Sharp Sharapova returns to form to reach fourth round

Maria Sharapova proved her second round scare against Alexandra Panova was no more than a blip as she destroyed Zarina Diyas 6-1, 6-1 to charge into the Australian Open fourth round on Friday. -......

Will injured Sharapova miss Australian Open?

IMAGE: Maria Sharapova was forced her to retire from the Shenzhen Open quarter-final due to injury. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Former world number one Maria Sharapova's Australian Open......

Injured Sharapova quits semi-final

World number one Maria Sharapova retired in the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic due to a hamstring injury. Ivanovic will play second seed Martina Hingis......

Brisbane International: Ruthless Sharapova thrashes Shvedova

Maria Sharapova made a powerful start to the new tennis season on Tuesday, crushing Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-0, 6-1 at the Brisbane International on Tuesday. After spending more than half......

Sharapova gets match practice by roughing up young Oz boys

Short of tournament sharpness in the build-up to the Australian Open because of injury, Maria Sharapova has found a novel way of playing herself into form -- roughing up the local boys. The Russian......