Maria Sharapova

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 4 hours ago

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 #11-15

source: WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker

15. Elena Dementieva, RUS 16. Martina Hingis, SUI 18. Mary Pierce, FRA 19. Dinara Safina, RUS 20. Daniela Hantuchova, SVK 21. Ana Ivanovic, SRB 22. Jelena Jankovic, SRB 23. Ai Sugiyama, JPN 24. Anastasia Myskina, RUS 25. Patty Schnyder, SUI HONORABLE MENTION- Martina Navratilova, USA

Published Sun, Oct 25

Unilever’s Clear Shampoo transforms Maria Sharapova’s hair

source: Women's Tennis

Maria Sharapova is appearing in a new commercial for Clear Shampoo, the product of Unilever with which the Russian signed a deal earlier this year. I don’t remember Sharapova's hair looking anything like this, neither her voice sounding like that, but hey, Clear Shampoo makes it all poss...

Published Tue, Oct 20

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

Peng defeats Sharapova in China

source: BBC Sport

Local hero Peng Shuai produces another shock at the China Open by beating Russian Maria Sharapova 6-2 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals.

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