Clay-court tennis on the WTA Tour returns to Europe for one of the most stacked events of the year. The Porsche Tennis Grand ...

Sharapova was beaten 6-3, 7-5 by Clijsters in her first final in 2005, and the following year tasted a 6-4, 6-3 defeat to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then fell to Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-4 in ...

Led by Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Myskina, Russia won its first BJK Cup in 2004 before successfully defending the title in 2005. Russia claimed further back-to-back success in 2007 and 2008 ...

That was followed by a 6-4, 6-3 defeat to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2006, and she then lost three consecutive finals from 2011 to 2013. Sharapova was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Victoria Azarenka ...

After beating second seed Angelique Kerber in the semi-finals, Azarenka then eased past Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2 to triumph. The Belarusian had previously lifted the Indian Wells title in 2012 ...