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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
It's time for us to drive excessive grunting out of the game for future generations, said Stacey Allaster, the WTA chairman and chief executive. Sharapova jibe Maria Sharapova mocked Frenchman Gilles Simon, on Thursday, for saying women do not...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
Frenchman Gilles Simon. "We women have fought so long to get equal prize money . . . We're all really proud of it, and we continue to build the sport and make it bigger." And Sharapova found support from fellow former world number one Serena Williams,...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Maria Sharapova had a simple retort to the notion that men should be paid more than women at Grand Slam tournaments. Serena Williams just laughed and covered her face with one hand before delivering her own riposte.
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China Post
| 11 months ago
Taiwanese tennis player Hsieh Su-wei beat France's Stephanie Foretz Gacon in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 in the second round of the women's singles at Wimbledon Wednesday. Hsieh, currently ranked 63rd in the world, not only put in her best singles...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Sharapova into third round, mocks French prize-money critic Top-seeded Maria Sharapova, after advancing to Wimbledon's third round on Thursday, criticised Frenchman Gilles Simon's proposition that tennismen should earn more cash reward than women by...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams jests that Maria Sharapova is "way hotter" than French men's player Gilles Simon as the debate over whether women should be rewarded with equal prize money rumbles on. Simon defends his comments while...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
This is the catchphrase that constantly rang in my ears and haunted my t... Suggested Topics Gilles Simon today refused to back down from his claim that men in tennis deserve higher prize-money than women and claimed to have widespread locker-room...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Russia's Maria Sharapova serves during her Wimbledon match against Tsvetana Pironkova on Thursday. Sharapova has backed to plans to silence tennis grunters even though the world number one is one of the worst offenders. Maria Sharapova has backed to...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Maria Sharapova blows a kiss after her victory over Tsvetana Pironkova at Wimbledon on Thursday. Sharapova delivered a stinging rebuke to Frenchman Gilles Simon for his outspoken criticism of equal prize money by telling him: 'You'll never be as...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Maria Sharapova advances Zeenews Sports Bureau London: Russian top seed Maria Sharapova record a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-0 victory and set up a third-round match with Taiwan`s Hsieh Su-Wei, ranked 63 in the world. French Open runners-up Sara Errani...
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Tennis
| 11 months ago
Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams react to Gilles Simon's opposition to equal prize money among men and women players. "We women have fought so long to get equal prize money," Sharapova said. "It was a big challenge and nobody really supported us...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
England (AP) The new member of the ATP Player's Council who caused a stir this week by saying men should be paid more than women at Grand Slam tournaments claims most of his male colleagues share his views. The 13th-ranked Gilles Simon defended his...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The Russian top seed appeared to have fought off the best of what Pironkova had to offer Wednesday, when the Bulgarian rushed to a 5-2 lead in the first set. Sharapova stormed back to take the set in a tiebreak and went 3-1 up in the second before...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Maria Sharapova plays a forehand shot during match against Tsvetana Pironkova on Thursday. Sharapova was forced to dig deep before securing her place in the Wimbledon third round with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (3/7), 6-0 victory over Bulgaria's Tsvetana...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
This is the catchphrase that constantly rang in my ears and haunted my t... Suggested Topics Top seed Maria Sharapova overcame a second-set wobble to beat Tsvetana Pironkova 7-6 6-7 6-0 and reach the Wimbledon third round today. The match was halted...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Williams head to 3rd round Russian Maria Sharapova serves in her match against Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova on the third day of the 2012 Wimbledon championships in London, June 27, 2012...Maria Sharapova finished strong and Serena Williams was...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
AFP Maria Sharapova was the first of the women's title favourites to receive a major Wimbledon fright, her dramas played out over two days. The world No.1 faced a 2-5 deficit and five break points in the first set on Wednesday night, then returned...
