— -- MELBOURNE -- Maria Sharapova has carved out a nice career for herself winning the first-week matches she's supposed to. On Friday in Melbourne, she did it again, handling Ohio native Lauren ...

A previous winner of the Australian Open is barely recognisable almost two decades after triumphing at the Grand Slam ...

MELBOURNE -- There was much pre-Australian Open focus on Serena Williams' four-month layoff from tournaments and what her return would be like. Maria Sharapova had missed a fair amount of tournaments ...

Maria Sharapova's knack of beating her fellow Russians continued on Thursday, as she downed Ekaterina Makarova to reach the Australian Open final. Second seed Sharapova dismissed compatriot Makarova 6 ...

Naomi Osaka has tipped her hat to Venus and Serena Williams as well as Maria Sharapova in the wake of her grand entrance at ...

With Maria Sharapova following Serena Williams out of the Australian Open in the second major upset in 24 hours, attention turned quickly to defending champion Victoria Azarenka's bid for a third ...