She was Eugenie Bouchard's childhood hero, but the Canadian will be out to ensure Maria Sharapova doesn't become her grand slam villain when the pair meet in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Bouchard, who progressed with a three-set victory over Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday afternoon, has never beaten Sharapova. In what is being dubbed the battle of the glamour girls of women's tennis, Bouchard will have to overcome a 0-3 record against the Russian, which includes the semi-final heartache...

Maria Sharapova has warned her Wimbledon title rivals she is peaking just in time to take advantage of Serena Williams' stunning exit. Sharapova, who has yet to drop a set after routing Alison Riske 6-3, 6-0 in the third round, heads into the second week as the newly-installed favourite following Alize Cornet's shock 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over world number one Williams on Saturday. Serena's defeat is a huge boost for French Open champion Sharapova, who had been scheduled to meet the American...

She stunned tennis fans with her incredible serves and forehand smashes.But en route to victory, Maria Sharapova even found time to recreate the iconic Athena poster after the wind caught her mini-dress.Maria Sharapova Hot Picture The Russian star unintentionally recreated the photograph that was taken by Martin Elliott in September 1976 featuring his then girlfriend 18-year-old Fiona Butler. It was not such a glamorous story for Britain's female tennis hopes Laura Robson and Elena Baltacha.They...

She stunned tennis fans with her incredible serves and forehand smashes. But en route to victory, Maria Sharapova even found time to recreate the iconic Athena poster after the wind caught her mini-dress. Thankfully, unlike her 1970s counterpart, Miss Sharapova had remembered to put on some underwear. A tribute to gusto: The Athena poster of a young woman not wearing playing tennis without underwear and right, Maria Sharapova, unintentionally recreating the famous imageThe Russian star unintentionally...