World number two Maria Sharapova retained the prestigious Italian Open title on Sunday following a come-from-behind victory against 2011 Roland Garros champion Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6. Li Na, aiming for her first title since Grand Slam victory in Paris nearly a year ago, was in control of the first set and appeared set for [...]

World number two Maria Sharapova will face a formidable opponent in the final of the 2012 Italian Open. The Russian tennis star is aiming to defend this prestigious claycourt title against the 2011 French Open champion, who’s aiming to win her first title in almost a year. Li advanced to the final without playing in [...]

Her huge serve and groundstrokes hitting their mark time and time again, Maria Sharapova was in vintage form in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, finally breaking her finals jinx against World No.1 Victoria Azarenka and capturing her 25th WTA title with a 61 64 victory. From an absolutely packed field that included [...]

Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska captured her first WTA Premier Mandatory title on Saturday, defeating No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 in the Sony Ericsson Open final. Radwanska saved all three break points she faced, and broke the Russian at the end of each set to claim victory in one hour and 44 minutes, ending [...]

Nine days ago she was on the verge of it all coming to an end, just two points from losing her opening match. But no one has more belief these days, and after surviving that one Victoria Azarenka just got better – now she is the Indian Wells champion and 23-0 on the year. Last [...]

MSG Sports and StarGames have announced a comprehensive broadcast plan for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown that involves ESPN to broadcast the much-anticipated matches live from Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 5 featuring world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia playing former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and world number three Roger [...]

Belarussian Victoria Azarenka won the biggest match of her career so far by winning the 2012 Australian Open Women’s Singles title on Saturday, beating former champion Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0. Azarenka played her first Grand Slam final and won. With the win, she also become the new world number one. “First I want to congratulate [...]

Watch 2011 TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Live Online Video Stream Here are the eight official competitors of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships with their corresponding achievements for the 2011 season. The $4.9 million tournament will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Data gotten from official WTA site: RED GROUP (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) ~ [...]

Press Release NEW YORK, NY, USA – Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova and the doubles team of Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik have become the first players to qualify for the TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships, which will be hosted at the state of the art Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The WTA’s year-end finale will [...]

Maria Sharapova of Russia, the fourth-seeded player of the 2011 US Open Women’s Singles event, was eliminated in the third round by veteran Italian Flavia Pennetta in three sets. Pennetta prevailed in 2 and a half hours with the score showing 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Sharapova racked up 12 double-faults apart from several problems with her [...]