Maria Sharapova
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Party for Ash Barty at Australian Open; Sharapova, Kerber knocked out
Tennis | Jan 20, 2019, 12:38 PM ISTIt took four match points and 2 hours, 22 minutes before Barty fended off 2008 champion Sharapova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, reaching the quarterfinals of a major for the first time.
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Australian Open: Serena Williams into fourth round, dropped nine total games so far
Tennis | Jan 19, 2019, 01:30 PM ISTSurely, everything felt a tad different up-close-and-personal with the 37-year-old American in Rod Laver Arena.
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Defending champ gone: Maria Sharapova ousts Caroline Wozniacki in Australia Open
Tennis | Jan 18, 2019, 12:59 PM ISTSharapova's victory Friday was built on aggressive groundstrokes that gave her a 37-10 edge in total winners.
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Australian Open: Sharapova up against Wozniacki after beating Peterson in second round
Tennis | Jan 16, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTSharapova won the Australian title in 2008 and has reached the final at Melbourne Park three other times.
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Australian Open: Wozniacki begins title defence on bright note; Kerber, Sharapova advance
Tennis | Jan 14, 2019, 09:03 PM ISTMaria Sharapova got out of the Melbourne heat as quickly as she could, needing just 63 minutes to beat British qualifier Harriet Dart 6-0, 6-0 in the first match.
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Australian Open 2019: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova advance after straight-sets victories on the opening day
Tennis | Jan 14, 2019, 10:57 AM ISTThe 2008 Australian Open champion got play started on Rod Laver Arena and needed only 63 minutes to advance.
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Maria Sharapova advances to Shenzhen Open quarterfinals
Tennis | Jan 03, 2019, 08:58 AM ISTSharapova, who lost the first set 7-6 (4), was leading 5-2 in the second before the 17-year-old Wang was forced to quit.
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In a major shift in women's tennis, players to retain WTA ranking after giving birth
Tennis | Dec 15, 2018, 11:08 AM ISTWTA has also decided to guarantee players that they will not have to face a seeded player in a tournament's opening round.
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World No. 1 Simona Halep bags WTA Fan Favourite award for a second straight season
Tennis | Dec 08, 2018, 03:06 PM ISTApart from Halep, only four women have been named Fan Favourite in the ten-year history of the award.
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2006 champion Maria Sharapova out of US Open in 4th round again
Tennis | Sep 04, 2018, 01:09 PM ISTMaria Sharapova won the US Open as a teenager. More than a decade later, she can't seem to make it past the fourth round.
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Past champs Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova beaten at Wimbledon of upsets
Tennis | Jul 04, 2018, 10:57 AM ISTA 15-month doping ban kept Sharapova out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in 2016, and an injury sidelined her a year ago.
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French Open: Halep beats Kerber, Muguruza ousts Sharapova to reach semifinals
Tennis | Jun 06, 2018, 10:56 PM ISTHalep next faces third-seeded Garbine Muguruza, who thrashed Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-1 in a matchup of past French Open champions.
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Serena Williams pulls out of French Open 2018 due to injury
Tennis | Jun 04, 2018, 07:58 PM ISTSerena Williams has called off her Grand Slam comeback, pulling out of the French Open because of a chest injury before she was supposed to play Maria Sharapova.
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French Open 2018: Get ready for Serena Williams vs Maria Sharapova in Paris
Tennis | Jun 03, 2018, 11:30 AM ISTThe head-to-head history is overwhelmingly in Williams' favour as the American has won 19 of 21 meetings against Sharapova, including 18 in a row.
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French Open: Muguruza enters round of 16; Sharapova routs Pliskova, may face Serena next
Tennis | Jun 02, 2018, 06:31 PM ISTSharapova has won two of her five Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and is now into the fourth round for the 12th time in 14 appearances at the clay-court major.
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Two-time French Open champion reminds: 'There is also Sharapova'
Tennis | Jun 01, 2018, 07:51 AM ISTSharapova is playing in the clay-court Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2015, though, and she advanced Wednesday by beating 50th-ranked Donna Vekic of Croatia 7-5, 6-4 to improve to 13-0 in the second round.
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French Open 2018: Nadal, Halep cruise into third round; Sharapova, Muguruza advance
Tennis | Jun 01, 2018, 12:20 AM ISTTop-ranked Simona Halep, third-seeded Garbine Muguruza and two-time champion Maria Sharapova all powered into the French Open's third round with straight-set victories on Thursday.
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Serena Williams could face Maria Sharapova in 4th round at French Open
Tennis | May 25, 2018, 12:16 PM ISTSerena Williams resumes her comeback after maternity leave following two consecutive losses in March.
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FRENCH OPEN 2018: Will No. 1 Halep ever win a Slam title?
Tennis | May 23, 2018, 04:51 PM ISTDespite playing three major finals, Simona Halep has yet to overcome a mental barrier which has kept her away from getting her hands on the coveted Grand Slam trophy.
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French Open organisers not in favour of giving Serena Williams a seeding
Tennis | May 22, 2018, 05:08 PM ISTWithout a seeding, the 23-time Grand Slam champion risks facing highly ranked players in the early rounds.