Archive: maria-sharapova
If she didn't have a full-time job as the highest-paid woman in sport, Maria Sharapova has her own dream of the perfect lifestyle. The self-confessed people-watcher and French Open semi-finalist has dubbed Paris one of the best world cities for indulging in her not-so-secret passion.
Here are some photos for the tennis fans, we've got Rafa, Djokovic, Maria Sharapova, and tennis' Lady Gaga at the French, Bethanie Mattek-Sands! Let us know at 10sBalls.com if you like them and want more, the sooner you do the sooner we'll be sure to give them to you.
Much harder than we would have expected -- it took more than three hours -- but Maria Sharapova keeps her hopes for #1 alive
This match was scheduled for Thursday, but they ran out of time. Maybe, if they had known how quick it would be, they would have gone for it....
Now I'm going to break down the women's draw - or at least the first round of it. I won't pretend like I'm incredibly knowledgeable about the WTA tour.
Across the water there was a nation needing a win, and a win they got - Heather Watson became the lone Brit into the second round of the French Open on Tuesday, as the first round of the clay court Slam wrapped up. Playing six-time WTA finalist Elena Vesnina, Watson was more aggressive and steadier in the match too, hitting more winners (18 to 14) and far less unforced errors (11 to 23).
It appears that No. 1 Novak Djokovic has signed with the Japanese company Uniqlo ending a three-year relationship with clothing and footwear manufacturer Sergio Tacchini.
Pressure from what she considers inflexible WTA rules required injured Victoria Azarenka to make a start this week at the Rome Masters, with the No.1 then withdrawing after winning her opening match.
WTA announced that its Top 10 Rankings for the week of May 21, 2012, will feature ten players from ten different countries for the second time in history
This doesn't mean much for Maria Sharapova in the short term; she remains #2. And yet, if we look at the Top Ten in clay points earned over the last year, it's a fascinating list....
Rome (Thurs): Sharapova & Venus Win To Set Up Showdown
"I saw her play a couple years ago and was really impressed and then I saw her practice recently with Jesse and I wasn't impressed because I don't think she knows what the hell she is doing," Joyce told Daily Tennis
Prince’s bankruptcy filing last week didn’t spare much of the tennis industry, with dozens of players, coaches, consultants, media and other tennis business being listed as creditors
Playing for the first time on blue clay, the Top 2 players in the world made winning starts to their Mutua Madrid Open campaigns on Sunday, although one of them had a much less complicated time than the other.
Watching all of these European clay tournaments really brings back the gladiatorial theme to tennis. You have participants grinding it out on red clay for hours, producing body blow after body blow with powerful groundstrokes. And in the end, you have a winner, who raises his or her arms in triumph to a stadium looking down upon the victor like the mob once did in the Colosseum centuries ago.
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