— -- 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 ...

— -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Katie Boulter hires Maria Sharapova’s former coach for Australian Open - Boulter looks set to go through qualifying in ...

Maria Sharapova has reached the Australian Open final for the fourth time, beating fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2 in a lopsided semifinal on Thursday. The second-ranked Sharapova needed 10 ...