Russian Champ Sharapova Defeats Injured Serena at WTA Final
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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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Women&#39;s professional tennis was turned upside down this summer when 17-year-old Maria Sharapova of Bradenton upset defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4 in the Wimbledon singles final.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova suffered a major defeat by newly US Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the &quot;Russian Derby&quot; semi-final of the 585,000 US dollars China Open WTA tour here on Saturday.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova each rallied from a set down to win semifinal matches Sunday at the WTA Championships.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova saw her hopes of a third consecutive WTA title dashed on Sunday in a surprise defeat by unseeded Australian Alicia Molik in the final of the Zurich Challenge.
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LOS ANGELES: Teenager Maria Sharapova capped her stunning tennis year by overcoming an injured Serena Williams 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships yesterday.
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VIENNA - Serena Williams looked so ill she could barley lift her racket at times as she suffered a 7-6 6-2 defeat to Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova in the second round of the Linz Open WTA tournament on Wednesday.
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Sport: Maria Sharapova won her all-Russian battle with Elena Dementieva while Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic also reached the quarter-finals
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia beat former world number one Venus Williams of the United States 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Zurich Challenge WTA tennis tournament.
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Having maintained for days that the set lost at love to Serena Williams in the fourth round no longer took up space in her memory, Amelie Mauresmo was forced to face that reality not once, but twice in her semifinal loss to Maria Sharapova yesterday.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova  fought back from a sloppy start to wear down fellow Russian  Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the  Australian Open semi-finals for the first time.
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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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PERFECTION is not as easy as it looks. Maria Sharapova achieved it, briefly, for two glorious sets against Serena Williams to win the Wimbledon title but that was weeks ago and since then she seems to have
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ZURICH, Oct. 23. - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova set up an all-Russian semi-final clash with third seed Elena Dementieva after defeating Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 at the 1.3 million-dollar WTA event in Zurich.
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Maria Sharapova beats Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
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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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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.