http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Maria Sharapova is looking at a scenario that even Roger Federer, in the darkest moments of his rivalry with Rafael Nadal, hasn't had to contemplate. ...]]> May 12, 2013 14:49:41 PDT Three familiar faces that have been hidden from us for weeks now will reappear in the big Madrid combined event in the coming days: those of Roger Fed...]]> May 03, 2013 05:34:12 PDT Rafael Nadal's match record for the year is a sterling 12-1. He has the same number of wins as No. 1 Novak Djokovic, and while one of undefeated Djoko...]]> March 03, 2013 08:22:10 PST While most of the world has been obsessing about Rafael Nadal's left knee, the WTA has put together a pretty attention-worthy little story of its own ...]]> February 15, 2013 03:17:23 PST The first Grand Slam of the year is over, and the message seems pretty clear: It could be a long, long year for the line of contenders stacked up behi...]]> January 28, 2013 04:59:33 PST The last page of the calendar hasn't even flipped. Can that really be Serena Williams out there, ready to ring in a new and even more prosperous year ...]]> December 31, 2012 04:33:46 PST We're entering into the heart of the "Five Best" or "Ten Best" part of the year, a sure sign that tennis is as dead as a pond covered with a foot of g...]]> December 03, 2012 04:59:41 PST For the third year in a row, the WTA year-end No. 1 ranking deserves a giant asterisk. In 2010 and 2011, Caroline Wozniacki, who has refined the co...]]> October 29, 2012 01:54:24 PDT OK, I'll ask the question straight up: Is anyone else getting a little tired of Maria Sharapova at these Olympic Games? Ordinarily as cool as a Hitchc...]]> August 03, 2012 08:52:00 PDT The message after the first two days of Olympic tennis is clear: If you're a former Wimbledon finalist, you'd better watch your back. On opening day, ...]]> July 30, 2012 02:35:14 PDT It doesn't take a genius to identify the most compelling storyline at the upcoming Olympic tennis event at Wimbledon. At least not when you don't need...]]> July 27, 2012 02:13:35 PDT You know that Serena Williams is back in town when the lead, or top paragraph in a news story, dwells upon the fact she came awfully close to losing a...]]> July 16, 2012 05:43:52 PDT WIMBLEDON, England -- Serena Williams' fireworks display at Wimbledon might have been some 18 hours too late to celebrate the Fourth of July, but you ...]]> July 06, 2012 05:04:10 PDT Right about now, some people must be thinking that Maria Sharapova is doing cartwheels in her hotel room and high-fiving her coach, Thomas Hogstedt, k...]]> June 08, 2012 05:40:27 PDT Maria Sharapova has traveled a long, long way from a hospital gurney following her shoulder surgery in October of 2008 to the title she earned in Rom...]]> May 20, 2012 17:00:26 PDT