Yesterday the two groups that will complete in round-robin play at the WTA Tour Championships were announched.


Maria is in the Black group together with recent No.1 Amelie Mauresmo, US Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva, who was the last player to qualify after a stellar week of play in Philadelphia.


World No.1 Lindsay Davenport will lead the Red Group, which also includes Roland Garros winner Anastasia Myskina, two-time Grand Slam finalist Elena Dementieva and 2...

Maria Sharapova, this year's Wimbledon winner, adds Canon to her list of endorsement deals today.



That's when the electronics company will announce that, beginning next year, Sharapova will appear in ads as the global face for Canon's entire line of products — from digital cameras to office copiers.



The high-fashion, 17-year-old Russian beauty already has deals with Motorola and perfume company Parlux Fragrances.



She also brings something to the deals that's lac...

Maria, who was about to face defending Champion Amelie Mauresmo tonight in the semi finals of the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia, withdrew from the tournament.



Maria is still struggling with a strained right shoulder injury.


Maria hurt her shoulder two weeks ago at the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich. She aggravated the injury her quarterfinal Friday night against Alicia Molik.



"I am very disappointed to be able to continue the tournament because I played reall...

2004 Wimbledon champion and No.3 seed Maria Sharapova continued her impressive indoor season with a 36 61 63 win over Australian No.8 seed Alicia Molik.

Molik had been riding an 11-match win streak which included titles at Zurich, where she defeated Sharapova in a three-set final, and at Luxembourg. However, the young Russian has also been playing well, winning two titles herself since the US Open, and now winning 14 of her last 15 matches.



"I tried to serve better and get mys...

Maria gets her revenge over Molik in Philadelphia tonight where she defeated Australia's Alicia Molik in 3 sets: 3-6 6-1 6-3.
With this win Maria will face her 8th semi-final of the year



In the first set Molik broke to lead 3-1, then Maria managed to break back to 3-4 but Molik broke Maria and served it out to take the set 6-3.


In the second set Maria only dropped one game as she broke in the second and sixth game, Maria had a triple set point at 5-1 but lost the point on...