketology: Serena is lurking in the same half as Kuzie, and will probably go up against Peng, who’s through to the quarters after beating Sharapova. Meanwhile, in the other half, Chinese No. 1 Li Na is out, losing to Dementieva in the third round. In the other quarter, Shuai Zhang will go up...

Published Wed, Oct 7

short balls: (tennis) party in the usa

source: cornedbeefhash (WordPress)

Shortest balls: In case you missed it: Fila was named the new official sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Championships; Melanie Oudin hasn’t beat a player inside the top 800 since her US Open run; Andy Roddick and Juan Martin del Potro have Asian burnout-flu; and even though Venus had the best h...

Published Tue, Oct 6

“pearl crown” dress can’t save the china open queen

source: cornedbeefhash (WordPress)

Bracketology: Meanwhile, Serena won her third-round match and will be back at the No. 1 spot once the rankings are published on Monday. We expect Ms. Williams to survive her half of the draw (taking out Russians Petrova, Sharapova, and Kuznetsova along the way) and then face Dementieva in th...

Published Tue, Oct 6