Photos: Sharapova and Ivanovic in Milan | Off Court Pictures

Photos: Sharapova and Ivanovic in Milan | Off Court Pictures

Maria Sherapova and Ana Ivanovic were in Milan to play an exhibition tennis match ... Check out some pictures from their press conferences and other during a shopping day with Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci...

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Errani has a lot to give after winning WTA award

Errani has a lot to give after winning WTA award

While WTA Tour competitor Serena Williams rightly deserved her Player of the Year accolade this week, Sara Errani also earned a coveted title as the Most Improved Player of 2012.

Errani has careered up the rankings ladder this season and joins a list of tennis greats that includes Williams, Maria Sharapova and Steffi Graf as the most improved player in a season. Her accolade is thoroughly deserved after an astounding breakthrough campaign and fans in the tennis betting world are already hoping for more success to come her way next term.

Indeed, so good has Errani’s year been that many are tipping her in the bet365 tennis betting odds to claim a maiden Grand Slam next year, most probably at Roland Garros. For the French Open is where Errani made her name in the 2012 season, reaching the final before falling heroically 3-6 2-6 to the in-form Sharapova.

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Sharapova to play Milan exhibition with Ana, Sara and Roberta

Sharapova plays Milan exhibition

Maria Sharapova arrived in Milan to play an exhibition tournament on Saturday with Ana Ivanovic, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

"Obviously, the goal is always to shoot for top spot and that's always where you want to be and stay," Sharapova said. "It's one thing to reach the No. 1 ranking, another to keep it."

Errani also had a successful year, improving to No. 6 in the world after reaching the final at Ronaldo Garros and the semifinals of the US Open in singles and winning both titles in doubles with Vinci, They finished as the top-ranked doubles team.

"It's been an incredible year," Errani said. "Starting from the Australian Open, I had very great results and was consistent, in the singles as well as the doubles. It will be hard to repeat that next year, but I will always try to give my maximum."

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Video: Tennis players on CNN's Pedro Pinto's quickfire questions

Video: Tennis players on CNN's Pedro Pinto's quickfire questions

Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwanska, Li Na, Petra Kvitova, Angelique Kerber, Sara Errani and Maria Sharapova take on CNN's Pedro Pinto's quickfire questions!

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Sharapova, Ivanovic, Errani and Vinci Tennis Exhibition in Milan | Videos

Sharapova, Ivanovic, Errani and Vinci Tennis Exhibition in Milan | Videos

Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci will play a tennis exhibition event in Milan on December 1st 2012... Check out some videos ads from the event...

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Radwanska into Istanbul semis with 3 hours 30 minutes win over Errani

Radwanska into Istanbul semis with 3 hours 30 minutes win over Errani

Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Sara Errani, 67(6) 75 64 to advance to the semifinals of the 2012 WTA Champonships.

Errani battle during 74 minutes to claim the first set, and then led 2-0 in the second set. The Italian also saved break points at 4-all and held for 5-4 second set.

But Radwanska stepped up her gam and was able to win the next three games at love to win the set and send the encounter into the decider.

In the third set, Aga broke to lead 3-0 but Errani hit back to lead 5-4.

When it looked like Errani was going to get her first win over a top 5 player, the Pole hit back and won the match.

Radwanska was 37 of 55 at net, hit 53 winners to 43errors while Errani won 27 of 36 points at the net, hit 49 winners and 47 erros.

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Videos: Istanbul Day 3 Highlights and Hot Shot | WTA Championships

Videos: Istanbul Day 3 Highlights and Hot Shot | WTA Championships

Watch Day 3 highlights from the 2012 TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships featuring Li Na defeating Angelique Kerber 64 63, Serena Williams defeating Victoria Azarenka 64 64 and Sara Errani defeating Sam Stosur 63 26 60.



Serena Williams shows great hustle to chase down this drop shot against Azarenka.

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Aga, Serena and Masha winners on WTA Championships day 1

Aga, Serena and Masha winners on WTA Championships day 1

First day of the WTA Championships has come and go and Agnieszka Radwanska, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova were the winners.

Radwanska beat Petra Kvitova, the defeading champion who today withdrew from the event, 63 62 in the first round robin match of the White Group.

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Radwanska won the first three games of the match but then Kvitova slowly got into the match and levelled the set at 3-all.

Aga got control again and eventually closed out a routine win.

The Czech commit a whopping 41 unforced errors to only five from her opponent.

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Photos: All Access Hour at WTA Championships Istanbul 2012

Photos: All Access Hour at WTA Championships Istanbul 2012

Li Na, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwanska and Sara Errani met the press at the All Access Hour the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul 2012.

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Sara Errani wins Palermo title

Sara Errani wins Palermo title

Sara Errani defeated Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-3 to win the Italiacom Open 2012 title.

Errani, who already won titles in Budapest, Barcelona and Acapulco, dominated from the start and needed only 75 minutes to seal the win.

She dropped a total of 20 games in five matches en route to reclaiming the trophy she won in 2008.

"It wasn't easy like the score looks - Barbara was playing very aggressively and it was tough for me," Errani said. "In some moments of the match I was a little bit nervous, and she was able to come back into the match at those times, but at the end of the match I played very well and was able to close it out."

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Wimbledon: Ivanovic and Errani winners, Bartoli beaten by Lucic

Wimbledon: Ivanovic and Errani winners, Bartoli beaten by Lucic

Ana Ivanovic reached the third round at Wimbledon after beating Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3, 7-6.

The Serb was joined by Sara Errani, who defeated Anne Keothavong 61 61 while Marion Bartoli was not as lucky as she was upset by qualifier Mirjana Lucic 64 63.

The Serb broke to lead 5-3 in the opening set and served it out to take the lead.

In the second set, Bondarenko got a break to lead 3-0 but Ivanovic showed good fighting spirit and broke back for 2-3.

When it looked like she was getting back in the set, the former world number 1 was broken again and went down 5-2.

The Ukrainian was not able to keep the momentum allowing the Ser to get the break back.
Serving at 4-5, Ivanovic held to forced a tiebreak where Bondarenk served three consecutive double faults, helping Ana to seal the win in an hour and 25 minutes.

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Wimbledon: Errani completes win in 7 seconds

Wimbledon: Errani completes win in 7 seconds

Sara Errani led CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 5-3 and was one point from victory when their match was postpone yesterday at wimbledon.

Today, 18 hours later, when they got back on court the Italian needed only seven seconds to complete the win.

Vandeweghe was on serve and double-faulted on match point. Both players smiled as they met at the net to shake hands.

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Stosur and Errani upset at UNICEF Open 2012

Samantha Stosur was beaten 76 63 by Kirsten Flipkens at the UNICEF Open on Monday.

Stosur settled quickly against a clearly nervous Flipkens as she took a 4-1 lead and had four set points but she allowed her opponent to comeback and ended up losing the set in the tie breaker..

This was Flipkens´ first WTA main draw win in 12 months.

"I think I needed to be 200% to win against her because she's a Top 5 player," Flipkens said. "This is by far my best result ever and it's all the more enjoyable after the wrist injury and other health problems I've had in the last year.

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Photos: Roland Garros 2012 Trophy Ceremony | Masha Champion in Paris

Photos: Roland Garros 2012 Trophy Ceremony | Masha Champion in Paris

Enjoy the following pictures of Maria Sharapova with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen and Sara Errani after their women's French Open singles final at Roland Garros ...

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Video: Roland Garros 2012 final full match | Sharapova vs Errani

Video: Roland Garros 2012 final full match | Sharapova vs Errani

Watch and enjoy the full tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani at the 2012 French Open final...

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Photos: Masha vs Sara | Roland Garros 2012 Final | Part 2

Photos: Sharapova vs Errani | Roland Garros 2012 Final

Check out the second part of our photo gallery from the final tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani at Roland Garros ... Masha won the match to claim the title in Paris....

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Sara Errani Roland Garros Final Press Conference | June 9th 2012

Sara Errani Roland Garros Final Press Conference | June 9th 2012

Q. You put up a good fight. How do you feel like you handled the occasion and yourself out there?

SARA ERRANI: Sorry, I didn’t understand. You?

Q. How do you feel like you handled the match?

SARA ERRANI: I handled?

(Through translation.)

Well, I start very bad, so with this player, if you give her like some games like this in the beginning, of course they are more relaxed. It was very difficult for me to play.

She played very good, I think. She played very like this (Demonstrating straight hands). So for me it was very difficult for me to start the point where I want to play the point.

In the first two or three balls she play very good and the serve received, so I couldn’t arrive to play on the game that I want to play, so…

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Photos: Sharapova vs Errani | Roland Garros 2012 Final | Part 1

Photos: Sharapova vs Errani | Roland Garros 2012 Final

Enjoy the first part of our photo gallery from the final tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani during day 14 of the French Open at Roland Garros ... Masha won the match to claim the title in Paris....

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Maria Sharapova wins Roland Garros 2012 Title

Maria Sharapova wins Roland Garros 2012 Title

Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 to win the 2012 Roland Garros title.

Sharapova jumped to a quick 4-0 lead against Errani, who was in her first Grand Slam final.

But Errani battled back turning what looked like a blowout into an 89-minute endurance contest, filled with long rallies that forced Sharapova to reach back and find another gear. Eventually, Sharapova's bigger serve and bigger groundstrokes wore down Errani.

When Errani netted a short backhand on the third match point, Sharapova dropped gingerly to her knees and buried her head in her hands, then reached back and looked heavenward - a long, hard journey back to the top finally capped with the only major title that had eluded her.

She won on the red clay of Roland Garros about three years after dropping as low as 126th in the rankings after shoulder surgery that threatened her career. She rededicated herself to the game and made a special effort to improve on clay, where she improved to 18-1 in matches this year.

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Video: Roland Garros Final | Maria or Sara?

Video: Roland Garros Final | Maria or Sara?

Maria Sharapova or Sara Errani? Who's going to win the last match?...


Maria or Sara? The last match por rolandgarros

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