Maria Sharapova

A spectator made a marriage proposal to Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova during her TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Stars Series match against Çağla Büyükakçay in Istanbul on Nov. 26.

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova wins her opening match at Bank of the West Tennis Tournament 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 against Jennifer Brady, Mercurynews reports.

This was her first U.S. tournament since March 2015. She has not played in the Bank of the West since 2011 and has made just four appearances total in the event.

Former Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has admitted to being very happy with Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.

"We've been together for quite some time now so I'm just living in the moment and I'm happy," the Daily Mirror quotes her as saying.

Nicole Scherzinger's relationship with Bulgaria's highest-ranking tennis player Grigor Dimitrov is far from over, representatives of the US artist have said.

Tennis player Maria Sharapova admitted on Monday that she tested positive at the Australian Open for a recently banned drug that she has been taking for health reasons.

Roger Federer's quest for a second French Open title started with a 6-3 6-3 6-4 first-round win against Colombian lucky loser Alejandro Falla on May 24. 

The two biggest names and highest earners in women's sport will set off on another collision course when the French Open gets underway at Roland Garros on May 24.

Serena Williams is a 19-time Grand Slam winner, at 33 still the undisputed queen of tennis and the top seed.    

Bulgarian tennis player Sesil Karatancheva is now ranked #104 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

This is two spots up from her previous position, in the rankings of the main organizing body in women's professional tennis.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, ranked second in the world, has failed to defeat Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in the next to last stage of the 2,428,490-dollar tournament on Saturday, being defeated by 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Photo credit: (c) Silviu MATEI / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Romania's tennis player Simona Halep on Saturday lost a women's singles semi-final of the 731,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, to Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, 5-7, 7-5, 2-6.

Photo credit (c): SILVIU MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO

For advancing to the semi-finals, Halep won 28,601 US dollars and 185 WTA points.