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Published March 14, 2016

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Week of
March 7 - March 13, 2016

 

Tournament

Info

Classification

Semifinals

Finals

Champion

BNP Paribas Open
Middle Weekend
Indian Wells, CA
Mar 9 - Mar 20

Last yearIsingles champion:
Simona Halep (ROU)

Last yearIdbls champions:
Martina Hingis (SUI) / Sania Mirza (IND)

Tournament Director:
Ray Moore

Draw:
S-96 D-32

Tier - Premier
Prize Money:
$6,134,605
Surface: Hard

 SINGLES: Friday, March 18 SINGLES: Saturday, March 19


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 DOUBLES: Friday, March 18 DOUBLES: Saturday, March 19

WTA Tour
  

Tournament

Info

Classification

Semifinals

Finals

Champion

BNP Paribas Open
Middle Weekend
Indian Wells, CA
Mar 9 - Mar 20

Last yearIsingles champion:
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Last yearIdbls champions:
Chen Liang (CHN) / Yafan Wang (CHN)

Tournament Director:
Ray Moore

Draw:
S-96 D-32

Tier - Masters 1000
Prize Money:
$6,134,605
Surface: Hard

 SINGLES: Saturday, March 19 SINGLES: Sunday, March 20


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 DOUBLES: Saturday, March 19 DOUBLES: Sunday, March 20

ATP Tour
  


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Women's Tour

 BNP Paribas Open
Middle Weekend
Indian Wells, CA
Mar 9 - Mar 20


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TOURNAMENT INFO
Tier - Premier
Prize Money: $6,134,605		 Surface: Hard
Tournament Director: Ray Moore
Draw: S-96 D-32
LAST YEAR SINGLES CHAMPION
Simona Halep (ROU)		 LAST YEAR DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Martina Hingis (SUI) / Sania Mirza (IND)

SINGLES SEEDS MATCH RESULTS

  • 1 Serena Williams (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Laura Siegemund (GER) 6-2, 6-1. R3: Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 7-6(2), 6-0. R4: (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
  • 2 Angelique Kerber (GER) - R1: Bye. R2: Denisa Allertova (CZE) 5-7, 5-7. Kerber out in R2
  • 3 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - R1: Bye. R2: Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. R3: (32) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6-2, 6-1. R4: (19) Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
  • 4 Garbine Muguruza (ESP) - R1: Bye. R2: Christina McHale (USA) 5-7, 1-6. Muguruza out in R2
  • 5 Simona Halep (ROU) - R1: Bye. R2: Vania King (USA) 6-1, 6-1. R3: (30) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-2, 6-4. R4: Barbora Strykova (CZE)
  • 6 Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - withdrawn, right ankle injury
  • 7 Belinda Bencic (SUI) - R1: Bye. R2: (WC) Lauren Davis (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. R3: Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
  • 8 Petra Kvitova (CZE) - R1: Bye. R2: Danka Kovinic (MNE) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5). R3: Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. R4: (Q) Nicole Gibbs (USA)
  • 9 Roberta Vinci (ITA) - R1: Bye. R2: Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 6-3, 6-7(7), 7-6(5). R3: 17 Elina Svitolina (UKR)
  • 10 Venus Williams (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Kurumi Nara (JPN) 4-6, 3-6. V.Williams out in R2
  • 11 Lucie Safarova (CZE) - R1: Bye. R2: Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 3-6, 4-6. Safarova out in R2
  • 12 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) - R1: Bye. R2: Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-2, 6-1. R3: Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)
  • 13 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - R1: Bye. R2: Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2. R3: (WC) Shuai Zhang (CHN)
  • 14 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - R1: Bye. R2: Camila Giorgi (ITA) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). R3:
  • 15 Sara Errani (ITA) - R1: Bye. R2: Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 4-6, 3-6. Errani out in R2
  • 16 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - R1: Bye. R2: CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 4-6, 3-6. Kuznetsova out in R2
  • 17 Elina Svitolina (UKR) - R1: Bye. R2: Annika Beck (GER) 4-6, 7-6(0), 6-1 R3: 9 Roberta Vinci (ITA)
  • 18 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) - R1: Bye. R2: (WC) Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-2, 6-4. R3:
  • 19 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - R1: Bye. R2: Carina Witthoeft (GER) 6-1, 6-3. R3: CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 6-0, 6-1. R4: (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
  • 20 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - R1: Bye. R2: (WC) Shuai Zhang (CHN) 6-4, 6-7(8), 5-7. Wozniacki out in R2
  • 21 Sloane Stephens (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 5-7, 5-7. Stephens out in R2
  • 22 Andrea Petkovic (GER) - R1: Bye. R2: Barbora Strycova (CZE) 7-5, 4-6, 5-7. Petkovic out in R2
  • 23 Madison Keys (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Nicole Gibbs (USA) 3-6, 3-6. Keys out in R2
  • 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 2-6, 7-6(1), 4-6. Pavlyuchenkova out in R2
  • 25 Johanna Konta (GBR) - R1: Bye. R2: Madison Brengle (USA) 6-4, 6-0. R3: Denisa Allertova (CZE)
  • 26 Sam Stosur (AUS) - R1: Bye. R2: Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6). R3: Christina McHale (USA)
  • 27 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 4-6, 4-6. Mladenovic out in R2
  • 28 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) - R1: Bye. R2: Monica Puig (PUR) 1-6, 2-6. Schmiedlova out in R2
  • 29 Sabine Lisicki (GER) - R1: Bye. R2: Johanna Larsson (SWE) 7-5, 4-6, 2-6. Lisicki out in R2
  • 30 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) - R1: Bye. R2: Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 6-4, 6-4. R3: (5) Simona Halep (ROU) 2-6, 4-6. Makarova out in R3
  • 31 Daria Gavrilova (AUS) - R1: Bye. R2: Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-2, 5-7, 4-6. Gavrilova out in R2
  • 32 Monica Niculescu (ROU) - R1: Bye. R2: (WC) Heather Watson (GBR) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. R3: (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
  • Best Qualifier:
  • Best WC:
  • Best Unseeded:

INSIDE VENUS' INDIAN WELLS RETURN
A year ago, Venus Williams sat at home in Florida, never thinking that in 12 months time she would be walking back out onto Stadium Court at the BNP Paribas Open. But there she was on Friday afternoon, being greeted by a raucous standing ovation as the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" blasted from the stadium speakers.
Read more (WTA)


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Men's Tour

 BNP Paribas Open
Middle Weekend
Indian Wells, CA
Mar 9 - Mar 20


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TOURNAMENT INFO
Tier - Masters 1000
Prize Money: $6,134,605		 Surface: Hard
Tournament Director: Ray Moore
Draw: S-96 D-32
LAST YEAR SINGLES CHAMPION
Novak Djokovic (SRB)		 LAST YEAR DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) / Jack Sock (USA)

SINGLES SEEDS MATCH RESULTS

  • 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) - R1: Bye. R2: Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. R3: (27) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
  • 2 Andy Murray (GBR) - R1: Bye. R2: Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-4, 7-6(3). R3: Federico Delbonis (ARG)
  • 3 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) - R1: Bye. R2: Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6-3, 6-2. R3: Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
  • 4 Rafa Nadal (ESP) - R1: Bye. R2: Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. R3: Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
  • 5 Kei Nishikori (JPN) - R1: Bye. R2: Mikhail Kukushkin (BUL) 6-3, 6-3. R3: (30) Steve Johnson (USA)
  • 6 Tomas Berdych (CZE) - R1: Bye. R2: (WC) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 7-6(4), 6-2. R3: Borna Coric (CRO)
  • 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Vincent Millot (FRA) 7-5, 6-1. R4: (31) Sam Querrey (USA)
  • 8 Richard Gasquet (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 6-1. R3: (26) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
  • 9 John Isner (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7-6(1), 6-4. R3: Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
  • 10 Marin Cilic (CRO) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-4, 6-3. R3: Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
  • 11 Dominic Thiem (AUT) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 7-6(4), 7-6(3). R3: (21) Jack Sock (USA)
  • 12 Milos Raonic (CAN) - R1: Bye. R2: Inigo Cervantes (ESP) 6-1, 6-3. R3: (17) Bernard Tomic
  • 13 Gael Monfils (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Pablo Carrena Busta (ESP) 7-5, 7-6(1). R3: Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
  • 14 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) - R1: Bye. R2: Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) w/o. R3: (18) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
  • 15 David Goffin (BEL) - R1: Bye. R2: (WC) Frances Tiafoe (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2). R3: Guido Pella (ARG)
  • 16 Gilles Simon (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 1-6, 6-0, 6-1. R3: Alexander Zverev (GER)
  • 17 Bernard Tomic (AUS) - R1: Bye. R2: Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-4, 7-5. R3: (12) Milos Raonic (CAN)
  • 18 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - R1: Bye. R2: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 6-2. R3: (14) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
  • 19 Benoit Paire (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 1-6, 3-6. Paire out in R2
  • 20 Viktor Troicki (SRB) - R1: Bye. R2: Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 5-7, 3-6. Troicki out in R2
  • 21 Jack Sock (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: (Q) Michael Berrer (GER) 6-2, 6-4. R3: (11) Dominic Thiem (AUT)
  • 22 Pablo Cuevas (URU) - R1: Bye. R2: Guido Pella (ARG) 1-6, 6-4, 4-6. Cuevas out in R2
  • 23 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - R1: Bye. R2: Alexander Zverev (GER) 4-6, 6-3, 5-7. Dimitrov out in R2
  • 24 Nick Kyrgios (AUS) - R1: Bye. R2: Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6-7(4), 5-7. Kyrgios out in R2
  • 25 Martin Klizan (SVK) - R1: Bye. R2: Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 3-5(ret). Klizan out in R2
  • 26 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) - R1: Bye. R2: Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 6-2. R3: (8) Richard Gasquet (FRA)
  • 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - R1: Bye. R2: Denis Kudla (USA) 6-0, 6-1. R3: (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB)
  • 28 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 4-6, 2-6. Chardy out in R2
  • 29 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - R1: Bye. R2: Borna Coric (CRO) 2-6, 2-6. Bellucci out in R2
  • 30 Steve Johnson (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: John Millman (AUS) 6-4, 6-2. R3: (5) Kei Nishikori (JPN)
  • 31 Sam Querrey (USA) - R1: Bye. R2: Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 7-6(5), 6-4. R3: (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
  • 32 Joao Sousa (POR) - R1: Bye. R2: Federico Delbonis (ARG) 6-7(6), 4-6. Sousa out in R2
  • Best Qualifier:
  • Best WC:
  • Best Unseeded:

ATP WORLD TOUR UNCOVERED INDIAN WELLS SCENE SET WEEK 2
ATP World Tour Uncovered goes behind the scenes at the BNP Paribas Open, featuring interviews with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
Video here (ATP)


Photo: ATP World Tour



Tournament

Info

Classification

Seeded Players (Singles)

Seeded Players (Doubles)

BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, CA
Mar 9 - Mar 20

Last yearIsingles champion:
Simona Halep (ROU)

Last yearIdbls champions:
Martina Hingis (SUI) / Sania Mirza (IND)

Tournament Director:
Ray Moore

Draw:
S-96 D-32

Tier - Premier
Prize Money:
$6,134,605
Surface: Hard

 1 Serena Williams (USA)
2 Angelique Kerber (GER)
3 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
4 Garbine Muguruza (ESP)
5 Simona Halep (ROU)
6 Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
7 Belinda Bencic (SUI)
8 Petra Kvitova (CZE
9 Roberta Vinci (ITA)
10 Venus Williams (USA)
11 Lucie Safarova (CZE)
12 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
13 Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
14 Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
15 Sara Errani (ITA)
16 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
17 Elina Svitolina (UKR)
18 Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
19 Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
20 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
21 Sloane Stephens (USA)
22 Andrea Petkovic (GER)
23 Madison Keys (USA)
24 Anast.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
25 Johanna Konta (GBR)
26 Sam Stosur (AUS)
27 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
28 Anna Kar. Schmiedlova (SVK)
29 Sabine Lisicki (GER)
30 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
31 Daria Gavrilova (AUS)
32 Monica Niculescu (ROU)		 1 M.Hingis (SUI) /
S.Mirza (IND)
2 H.C.Chan (TPE)
Y.J.Chan (TPE)
3 T.Babos (HUN) /
Y.Shvedova (KAZ)
4 A.Hlavackova (CZE) /
L.Hradecka (CZE)
5 E.Makarova (RUS) /
L.Safarova (CZE)
6 C.Garcia (FRA) /
K.Mladenovic (FRA) withdrawn
7 G.Muguruza (ESP) /
C.Suarez Navarro (ESP)
8 R.Atawo (USA) /
A.Spears (USA)

WTA Tour
  

Tournament

Info

Classification

Seeded Players (Singles)

Seeded Players (Doubles)

BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, CA
Mar 9 - Mar 20

Last yearIsingles champion:
Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Last yearIdbls champions:
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) / Jack Sock (USA)

Tournament Director:
Ray Moore

Draw:
S-96 D-32

Tier - Masters 1000
Prize Money:
$6,134,605
Surface: Hard

 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2 Andy Murray (GBR)
3 Stan Wawrinka (SUI)
4 Rafa Nadal (ESP)
5 Kei Nishikori (JPN)
6 Tomas Berdych (CZE)
7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
8 Richard Gasquet (FRA)
9 John Isner (USA)
10 Marin Cilic (CRO)
11 Dominic Thiem (AUT)
12 Milos Raonic (CAN)
13 Gael Monfils (FRA)
14 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
15 David Goffin (BEL)
16 Gilles Simon (FRA)
17 Bernard Tomic (AUS)
18 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
19 Benoit Paire (FRA)
20 Viktor Troicki (SRB)
21 Jack Sock (USA)
22 Pablo Cuevas (URU)
23 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
24 Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
25 Martin Klizan (SVK)
26 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
27 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
28 Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
29 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
30 Steve Johnson (USA)
31 Sam Querrey (USA)
32 Joao Sousa (POR)

1 J-J.Rojer (FRA) /
H.Tecau (ROU)
2.Dodig (CRO) /
M.Melo (BRA)
3. B.Bryan (USA) /
M.Bryan (USA)
4. J.Murray (GBR) /
B.Soares (BRA)
5. R.Bopanna (IND) /
F.Mergea (ROU)
6. V.Pospisil (CAN) /
J.Sock (USA)
7. P-H.Herbert (FRA)
N.Mahut (FRA)
8. E.Roger-Vasselin (FRA) /
N.Zimonjic (SRB)

Plus: Hibin

ATP Tour
  

Tournament

Info

Classification

Seeded Players (Singles)

Seeded Players (Doubles)

SAN ANTONIO 125K SERIES - SAN ANTONIO, TX, USA
Mar 14 - 19, 2016

Last yearIsingles champion:
New

Last yearIdbls champions:
New

Tournament Director:
Taryn Adair

Draw:
S-32 D-8

Tier - 125K
Prize Money:
$115,000
Surface: Hard

1 (WC) Daria Gavrilova (AUS)
2 (WC) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
3 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
4 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
5 (WC) Teliana Perreira (BRA)
6 Misaki Doi (JPN)
7 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
8 Nao Hibino (JPN)

Plus: Siegemund, Riske, Broady, Friedsam, Davis, Falconi

 Tournament info not yet available

WTA Tour
  


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WTA Women's Rankings as of March 14, 2016
Singles: No significant changes.
Doubles: No significant changes.

  

No.
 SINGLES

POINTS
  

No.
  DOUBLES

POINTS

1
 Williams, Serena

9245
  

1
 Hingis, Martina

12925

2
 Kerber, Angelique

5700
  

2
 Mirza, Sania

12925

3
 Radwanska, Agnieszka

5450
  

3
 Shvedova, Yaroslava

5895

4
 Muguruza, Garbin

4831
  

4
 Dellacqua, Casey

5650

5
 Halep, Simona

4745
  

5
 Chan, Yung-Jan

5360

6
 Suarez Navarro, Carla

4015
  

6
 Chan, Hao-Ching

5335

7
 Sharapova, Maria

3562
  

7
 Mattek-Sands, Beth

5300

8
 Bencic, Belinda

3505
  

8
 Vesnina, Elena

5245

9
 Kvitova, Petra

3483
  

9
 Šafárová, Lucie

4865

10
 Vinci, Roberta

3455
  

10
 Hradecka, Lucie

4785

ATP Men's Rankings as of March 14, 2016
Singles: No significant changes.
Doubles: No significant changes.

  

No.
 SINGLES

POINTS
  

No.
  DOUBLES

POINTS

1
 Novak Djokovic

16580
  

1
 Marcelo Melo

8040

2
 Andy Murray

8765
  

1
 Jamie Murray

7415

3
 Roger Federer

8295
  

3
 Horia Tecau

6710

4
 Stan Wawrinka

6325
  

4
 Jean-Julien Rojer

6710

5
 Rafael Nadal

4810
  

5
 Bob Bryan

6625

6
 Kei Nishikori

4030
  

6
 Mike Bryan

6625

7
 Tomas Berdych

3900
  

7
 Ivan Dodig

5645

8
 David Ferrer

3505
  

8
 John Peers

5330

9
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

2950
  

9
 Rohan Bopanna

5170

10
 Richard Gasquet

2715
  

10
 Bruno Soares

5160


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MARIA SHARAPOVA DOPING TROUBLES


Statement by Johan Eliasch, Chairman and CEO of HEAD, on CNN concerning Maria Sharapova.
Read more: @Head_tennis

Maria Sharapova: To My Fans

Photo: Maria Sharapova web site

I want to reach out to you to share some information, discuss the latest news, and let you know that there have been things that have been reported wrong in the media, and I am determined to fight back.

You have shown me a tremendous outpouring of support, and I'm so grateful for it. But I have also been aware that some - not all, but some - in the media distort, exaggerate and fail to accurately report the facts about what happened.
Read more: Letter to fans on MS web site

More Than 60 Athletes Have Tested Positive for Meldonium

Photo: Getty Images

More than 60 athletes, including Olympic medalists and world champions, have tested positive this year for meldonium, the performance-enhancing drug that Maria Sharapova admitted to using, according to antidoping officials. Meldonium, developed in Latvia for heart patients, aids blood flow and is not approved for sale in the United States. It was placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list this year after being monitored by the agency in 2015. Read more: New York Times

Maria Sharapova: the girl who never wanted friends is left isolated

Photo: RT-Sports

All the Russian ever had was tennis and she was never the happy kid in the park. Now, as her complex story sours in the wake of her positive test for meldonium, she is alone again
Read more: The Guardian

Maria Sharapova, after failed drug test, gets little sympathy
in tennis world

Photo: Getty Images

When Maria Sharapova admitted earlier this week that she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open, she hoped her explanation-that she didn't know a drug she had used for a decade was recently banned-would garner a lenient sentence and support from the tennis community. As more details have emerged, though, it's clear that the 28-year-old Sharapova is facing the most difficult challenge of her career, against both anti-doping authorities and the so-far unsympathetic opinions of her colleagues on the tennis tour.
Read more: Wall Street Journal

Chris Evert believes Maria Sharapova isn't getting support
because she has no friends in tennis

Photo: Daily Morror

Chris Evert has claimed players are not stepping up to support Maria Sharapovabecause the US-based Russian has no friends in the game.
Sharapova does not need to look far for enemies, with Martina Navratilova stating on Wednesday that she did not believe her explanation for failing a drug test.
And Dick Pound warned the World Anti-Doping Agency will intervene if it feels tennis does not give the world No 7 a sufficient ban.
Read more: Daily Mirror

Kristina Mladenovic says Maria Sharapova is seen as 'cheater' on Tour
The gloves have well and truly come off. After a few days when Maria Sharapovamight have thought she was winning over those who doubt her explanation of why she has failed a drugs test, France's Kristina Mladenovic said she was speaking for everyone on Tour when she said: "All the players are saying she's a cheater."

Sharapova, who began a provisional ban on Saturday and faces a lengthy suspension after testing positive for meldonium, has never been the most popular of players with her peers, always eschewing the locker-room in favour of a quick getaway.
Read more: The Guardian

McEnroe doubts Sharapova was unaware of meldonium ban
Tennis great John McEnroe finds it hard to believe that Maria Sharapova was unaware she was taking a banned drug that led to her suspension, the seven-times grand slam champion said on Saturday.

The player-turned-commentator weighed in on the recent news that Sharapova tested positive for a newly banned drug meldonium that went into effect on January 1.

Sharapova, who began a provisional ban on Saturday and faces a lengthy suspension after testing positive for meldonium, has never been the most popular of players with her peers, always eschewing the locker-room in favour of a quick getaway.
Read more: Yahoo Sports / Reuters

Grand Slam: Russia's Maria Sharapova facing different sort of
Western court

Photo: Alastair Grant / Associated Press

@BenRothenberg
Russian-government funded @RT_com suggests that WADA's meldonium ban is some sort of anti-Russia western conspiracy.
Read more: RT.com

TWITTER

  • @SourceSyndicate - Omg Nike Emoji shirt for @mariasharapova is this ?? what a sense of humor is this real? #SharapovaDreaming

    Photo: Found on Twitter
  • @tennis_photos - Simona Halep on Maria Sharapova: "I didn't speak with her before; there's no reason to speak now."

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  • @christophclarey - Our in-depth look at how meldonium went from obscurity to home-page news worldwide http://nyti.ms/1XnCWXN
  • @fordvox - Here's why I believe @MariaSharapova, and why Tennis should welcome her back: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/opinions/maria-sharapova-banned-drug-vox/ … @CNN @CNNOpinion
  • @tennis_photos - "I feel so good things about the fans, the crowd and I think they still know me because I'm so tall." @delpotrojuan

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  • @Dimonator - Bob Bryan on Nadal: "Doesn't matter if he's playing mixed doubles or brushing his teeth, people are coming to watch."

    Photo: Sports Illustrated
  • @BenRothenberg - Only half (16 of 32) seeds survived IW second round. Might as well not seed anybody in WTA this year. Could be a fun Miami experiment, eh?
  • @Tennis - @Head_Tennis' Graphene XT Prestige Pro hits a more forceful ball than its mid-plus sibling: http://ow.ly/ZoQRB

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  • @tennis_photos - "The 1st set was little tricky. I just had to find my inner tiger. Rawwr!" @serenawilliams def. Putintseva 76(2) 60

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  • @tennis_photos - DJ is playing All I wanna do is have some fun. @MikeTyson and his daughter show their moves! #BNPPO16

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  • @TennisworldUSA - ATP INDIAN WELLS: Djokovic survives early scare against Fratangelo, Nishikori and Isner… http://dlvr.it/KmvnHk

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  • @Venuseswilliams - I can't explain how happy I am to return to Indian Wells. I'm overwhelmed by the warm welcome.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BC52Cc8i9a6/

    Photo: BNP Paribas Open

Tournament abbreviations

WC = wildcard (given by the tournament to a player that could not get in on their ranking, or did not enter in time.

PR = protected ranking. This is used when a player has been out for a certain period of time due to injury (I think it's at least 6 months) and their ranking slips down to where they wouldn't get in on their current ranking.

Q = Qualifier.

A = Alternate. Used in qualifying when a player withdraws before their first match. Also used in main draw if there was no qualifying draw and the draw was full before the player withdrew.

LL = Lucky loser. A player that loses in qualifying (usually the final round unless none of the final round losers sign the lucky loser list) and gets into main draw when a main draw player withdraws before their first match.

SE = Special exempt. A player who signed into qualifying of a tournament, but was still playing in the previous week's tournament at the time the qualifying draw was done. This player can get a special exempt into the main draw the following week.

 

 

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