WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Give Maria Sharapova credit for honesty. Before Wimbledon began, she acknowledged that a recent comeback from shoulder surgery made it too much to ...

PARIS The final score of Maria Sharapova's stunning loss in the French Open quarterfinals Tuesday did not look quite as embarrassing as it nearly did: Her opponent led ...

PARIS (AP) On a day of adieus at the French Open, Maria Sharapova managed to stick around. Trailing through most of the third set in her toughest test since shoulder surgery, Sharapova pulled ...

... and name, her departure qualifies as by far the tournament's most significant. - Advertisement - Hours later, Maria Sharapova appeared headed in the same direction. Like Williams, Sharapova hasn't won the French Open, and she, too, slogged ...

... grass-court player in our generation," praise for Venus comes from all corners, including 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova. "She has a very big game, a very powerful and steady game. You know, her serve is a big weapon. She uses a ...

... straight-set winner against her doubles partner, Ai Sugiyama. Elsewhere, the woman who eliminated 2004 champion Maria Sharapova in the second round, Gisela Dulko, lost to No. 10 Nadia Petrova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, while No. 12 Marion Bartoli ...

... names are still around 2008 champion Rafael Nadal pulled out before the tournament with sore knees, and 2004 champion Maria Sharapova lost in the second round but there are some new faces. Most notably: 124th-ranked Melanie Oudin, a 17-year ...

... pretty close." Radwanska was playing in her third Grand Slam quarterfinal, 27 fewer than Venus, and while she upset Maria Sharapova at the 2007 U.S. Open, a stunner of that magnitude never seemed a possibility Tuesday. Venus won the first five ...

... 21 Patty Schnyder and No. 23 Aleksandra Wozniak. - Advertisement - Past Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova reached the second round, as did No. 4 Novak Djokovic, No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and ...

... Open women's champion Ana Ivanovic's exit in a 6-2, 6-3 loss to No. 9 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, to Maria Sharapova's latest three-set victory, to the Williams' sisters loss in doubles. All that really mattered on this day ...