Ekaterina Makarova

Kyle Busch took the lead from Joey Logano 18 laps from the end to win his fifth Nationwide race this season and second in three years at Darlington Raceway on Friday night. The victory also capped a dominant showing by the Busch boys at the South...

May 13 (Reuters) - WTA rankings on Monday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Serena Williams (United States) 11115 points 2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 10690 3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 8510 4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6475 5....

MADRID (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams was given her first serious test at this year's Madrid Open but recovered from a second set mauling to beat Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 0-6 7-5 in the quarter-finals on Friday. It was only...

MADRID (Reuters) - A laid-back Serena Williams breezed into the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday when she barely broke sweat in a 6-3 6-1 destruction of Maria Kirilenko. The world number one and top seed, defending champion at the premier clay...

MADRID (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka lost her temper and was docked a point for smashing her racket on the way to a surprise 1-6 6-2 6-3 defeat by unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the Madrid Open second round on Wednesday. The Belarussian world...

(Fixes spelling of Makarova) MADRID, May 8 (Reuters) - World number three Victoria Azarenka lost her temper on the way to a surprise 1-6 6-2 6-3 defeat by unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the Madrid Open second round on Wednesday. The...

MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - Russia came back from the brink to beat Slovakia 3-2 in a dramatic Fed Cup semi-final by sweeping the last three rubbers on Sunday. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina secured the winning point for the home team when they...

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