The draw for the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells has been released and Maria, third-seeded for this tournament, received a bye in the first round.


In the second round Maria will play either Angela Haynes of the United States or Mara Santangelo of Italy. Maria has played Haynes once before in last years Hurricane Relief Fund exhibition match in Florida and won easily 6-2 6-1.



The first seed that Maria can meet is #25 seed Dinara Safina of Russia who won the Paris Gaz Open ...

Maria has won her second title of the season and the 9th title of her career after she defeated #4 seed Alicia Molik of Australia in Doha, Quatar 4-6 6-1 6-4.


The Australian world number nine broke Sharapova in the third game and held her serve in the next to take a 3-1 lead. She showed scant respect for the rising Russian, firing four aces in all to win the first set 6-4 in 36 minutes.



Molik, who had beaten Sharapova in the Zurich final last year, looked heading for a repeat...

Maria Sharapova has swept past Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-4 to reach the final of the $600,000 (312,000 pound) Qatar Open.


The second-seeded Russian now meets Australia's Alicia Molik, who gained revenge for last week's Antwerp defeat by knocking out top seed Amelie Mauresmo of France 7-6 (13-11) 6-1.



Maria broke Hantuchova in the third and fifth games to take the first set.



It was a more even contest in the second until Sharapova broke serve in the ninth ...

Maria has reached the semi finals after defeating Marion Bartoli of France. 6-3 6-2


Maria took some time to find her rhythm, but once she did it there was no stopping her. She won the first set 6-3, breaking Bartoli three times, and with another three breaks quickly jumped to a 5-0 lead in the second.



The second seed suddenly lost her concentration and Bartoli took two games before bowing out.



In the semis maria will play Daniela Hantuchova of Slovenia. Maria has p...

Maria Sharapova opened her Qatar Open campaign with an easy 6-1 6-1 victory over Gisela Dulko of Argentina in the second round on Wednesday.


Russian Sharapova, who missed the Paris Open earlier this month due to a respiratory illness, showed no signs of her layoff as she broke Dulko in the second and fourth games to jump to a 4-0 lead.



The Argentine had a chance to break Sharapova in the fifth game of the first set but Dulko failed to seize her opportunity and the second seed...