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Serena Williams wins Roland Garros
Serena Williams has capped an amazing 12 months following her first round loss at Roland Garros in 2012, to defeat the defending Champion, Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to claim her 2nd Roland Garros title.

Photos from Roland Garros 2013
Photos from the 2013 Roland Garros in Paris.

Roland Garros Final – Serena Williams vs. Mara Sharapova
Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will clash for the 4th time this year. It has been 9 years since Maria Sharapova has defeated Serena Williams Can she turn this around on Saturday and defend her title or will Serena claim her 2nd Roland Garros title?

Roland Garros final set: Serena Williams vs. Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams crushed the 2012 finalist, Sarah Errani 6-0, 6-1 and will face defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final. Sharapova who defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 has not defeated Serena Williams since 2004 at the Tour Championships.

Sharapova survives scare
Defending champion, Maria Sharapova rallied from a 6-0 opening set loss to defeat Jelena Jankovic 0-6 6-4 6-3 to reach the semi-finals where she will now face Victoria Azarenka.

French Open 2013: Azarenka, Sharapova, USA’s Stephens win at French Open
Another great day of tennis at Roland Garros as top seeds start to get pushed as we enter the 2nd week of Roland Garros. Australia's Open champion, Victoria Azarenka was formed to fight back against Alize Cornet while defending Champion, Maria Sharapova faught back from a double break deficit against Jie Zheng.

Nadal, Sharapova advance to third round at French Open
Action on day 6 of Roland Garros which has seen Marion Bartoli, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena William, Tommy Haas and Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga advancing in the draw. Match of the day goes to Tommy Robredo, who update Gael Monfils

Who will win Roland Garros 2013 – women’s singles
Roland Garros is now underway and Serena Williams leads the pack and enters the tournament on a 23 match wining streak? Can she continue this streak and claim her 2nd title or can someone upset the World No. 1 in Paris?

Roland Garros draws for 2013
The Roland Garros 2013 draws are now available. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are drawn together in the top half with Roger Federer the top favorite to reach the final in the 2nd half.

Serena wins career 50th title in Madrid
Serena Williams defeated No. 2. Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4 to retain her Madrid title and the World No. 1 ranking. The victory marked her 50th career title.

Sharapova records 500th career win
Maria Sharapova recorded her 500th career match win in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday, beating Ana Ivanovic to reach the final of the Premier-level tournament.

Serena rallies past Sharapova to win Sony Open
Serena Williams wins a record 6th title in Miami after she defeated Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. The World No. 1 was in trouble when she trailed a set and a break in the 2nd, but rallied back to win 10 consecutive games to record her 11th straight victory over Sharapova.

Sharapova powers to Indian Wells title
Maria Sharapova defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday in Indian Wells to claim her 2nd BNP Paribas Open title. It marked her first title for 2013 and the 28th singles title of her career.

Can Maria Sharapova win the 2013 Australian Open?
Maria Sharapova entered the 2013 Australian Open with a question mark over her head after withdrawing from her opening tournament in Brisbane. Without question, she has removed that question after reaching the 4th round by dropping only 4 games after she recorded a “double double” bagel, winning her first...

Sharapova in hot form in Melbourne
Heading into the 2013 Australian Open, everyone was talking about defending champion Victoria Azarenka (who withdraw from the semi-finals of Brisbane) and Serena Williams who has won the last 2 Grand Slams. As the World No. 2, Maria Sharapova entered the Australian Open without any warm-up tournament after she...

Maria Sharapova cruises in the Australian opener
Maria Sharapova dispelled any uncertainty over her fitness with a one sided win over fellow Russian Olga Puchkova at the Australian Open on Monday. The World No. 2 Sharapova, who lost the Australian open final to Victoria Azarenka last year before going on to win the French Open, faced only two break points in the...

Djokovic and Azarenka top seeds for Australian Open
Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka are top seeds for Australian Open starting January 14. The first grand slam of the year has seeds based on the ranking of the player as of the previous ending week. Novak Djokovic had a fantastic 2012 where he won the Austalian Open, reached finals of French...

Sharapova & Williams set to be fit for Brisbane
Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be fit to play at the Brisbane International, which begins this weekend, after injury scares, organizers said on Thursday.  French Open champion Sharapova pulled out of an exhibition match against Caroline Wozniacki scheduled for Friday in Seoul because of a sore collarbone....

Predictions for the women in 2013?

In 2012, we saw a new Grand Slam champion crowned (Victoria Azarenka) at the Australian Open, Maria Sharapova completed her Career Grand Slam at Roland Garros and Serena Williams made another great comeback winning Wimbledon and the US Open (plus the Olympic Gold medal).   What do you think will happen in...

Your favourite WTA moment in 2012?
Throughout the entire year, there have been many amazing moments on the WTA Tour.  Starting with Victoria Azarenka’s stunning victory over Maria Sharapova to win the Australian Open, Serena Williams does another comeback in singles tennis and even at the end of the tour, we saw another upset when the Czech...

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