QUESTION:
How does it feel walking through those gates for the first time as defending champion?



MARIA SHARAPOVA:
Very amazing. Obviously brings back a lot of great memories. This was a very fun time last year. So coming back, a lot of memories going through my mind, yeah. Coming back to this press conference (smiling)...



QUESTION:
Yesterday Serena said that she beat herself; you didn't do much. She threw the match away. What do you say to ...

Maria Sharapova fired a warning to her Wimbledon rivals on Sunday, out-gunning Jelena Jankovic 6-2 4-6 6-1 to win the DFS Classic for the second year running.



It was at this sedate setting in England's second city last year that she began a journey that culminated in her fairytale crowning as champion at the grasscourt grand slam.



The fact that she has repeated the first half of that double despite suffering from a cold and aching limbs augurs well for her return to the All...

Maria Sharapova came through a sticky first set to reach the final of the DFS Classic on Saturday, beating Tatiana Golovin of France 7-5 6-1.



The Russian top seed, who beat Golovin in the final here last year before going on to claim the grasscourt prize at Wimbledon, squandered a 5-2 lead in the opening set before edging it on her fifth set point.



Golovin, a year younger than the 18-year-old Sharapova, capitulated quickly in the second after needing treatment on her ankle....

Russian Maria Sharapova made an impressive start to her preparations for the defence of her Wimbledon title with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Luxembourg's Anne Kremer at the Edgbaston tournament on Tuesday.


The 18-year-old defending champion and top seed, who was given a bye in the first round, recovered from an early loss of serve to blow away the world number 94 with some thumping groundstrokes on the lush Edgbaston grass.


World number two Sharapova will face either 16th seed Saman...