With her historic title run at the Birmingham Open, Alex Eala did more than lift a trophy as she secured a place alongside some of the biggest names in tennis history. The 21-year-old Filipina star lived up to her top-seeded billing,

Maria Sharapova won't be coming out of retirement like Serena Williams, but she caused quite the stir at Roland Garros this week. Sharapova, the former world No. 1, captured five Grand Slam titles during her career.

Maria Sharapova became a two-time French Open champion known for her elegant blonde look but was seen looking a lot different at Roland Garros this week

Today, a precise Sharapova won eight straight games in powering past American qualifier Jamie Hampton, 6-0, 6-1, in 64 minutes. A stingy Sharapova stomped Gisela Dulko by the same score in the first round.

Bursting onto the tennis world as a teenage prodigy, Maria Sharapova stunned audiences with early success, winning Wimbledon at seventeen, while rare archive interviews reveal the determination

That’s because she looks very different from her former life as a professional sports star. Rocking up to the Valentino autumn-winter fashion parade on March 3 was former tennis player Maria Sharapova, looking every bit the designer label-draped street style star.