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Australian Open: Sharapova beats Makarova to reach semis
by F wire
Jan 22, 2013

-bagelled her first two matches 6-0, 6-0 and then beat Venus Williams 6-1, 6-3 and Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-0, beating Monica Seles' Australian Open record #Politics # Religion # Pakistan # NewsTracker # YouTube # Police # Firefox # Green # IANS # Opera # university # Chrome
Australian Open: Maria Sharapova cruises into Melbourne semis
Jan 22, 2013

nine games in total, the fewest number conceded by a semi-finalist at the tournament. Monica Seles conceded just 12 games on her way to the 1991 semi #Maria Sharapova # Australian Open 2013 # Ekaterina Marakova
Oz Open: Djokovic survives 5-hour battle against Wawrinka
Jan 21, 2013

has lost just five games through four rounds, breaking the Australian Open mark of eight held previously by eventual champions Steffi Graf and Monica #Novak Djokovic # Stanislas Wawrinka # Australian Open 2013
Australian Open: Sharapova to face Makarova in quarters
Jan 20, 2013

three straight Australian Open titles. Monica Seles matched that mark.Sharapova has been even more dominant. She started with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 wins #Maria Sharapova # Angelique Kerber # Australian Open # Australian Open 2013 # Ekaterina Makarova
Guess who supports WTA's plans to muzzle grunters? Sharapova!
Oct 02, 2012

many of the game's super-grunters, including Sharapova, has been accused of teaching it as a ploy to distract opponents.Monica Seles, Larcher de Brito #Sports # Tennis # NewsTracker # Maria Sharapova # Grunting
Images: Sharapova, Serena and the noisy pack
by FP Sports
Jan 26, 2012

#Serena Williams # Maria Sharapova # Victoria Azarenka # Australian Open # Michelle Larcher de Brito # Monica Seles
Sharapova's shrieking is annoying and just too loud: Radwanska
Jan 24, 2012

's tennis has been an issue as far back as the heyday of Monica Seles in the 1990s. No 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki said in October she thought " #Victoria Azarenka # Australian Open # Agnieszka Radwa?ska # Grunting
How we wish for a Navaratilova-Evert rivalry
by Ashish Magotra
Aug 31, 2011

. Martina Navratilova-Chris Evert, Steffi Graf-Monica Seles, the Williams sisters versus the Belgian duo, Clijsters and Henin. That was fun. The good old days #Venus Williams # TheBigEvent # Kim Clijsters # US Open # Steffi Graf
It's a Sharapova and Kvitova final
by FP Editors
Jun 30, 2011

the Wimbledon final since Martina Navratilova in 1994. The last left-handed player to even reach a women's final was Monica Seles at the 1998 French Open #Wimbledon # Tennis # Maria Sharapova # TheBigEvent # Wimbledon 2011 # Petra Kvitova

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Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

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Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

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