Maria Sharapova recovered from a second-set meltdown to record her first victory at this year's WTA Finals with a 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2 triumph over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanksa on Friday but the Russian still bowed out of the elite eight-woman tournament.
Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva picked up her third title of the year and denied compatriot Maria Sharapova a comeback win with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the final of the Toronto Cup Sunday.
Photos of the French Open women's final game between Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep
The Russian can qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon by reaching the semi-final of either the Madrid or Rome tournaments.
Italy's Flavia Pennetta stunned former world number one Maria Sharapova 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the semi-finals of the LA Championships on Saturday.
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova has recovered from the illness that forced her to pull out of the Paris Open.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova battled back from a torrid start against French teenager Caroline Garcia to book her place in the French Open third round with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory on Thursday.
The Wimbledon champion crushed China's Li Na 6-0, 6-2 to become the fifth Russian woman to reach the fourth round.
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska used her wits to defeat world number two Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 to win the Sony Ericsson Open final on Saturday and once again deny the Russian.
Maria Sharapova advanced to the Sony Ericsson Open final by beating Caroline Wozniacki 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday in a two and a half hour battle.
The Wimbledon champion beat Kristina Brandi of Puerto Rico 6-1, 6-4 at the $1.3 million Montreal Cup.
Barty's best performance for Heat came against Melbourne Stars, scoring a quickfire 39 off 27 balls. She went onto amass 68 runs in seven innings in the tournament before switching her focus back to tennis.
The world No. 1 scraped into the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals when Anna-Lena Groenefeld retired with an ankle injury leading the second-round match 6-1, 4-2.
Maria Sharapova continued her build-up for Wimbledon by winning back-to-back matches to reach the quarter-finals of the Edgbaston Classic on Thursday.
Sharapova would stop playing for Russia in the Fed Cup if the 17-year-old Wimbledon champion was invited to join the team next year.
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova eased past Luxembourg's Anne Kremer 6-0 6-2 to reach the final.
The blonde Sharapova -- billed the new Anna Kournikova -- was one of eight women given berths in the main draw of the grasscourt Grand Slam.
Defending champion Li Na was shown the door while Maria Sharapova remained on course for a maiden title after the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova is once again trying to hit the fur off tennis balls but admits she may no longer be feared.
Tennis was the last thing on former champion Maria Sharapova's mind just five days before Wimbledon as she posed in the window of a luxury department store on Wednesday.
Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova was reportedly tormented on Saturday with the inaugural International Premier Tennis League tournament's shot-clock, saying that she feels like pressing the snooze all the time.
Newly crowned French Open champion Maria Sharapova took her Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen trophy to the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.
Maria Sharapova marched into the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Open after crushing Australian Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-2 on Friday to set up a last four meeting with fellow-Russian Vera Zvonareva.
'Sharapova has been a US resident since early in her career, which does bring in a question of how or why she is using a drug that is not licensed there'
Tennis great John McEnroe finds it hard to believe that Maria Sharapova was unaware she was taking a banned drug that led to her suspension, the seven-time Grand Slam champion said on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
Ana Ivanovic recovered from an awful start to beat Kaia Kanepi at the Brisbane International on Thursday and remain on track for a glamour meeting with Maria Sharapova.
Multiple grand slam champion Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Brisbane International on Tuesday after suffering an arm injury in practise less than two weeks before the Australian Open.
Maria Sharapova defeated French qualifier Stephanie Foretz 6-1, 6-4 while Venus Williams survived British wildcard Naomi Cavaday.
World number one Victoria Azarenka set up a final date with Maria Sharapova at the China Open after the top two seeds enjoyed comprehensive victories in their semi-finals on Saturday.
Favourite Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova will meet in the women's singles final at Wimbledon. The former stormed back after a shaky start to beat Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-3 while eighth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova showed the greater will, ambition and control of her nerves to overcome Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
Maria Sharapova powered into the Wimbledon semi-finals with an awesome display every bit as spectacular as the thunder claps that rattled the All England Club on Tuesday. The Russian fifth seed, the stand-out name in an unfamiliar looking last eight, roared to a 6-1, 6-1 win over shell-shocked Dominika Cibulkova under Centre Court's roof and now only wildcard Sabine Lisicki stands between Sharapova and her first final here since she won the tournament in 2004.
Maria Sharapova recovered from a woeful start to overwhelm rising talent Simona Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the Madrid Open and claim her 31st career title on Sunday.
