Three time major champion Maria Sharapova is engaged to Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vjuacic. The agent for Sharapova confirmed the news in an e-mail to The Associated Press. According to numerous reports, Vujacic, 26, asked 23-year-old Sharapova to marry him on Tuesday night at his Manhattan Beach, Calif. home. Vujacic said he proposed on
Serena Williams has made it official - she is out for the season. The former world number one announced the news that she was pulling out of the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships and the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas final on Tuesday. Not that many of us expected anything different. After all, the last half
Serena Williams is returning to the WTA Tour at next week's Generali Ladies Linz after spending the time since July sidelined by a cut on her right foot. The event will be played in Linz, Austria. Prior to her injury, Williams cruised to her fourth career Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam. Organizers of the
World No. 1, Serena Williams of the USA, will miss the entire 2010 World Team Tennis season. Serena plays for the Washington Kastles, and was a vital part of the team in capturing the World Team Tennis Championship in 2009, and was scheduled to play four matches this season. In a statement Monday, the WTT
Serena and Venus Williams were each fined $4,000 at Wimbledon for skipping a news conference after their loss in the doubles quarterfinals. Serena said Thursday she is "shocked to hear" about the penalty, adding she and her sister rarely speak to the media after Grand Slam doubles matches other than finals. Serena and Venus were
Former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport of the USA announced last week that she would be coming out of retirement to play in two WTA Tour events. She'll be playing in the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University in the final week of July, and the Mercury Insurance Open in La Costa, California
Swiss tennis legend Martina Hingis apparently will not attempt a comeback. On The Baseline reports that they have confirmed via one of Martina Hingis' agents at Octagon today that her comeback rumors are just that----rumors. Hingis turned pro in 1995, but chronic foot injuries caused her to retire in 2003 at the age of 22.
Besides making a name for herself in tennis, Serena Williams has also made the Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list. Billy Jean King described Serena this way for Time Magazine: Serena Williams is one of those rare champions who have transcended sports and impacted our society. In tennis, she is as focused as she
Russia's Dinara Safina, the former No. 1 ranked tennis player, has no set time frame for returning to competitive tennis. However, she has not given up hopes of making a return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Safina has been off the competitive circuit since the 2010 Australian Open. She had severely injured her back
World No. 1, Serena Williams of the USA has announced her return date to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour after spending over two months on the injured list. Williams has not competed since she won the Australian Open in January, 2010, her 12th Grand Slam title. She has accepted a wild card into the 2010
