Maria Sharapova

Chinese tennis star Peng beats another former world No. 1

source: People's Daily Online

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Published Thu, Oct 8

Sharapova advances at China open

source: People's Daily Online

Maria Sharapova of Russia outlasted ninth seed Victoria Azarenka ofBelarus 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the China open WTA/ATP tournament here on Tuesday. &$ &$Maria Sharapova of Russia jubilates after the second round match of women's singles against Victoria Aza...

Published Tue, Oct 6

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

Maria Shapova, Jelena Jankovic advance to Tokyo semifinals

source: Women's Tennis

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Maria Sharapova of Russia remain on course to face each other in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The seventh-seeded Jankovic, the highest-ranked player left in the draw, ended a losing streak against No.14 seed Marion Bartoli of France, defea...

Published Thu, Oct 1

Dementieva, Wozniacki eliminated at Pan Pacific Open

source: People's Daily Online

Third seed Elena Dementieva of Russia was upset by Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round of the Pan Pacific Open here on Tuesday. The Olympic champion was beaten 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 to join first, second and fourth seeds at the tournament. Former world number one Maria Sharapova reac...

Published Tue, Sep 29

Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki upset in Tokyo second round

source: Women's Tennis

Now we can stop counting… Elena Dementieva of Russia and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark have quickly joined a bunch of top players in their early Pan Pacific Open exit. Third seed Elena Dementieva was beaten 6-2 6-7(3) 6-1 by Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round, and was soon after accom...

Published Tue, Sep 29

Five Women Who Need to Worry about Justine Henin’s Return

source: the Baseline Tennis

Maria Sharapova Unlike JJ or Clijsters, Henin did not do as much to fluster Sharapova’s game. She even outfoxed Henin in the final of the US Open in 2006, which was not an easy feat. However, the Sharapova then is not the Sharapova we see now.

Published Wed, Sep 23

US Open Recap - Women's Singles

source: thesportslocale (WordPress)

Yanina Wickmayer – The ‘other’ Belgian was also helped by an easy draw as she made it to the semifinals where she lost to Wozniacki. Her athleticism was on display against quarterfinal opponent Kateryna Bondarenko. Trailing in the second set, she used her big forehand to calm her anger afte...

Published Wed, Sep 16