Sharapova beats Venus Williams, advances to all-Russian semi-final
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 in the Swisscom Challenge quarter-finals yesterday, extending her winning streak to 11 matches.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova cruised into the final eight with a decisive 6-1, 6-1 win over compatriot Tatyana Panova. Top seed Serena Williams also advanced to the China
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat four-time major winner Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 Sunday in an exhibition match two weeks before the start of the Australian Open.
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LOS ANGELES: Amelie Mauresmo and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova qualified for the semi-finals in the WTA Championship, keeping alive Mauresmoâs bid to take away the number 1 ranking from Lindsay Davenport in season finale.
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Teenager Maria Sharapova defeated an injured Serena Williams 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships on Monday, moving the worldâs first Russian champ to a career-high number four and winnings of $1 million.
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Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova crushed injured Serbian third seed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-1 in a one-sided semi-final Thursday to reach her second successive Australian Open final.
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Number one seed Maria Sharapova was made to work hard before securing her semi-final place at the Istanbul Cup with a 6-2 3-6 6-0 defeat of Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday.
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Moscow - Russian newspapers lavished praise on Wednesday on 17-year-old Russian tennis sensation Maria Sharapova, saying her triumph over Serena Williams in the finals of the WTA Tour Championships was a victory for the history books and for her native
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Wimbledon champion MariaSharapova beat Venus Williams, 6-3, 6-4, in the Swisscom Challenge quarterfinals yesterday in Zurich to extend her winning streak to 11 matches.
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Venus Williams surged into the Wimbledon semi-finals on Thursday with a 6-3 6-4 victory over fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Venus Williamsâs 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory over Jelena Jankovic gave her a berth in the semifinals of the United States Open for the first time since 2002.
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LOS ANGELES: Maria Sharapovaâs shining year ended in style Monday as she rallied from four games down in the third set to beat an injured Serena Williams in the final of the WTA Tour Championships.
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Top seed and defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France advanced to the final of the WTA Championship on Saturday after Russian third seed Maria Sharapova withdrew ahead of their scheduled semi-final with a right shoulder injury.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova  reached her second consecutive final with a 6-2, 6-3 victory  over Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn at the Japan Open Friday.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat  former world number one Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to  reach the semi-finals of the $1.3 million Zurich Challenge  event.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova surged into the Korea Open semifinals Friday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over Australian Samantha Stosur.
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Venus Williams carved out a testy 6-4,  6-4 win over qualifier Alina Jidkova, while French and U.S.  Open runner-up Elena Dementieva led seven Russians into the  second round of the Kremlin Cup Tuesday.