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Sharapova First Top Seed to Fall
By Chris Sesno - AOL NewsDespite a brief rain delay, we've seen the first major upset just three hours after the 2010 Australian Open action kicked off in Melbourne Sunday night (est). 14th-seeded Maria Sharapova fell to compatriot Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4, in a three-set thriller that saw Sharapova nearly battle back from double match point in Rod Laver Arena. Sharapova won the Australian Open in 2008, the last time she played the tournament, but was sidelined from Melbourne in 2009 after undergoing shoulder surgery. Sharapova wasn't ever able to get in a rhythm against Kirilenko, coughing up 77 unforced ...
Lakers' Sasha Vujacic and Maria Sharapova Might Be Dating
By Matt Watson - AOL NewsIt certainly doesn't suck to be Sasha Vujacic. After hitching his star to Kobe Bryant, he and the rest of his teammates became the envy of the NBA, helping the Lakers win their 15th championship in franchise history. And now? After reportedly hooking up with Maria Sharapova, he's become the envy of men, period. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, I should note that Sharapova has yet to be seen at a Staples Center courtside seat wearing a Vujacic jersey (they sell those, right?), but the two were seen "cuddling up" in public at a recent U2 concert, as reported by CNBC's Darren Rovell. ...
Sharapova Ousted at China Open
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsBEIJING (AP) -- Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the China Open on Wednesday, losing to Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-4.Svetlana Kuznetsova moved into the quarterfinals by defeating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.Peng broke Sharapova twice in the first set, and again in the sixth game of the second. Sharapova saved two match points at 5-4 before losing to the 53rd-ranked player.The former top-ranked Russian appeared to show the strain of her three-set win over Victoria Azarenka the night before."I've had matches where I didn't feel like I was maybe at the level that I wanted to be," ...
Unseeded Sharapova Wins Pan Pacific
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsTOKYO (AP) -- Maria Sharapova won her first tournament since returning from a 10-month injury layoff when Jelena Jankovic retired because of an arm injury in the first set of the Toray Pan Pacific final SaturdaySharapova was up 5-2 at Ariake Colosseum when the seventh-seeded Serb took a timeout to have her right arm examined by the trainer. Jankovic returned to the court and lost the first two points of the eighth game before retiring."It's disappointing," said Sharapova, who had arthroscopic surgery to repair a rotator cuff in her right shoulder nearly a year ago. "It's toward the end of the ...
Sharapova, Jankovic Advance to Quarters at Pan Pacific Open
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsTOKYO (AP) -- Maria Sharapova recovered from a slow start Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over compatriot Alisa Kleybanova.The former top-ranked Russian, who has been struggling since returning from a 10-month injury layoff, will face Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Benesova defeated Taiwan's Chang Kai-chan 7-5, 6-2.Sharapova, 25th in the world rankings, took control of the match in the second set when she broke Kleybanova three times to open up a 5-0 lead. Kleybanova broke back in the sixth ...
Tennis Star Maria Kirilenko Clarifies Relationship with Andre
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. 22-year-old tennis hottie Maria Kirilenko has been ranked as high as No. 18 in the world, but she's getting a lot of attention for her looks instead of her tennis ability. In fact Kirilenko has been on the cover of many magazines and was selected in 2006 to be the face of Adidas. In this video we talk to Maria about her game and her name -- her connection to Utah Jazz star Andrei Kirilenko.Check out the video after the jump. ...
Women Come Out Swinging at the U.S. Open
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWhile much of the tennis world continues to be consumed with the Rafa/Roger rivalry -- will Rafael Nadal's over-stressed knees give out, thus preventing the Spaniard from capturing his first U.S. Open title, or will Roger Federer win a record-breaking sixth consecutive U.S. Open title? -- I have been captivated by the stories, not to mention the amazing match play, of some of the women in this year's tournament. ...
Federer, Serena Advance at Wimbledon
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsWIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- When Roger Federer misfired on an important shot Friday, his knees buckled and he stomped behind the baseline, miffed at his mere mortality. The moment quickly passed, and Federer advanced to the second week at Wimbledon by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1.Federer lost a set for first time this week, with two errant forehands costing him the tiebreaker. That merely extended his Centre Court workout by half an hour.It has been a good first week," he said. "Pretty convincing. I thought this was my best match of the tournament, even though I dropped ...
Michael Stich Hates Grunting, Says Wimbledon Women Only 'Sell Sex'
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsGrunting, for lack of a better word, in women's tennis doesn't bother me; it's an obvious sign of physical exertion and I may or may not find it attractive. But I'm not everyone, and I'm certainly not former Wimbledon champ Michael Stich, who appears fairly repulsed by the whole grunt thing.Also, he firmly believes that the fine ladies who compete at Wimbledon are "just there to sell sex" which is why they should stop grunting (Honestly, Stich has to be the only one who somehow doesn't think Maria Sharapova's grunting is attractive in some aspect, right?)The 40-year-old German said the noise ...
Nadal, Safina Top Seeds at Wimbledon
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsWIMBLEDON, England (June 17) -- Rafael Nadal's French Open stumble failed to strip him of the world No. 1 ranking, and it won't cost him the top seed at Wimbledon either. Nadal, the tournament's defending champion, was seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon on Wednesday. Top-ranked Dinara Safina, who lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open final, earned the women's No. 1 seed. There were no big surprises when the All England Club announced the seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, which opens June 22. The draw will be released Friday.Wimbledon stuck closely to the world rankings in ...
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