You can expect things to get very loud on the Arthur Ashe Court this evening when firstly the birthday girl and singer, Shania Twain takes the microphone at the US Open Opening Ceremony and then, the second seed and 2015 … Continue reading
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Maria Sharapova – delight, disappointment and injury
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The Russian Tennis player, Maria Sharapova must have thought that “Lady luck” was on her side yesterday, when she defeated Christina McHale of America 6-4 6-2 at the Italian Open in Rome, and with it, qualified for the Wimbledon Championships … Continue reading
Gutsy Bouchard finds her “Genie” against Sharapova
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There was a lot of hype leading up to yesterday’s second round match between Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and Maria Sharapova of Russia, at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. The hype came from the younger player, Bouchard, who has … Continue reading
Kerber, Kuznetsova and Sharapova all advance in Madrid
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In the Round of 64 action at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain today, top seed, Angelique Kerber of Germany, sailed past Timea Babos of Hungary, 6-4 6-2. The current World No. 2, who is hungry to regain the top … Continue reading
Tough draw awaits Sharapova in Madrid, possible wild card for Wimbledon
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Maria Sharapova will battle it today out against the in form Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. This is Sharapova’s second wild card entry, after she received one to the Porsche Open in … Continue reading
Sharapova sails past Vinci on her return
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After having served a reduced 15 month ban for testing positive for the banned substance, Meldonium, Maria Sharapova of Russia, returned to the tour today as a wildcard entrant, to face Roberta Vinci of Italy in the first round of … Continue reading
Gird your loins – Maria Sharapova is back in town
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After having served a reduced 15 month ban from tennis for using the banned substance, Meldonium, former World No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova will be returning to the WTA tour, after being handed a wild card … Continue reading
Grigor Dimitrov is on the rise again
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The 25 year old Bulgarian tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, was certainly destined to be in the spotlight – on and off the court. It all started at the tender age of 14, when he won his first major junior tennis … Continue reading