Rome: A week after Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal made early exits in Madrid on an experimental blue court, both showed they remain a force on red clay on Friday by reaching the Italian Open semi-finals. The top-ranked Djokovic struggled with his serve in the opening set but found his range to eliminate fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 6-1. Nadal defeated seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5. "In the second set, I...
08:50 AM, May 19, 2012
Madrid: Rafael Nadal lost to Spanish countryman Fernando Verdasco for the first time in the Madrid Open on Thursday, then he and top-ranked Novak Djokovic threatened not to return if the new blue clay-court wasn't discarded. Nadal blew a 5-2 lead in the third set in losing 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, his first defeat to Verdasco in 14 matches. The third-round loss was Nadal's earliest exit in a clay-court tournament since...
12:09 AM, May 11, 2012
Madrid: Novak Djokovic needed three sets to win his first match on the blue clay at the Madrid Open on Tuesday and then stepped up his criticism of the new surface. Djokovic laboured to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain in his debut on the Magic Box's unorthodox surface, after top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova both beat Czech opponents to advance in the women's event....
07:35 AM, May 09, 2012
Moscow: A short haircut by Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova provoked a backlash among fans after she posted pictures of the new style on her official Facebook page. The three-time Grand Slam winner has remained a blonde, but most of her earlier long hair is now gone, and the new haircut finishes just below her ears. "So what do you guys think?? I kind of love it!" she wrote on...
09:16 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: CNN-IBN's Manisha Mahaldar gets talking to King Khan on his association with Tag Heuer, co-ambassadors Leonardo Di Caprio and Maria Sharapova; and his upcoming films. Manisha Mahaldar Joining me is King Khan welcome to the show Shah Rukh... Shah Rukh Khan Thank You Manisha Mahaldar Shahrukh, you have been associated with Tag Heuer for 9 years now, at a time when fame and brand association are so fickle,...
06:31 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Melbourne: Maria Sharapova last met Gisela Dulko in a Grand Slam event at the 2009 Wimbledon tournament, where the Argentine forced the Russian into error after error on her way to a surprise second-round victory. On Tuesday, the world number four gave back to her 26-year-old opponent exactly what she had received in London and produced a ruthless 6-0, 6-1 victory to set up an Australian Open second-round encounter against...
06:24 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Serbia's Novak Djokovic does a hilarious impression of Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova at the US Open that includes most of Nadal's typical idiosyncracies - his habit of tugging at his underwear. Nicknamed the 'Djoker', Djokovic proved he is the dominant force in men's tennis by outplaying defending champion Nadal to win Wimbledon for the first time with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory in the final...
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The former champion was knocked out by fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko. ...
10:34 AM, Jan 18, 2010
Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters are making a return to women's tennis. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 06, 2010
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04:32 PM, Oct 08, 2009
It was Maria Sharapova's first title since shoulder surgery last October. ...
04:53 PM, Oct 03, 2009
Jelena is a very solid player, a great mover says Sharapova. ...
10:59 AM, Oct 03, 2009
I feel like it's almost automatic again said Sharapova. ...
11:27 AM, Oct 02, 2009
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