Maria Sharapova

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

rafa, kobe, maria, and… manny pacquiao?!

source: cornedbeefhash (WordPress)

The Filipino boxing champ has been chosen (along with Kobe Bryant, Maria Sharapova, Rafa Nadal, and Alexandre Pato) to pose in the AW77 hoodie from Nike’s Fall/Winter 2009 NSW collection. The superstars were shot by photographers David Sims and Karl Templer over three months for a proje...

Published Tue, Sep 29

IMG Signs China’s Li Na

source: the Baseline Tennis

IMG is the leading client management company in tennis and the company’s roster of top tennis clients includes many of today’s superstars: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and James Blake. In addition, IMG owns, manages or represents many of the world’s lea...

Published Mon, Sep 28

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

Mondays With Bob Greene: I Fought For My Country

source: TennisGrandstand

Roger Federer STARS Melinda Czink beat Lucie Safarova 4-6 6-3 7-5 to win the Bell Challenge in Quebec City, Canada World Group Semifinals Spain beat Israel 4-1 in Murcia, Spain ATP WTA ATP WTA 2,000,000 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan, hard

Published Sun, Sep 20

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

Mondays With Bob Greene: I can’t believe this happened

source: TennisGrandstand

US Open) Women’s doubles: Serena Williams and Venus Williams beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-2 6-2 SAFINA STILL ON TOP SET FOR DOHA WTA 220,000 Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada, hard World Group Semifinals Spain vs. Israel at Murcia, Spain WTA

Published Tue, Sep 15

UK's Watson wins US Open girls' title

source: The Guardian (UK)

The future of British women's tennis looks almost unfeasibly bright after Heather Watson became the second British winner of a major junior title in the last two years at the US Open, beating Yana Buchina in straight sets. US Open TennisLaura RobsonAndy MurrayTennisSimon Cambers

Published Sun, Sep 13