Third-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka won her first grand slam and became the new world No. 1 on Saturday after beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 in the Australian Open final.
The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé pays a visit to Tunis, hailing the beginning of a new chapter in Franco-Tunisian relations. Next, we meet the Moroccan anti-monarchy rapper who has just been released from jail on charges he says were trumped up. Finally, a young filmmaker tracks down surviving members of an Algerian orchestra from the 1950s.
Czech 21-year-old Petra Kvitova, appearing in her first Grand Slam final ever, beat favourite Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to win the women’s Wimbledon singles title.
2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova (left) and the Czech Petra Kvitova qualified on Thursday for the British Grand Slam final. Sharapova defeated Kvitova in 2010 but she has since won three titles.
Roger Federer mastered gale-force winds to swing into the US Open's fourth round Saturday, while Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki advanced to set up a dream face-off for a shot at the quarter-finals.
Rainy spells interrupted matches in Melbourne but did not bother Australian Open favourites including Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin and Rafael Nadal, who all qualified for the second round. Russia's Maria Sharapova was the only casualty of the day.
Maria Kirilenko, ranked 58 in the world, claimed a three sets win (7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4) over fellow Russian Maria Sharapova, making the 2008 Australian Open champion the first major casualty of this year's tournament.
Russia's Maria Sharapova has claimed her first WTA tour title since Amelia Island in April 2008 after Serbia's Jelena Jankovic had to retire from their Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo on Saturday due to injury.
Fourth seed Elena Dementieva picked up her third title of the year and denied compatriot Maria Sharapova a comeback win with a 6-4 6-3 victory in the final of the Toronto Cup.
Russian Elena Dementieva reached the Toronto Cup final with a clinical 7-6, 6-1 win over world number two Serena Williams while Maria Sharapova beat Kleybanova 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to secure her place in the final.
