The draw for the 2nd Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros has been released and Maria is the top seed and will play Evgeniya Rodina of Russia in the 1st round.  Maria has never played Rodina before.  If Maria gets through that match she will play either Madison Brengle of the United States or a qualifier in the 2nd round.

Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam played on clay and Maria's best result was reaching the semis here last year and this is Maria's 3rd Grand Slam as top seed (US Open 2005 and Australian Open 2007).

Tiffany & Co. today announced that Maria Sharapova, the world’s top-ranked player in women’s tennis, will wear Tiffany designer Elsa Peretti’s Wave earrings in 18K gold at the French Open, May 25-June 8, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

In addition to the jewelry, Tiffany will accessorize Ms. Sharapova’s custom French Open tennis dress. The “Paris dress,” by Nike is a 1920s-inspired design that reflects her dynamic sense of style. Designed in collaboration with Sharapova, the performance Dri-Fit dress is dark obsidian blue with contrasting chalk white satin ribbons and double layered pleated skirt. The elegant, ultra-light creation is finished with a luminous Tiffany pearl button closure that fastens at the back of the dress.

Maria Sharapova regained the world number one position in women's tennis, when she topped the WTA women's tennis rankings released Monday. The Russian benefited from the retirement of last week's number one, Justine Henin and now leads the standings on 4,182 points, just 159 ahead of Serbian Ana Ivanovic.
Sharapova, who topped the prestigious ranking list two and a half years ago, was ranked second last week and moved up when the new list was published on Monday.

Maria Sharapova pulled out of Saturday's semifinal match at the Italian Open with a left calf injury.

The problem apparently developed while Sharapova was warming up for her match with defending champion Jelena Jankovic.

In Sunday's final, Jankovic will meet either sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze or French qualifier Alize Cornet, who were playing later.

Russia's Maria Sharapova advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Rome International on Friday after staving off a stiff challenge from veteran Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-2.

The 21-year-old second seed, who will next week reclaim the world number one ranking following Justine Henin's retirement, moved into high gear to overcome a flagging Schnyder in the third set.

A match of breathtaking power also produced some of the most daring gambles, especially in the run-up to the first-set tiebreaker, when both players came up with daring drop shots.