New York: Normally so good, so gritty, in the crucible of the third set, Maria Sharapova finally met her match against Victoria Azarenka. Coming all the way back from a set and a break down, the top-seeded Azarenka prevailed in a stirring third, beating four-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday to reach her first US Open final. "This one didn't go my way," Sharapova said. "Frustrating,...
03:23 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New York: Victoria Azarenka survived a ferocious comeback from defending champion Sam Stosur to reach the US Open semis on Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac left tournament organisers scrambling to catch up with the playing schedule. The eagerly anticipated quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Marion Bartoli was postponed until Wednesday after just four games were completed. Dozens of junior matches were also held over because of the...
08:31 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: Maria Sharapova is back in the US Open quarter-finals for the first time since winning the title in 2006. Shrieking loudly during points, screaming and pumping her fist after winning them, Sharapova grabbed control after a 75-minute rain delay to beat 19th-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on Sunday night. Sharapova improved to 11-0 this season in three-set matches. She trailed 2-0 in the final set against Petrova,...
09:12 AM, Sep 03, 2012
New York: Forget about Maria Sharapova's tennis, which is going quite well at the moment. She dropped a bit of off-court news at the US Open on Friday, saying she's no longer engaged to professional basketball player Sasha Vujacic. At her postmatch news conference following a 6-1, 6-1 victory over NCAA runner-up Mallory Burdette to reach the fourth round, four-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova said her relationship with Vujacic has...
04:01 PM, Sep 01, 2012
New York: Maria Sharapova continued her imperious march through the draw at the US Open as she crushed American college player Mallory Burdette 6-1 6-1 on Friday. The French Open champion needed just 58 minutes to send world number 252 Burdette packing. "I expected her to play a big, solid match," said Sharapova, the 2006 US Open champion. "She came out, she has pretty huge groundstrokes, and she likes to...
05:32 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New York: Third-seeded Maria Sharapova needed just 54 minutes to advance to the third round of the US Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0, 6-1 on Wednesday. Sharapova had 30 winners; the 78th-ranked Spaniard had zero. Sharapova has lost five games through two matches. She next faces American wild-card Mallory Burdette, a 21-year-old Stanford All-American making her Grand Slam debut. ...
08:53 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New York: They have five grand slam titles between them, one each this year and one of them is the world No 1. Yet on the eve of the US Open, both Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka find themselves in the shadows, almost forgotten as contenders for the final grand slam event of the year. That's because Serena Williams will go into the event with her dominance restored after her...
11:49 AM, Aug 26, 2012
CNN takes a look at some Olympians who lost but still won hearts in London. ...
05:30 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Cincinnati: Maria Sharapova has dropped out of the Western & Southern Open because of a stomach virus. It's the second straight tournament Sharapova has missed because of the illness. She also dropped out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal this week. She announced the decision on her website. Sharapova was the defending champion in the Cincinnati tournament, which opens this weekend in suburban Mason. She's the second high-ranked player to...
10:41 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup with a stomach ailment. The second-ranked Sharapova told organizers she picked up the bug at the London Olympics. Sharapova won the silver medal at the games after losing to Serena Williams in the final. Sharapova was replaced in the draw by Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan. ...
10:02 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Serena Williams became only the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam when she won her first Olympic singles gold medal on Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1. The victory completed a remarkable run of domination by the No. 4-seeded Williams, who lost only 17 games in her six matches. She went 13-0 this summer at the All England Club, where she won her fifth Wimbledon title...
08:27 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Maria Sharapova won a matchup of first-time Olympians and four-time Grand Slam champions on Thursday. The Russian, seeded No. 3, beat Kim Clijsters of Belgium 6-2, 7-5 on Centre Court at Wimbledon to reach the Olympic semi-finals. Sharapova's opponent on Friday will be No. 14 Maria Kirilenko of Russia, who defeated No. 6 Petra Kvitova of Germany 7-6 (3), 6-3. Sharapova hit 25 winners to eight for Clijsters, who...
01:49 AM, Aug 03, 2012
London: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova are among a host of top tennis stars who have snubbed the Athletes Village in a bid to avoid the travel headaches that have plagued the build-up to the Olympics. While the majority of their compatriots competing at the Games will be staying at the village at the Olympic site in Stratford, east London, Federer, Sharapova and many of their peers will be on...
12:32 PM, Jul 25, 2012
London: Maria Sharapova's hopes of winning a second Wimbledon title were shattered on Monday as the world number one was comprehensively beaten 6-4, 6-3 by Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round. The world number 15 had top seed Sharapova on the back foot early in the first set, forcing her into a string of uncharacteristic errors, and did not let up until she had gained revenge for her semi-final...
08:21 PM, Jul 02, 2012
London: Good thing Wimbledon schedules its middle Sunday as a day off. This year, that gave everyone a chance to catch their breath after an eventful Week 1. Really, when action resumes on Monday with all 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches, what could Week 2 possibly have in store to equal what the first six days offered? There was two-time champion Rafael Nadal's loss in the second round to...
09:31 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic is tough to beat at Wimbledon, indoors or out. Playing the day's first Centre Court match on Friday under the retractable roof, defending champion Djokovic rallied past Radek Stepanek 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. When a drizzle delayed the start of the third round, tournament officials decided Djokovic's match should be played inside. An odd spectacle ensued: The roof closed as the sun came out and outside court...
09:10 PM, Jun 29, 2012
