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Ready for 2.0: Sharapova retires with 'good timing'
Maria Sharapova immediately adjusts to life after tennis amid the coronavirus pandemic

Fritz bests Serena, Sharapova for $1M in 'Stay at Home Slam'
Taylor Fritz earns $1 million for hungry children in the US in a star-studded online tennis tournament

Sharapova 'legend with mind of champion,' says Djokovic
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic leads the tennis greats who hailed Maria Sharapova as a legend following the five-time Grand Slam champion's retirement

Sharapova ends a career that was stuff of Hollywood
After leaving Russia in 1994 with her father and just $700 to their names, Maria Sharapova turned into a global tennis star with earnings of least $300 million

Goodbye, tennis: Sharapova announces retirement
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova says she's 'ready to scale another mountain'

Wildcard Sharapova dumped out in Australian Open 1st round
Maria Sharapova succumbs to a straight-set defeat to Croatian Donna Vekic

'Right call': Sharapova match abandoned in smoggy Melbourne
Sharapova says she could feel 'a bit of a cough coming out' as toxic smoke from raging bushfires affect the Australian Open qualifiers

'Very special' – Sharapova handed Australian Open wildcard
Maria Sharapova will play in the Australian Open for the 16th time since her debut in 2003
Sharapova slams 'second-hand' Brisbane event as men take over
As top women's tennis players get relegated to outside courts to make way for the men, Maria Sharapova says many of them are 'deserving of that center court spot'

'Still a lot of fire': Sharapova accepts Brisbane wildcard
Despite slipping to 133 in the world rankings, Maria Sharapova thinks she has a lot more to show

Sharapova returns to action in Brisbane
Back from a shoulder injury, former world No.1 Maria Sharapova kicks off her 2020 campaign as a wild card entry

Sharapova still has 'fire and motivation' despite 2019 misery
'Any chance that I get to come out and play competitively is a really good day because I just haven't played a lot,' says Sharapova

Serena Williams rips Sharapova in U.S. Open 1st round
Serena Williams cruises through the opening round against five-time major Sharapova

Serena-Sharapova showdown seizes spotlight at US Open
Serena Williams has beaten Maria Sharapova 18 consecutive times dating to 2005, but that has not prevented their rivalry from being the talk of the tourney
Serena, Sharapova to clash in early U.S. Open blockbuster
Serena Williams kicks off her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam versus long-time rival Maria Sharapova

Sharapova, Kerber fall in Toronto 1st round
Former world No. 1's Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber get booted out of the Rogers Cup's 1st round

Sharapova, Venus get wildcards for WTA Cincinnati event
Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams aim to bounce back from their lackluster 2019 Wimbledon campaigns

Future 'uncertain' as Sharapova quits Wimbledon in pain
'I'm still proud that I'm here. This is not the easy way. I think the easy way would be just for me to maybe do other things,' says Sharapova

Sharapova has 'expectations' for return from 5-month absence
Maria Sharapova will see action in the Mallorca Open as she begins her climb back to her top form
Sharapova: Australian Open 2019 exit will not dent Slam dreams
Former world No. 1 Sharapova loses to Australian Ashleigh Barty in 3 sets in the last 16

Sharapova says revenge not behind Wozniacki Open upset
'I just really like winning,' says Maria Sharapova after bundling out defending Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki

Dominant Sharapova win sets up Wozniacki clash
Resurgent Maria Sharapova turns back Rebecca Peterson to arrange a third-round showdown against defending champion Caroline Wozniacki

Sharapova shows unwavering passion in 1st round double bagel
Maria Sharapova is back to her ruthless self as she dispatches Harriet Dart in 63 minutes

Injured Sharapova retires from Shenzhen quarters
The injury comes 10 days before the start of the Australian Open
Struggling Sharapova progresses at Shenzhen as opponent retires
China's Wang Xinyu is forced to retire from the match after feeling pain in her thigh
Sharapova campaign off to tough start in Shenzhen
The five-time Grand Slam champion, though, still edges out Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky
My worst time? This is not even close, says beaten Sharapova
Crashing out of the US Open does not even come close to the experience Sharapova endured when at 7 years old, she and her father left Russia for Florida
French Open 2018: Muguruza dumps Sharapova to reach semis
The former champion sends Maria Sharapova crashing to her worst Grand Slam loss in 6 years

Injured Serena withdraws from French Open before Sharapova clash
The 23-time Grand Slam champion feels 'beyond disappointed' as she hands Maria Sharapova the last-8 spot

Serena, Sharapova ready to renew bad blood in French Open
Maria Sharapova has not defeated Serena Williams since 2004
Sharapova desperate to end 14-year losing streak to Serena
The Russian star's last win against Serena Williams came in 2004 – way before the birth of Twitter and YouTube

French Open 2018: Serena fights back as Nadal, Sharapova cruise
Former world number 1 Serena Williams edges closer to a possible last-16 duel versus old rival Maria Sharapova

Nadal, Sharapova survive scares as Serena makes winning Grand Slam return
World number one Rafael Nadal says the first-round match against Italian Simone Bolelli turned out to be a good test at the French Open 2018

Rain holds up Nadal and Sharapova, Djokovic through in French Open 2018
Former champion Stan Wawrinka crashes out early in a loss that will also send his world ranking plummeting

Questions and comebacks in the French Open 2018 women's singles
Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Victoria Azarenka compete in a Grand Slam together for the first time since the 2016 Australian Open

Serena, Sharapova poised for French Open 2018 last-16 duel
Rafael Nadal also gets dream route as Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, and other clay court rivals land in other half of the draw

True grit: Sharapova back at French Open with point to prove
The Russian returns to the clay court showpiece after the Roland Garros chiefs denied her of a wildcard in 2017

Halep downs Sharapova, sets Rome final rematch vs Svitolina
The Romanian world number one fights back from a set down to win only her second match against the Russian tennis star

Sharapova has good 'inner feeling' ahead of French Open return
The Russian tennis star looks forward to her Paris comeback after getting denied a wild-card entry last year

Sharapova delight at popping the question to Nadal
The Russian tennis star finds thrill in practicing with the 16-time Grand Slam champion

Kerber crushes Sharapova in ex-champs showdown at Open
Kerber makes it to the last 16 in straight sets over Sharapova

Sharapova in top contender form as she speeds into Australian Open third round
Against an opponent who had thwarted her Grand Slam comeback in the US Open last year, Sharapova speeds through a scintillating first set in 23 power-packed minutes

Shivering Sharapova sails into second round
Maria Sharapova crawls back to her pre-doping ban form

Sharapova named in India luxury housing fraud probe
'Any celebrity who endorses any product technically becomes an agent for that company. No one would have invested in the project if Sharapova's name was not there,' says the lawyer of the buyers of the failed housing project
Maria Sharapova wins first title since doping ban
Sharapova wins at the Tianjin Open, her first title win since the 2015 Italian Open

What ban? Chinese in thrall to 'goddess' Sharapova
Sharapova continues to garner support from her fans in China

Sharapova ousted at US Open, says it's been 'a really great ride'
Latvian 16th seed Anastasija Sevastova rallies to eliminate the 5 time Grand Slam champion

Sharapova grand slams Wozniacki after rival is eliminated
Sharapova is on to the fourth round while Wozniacki has just moved on

Sharapova says she's earning respect at US Open
Sharapova feels her play so far has justified her wild card entry into the US Open

Maria Sharapova reintroduces herself at US Open
Maria Sharapova faces Hungary s Timea Babos in the second round of the year s final Grand Slam
