Sharapova fully fit for Australian Open challenge

But the 31-year-old believes she can cause some damage.

“If we want to be really fair and actually test performance and not simply heat endurance, those days should be postponed”.

Puerto Rico’s world No. 94 had never taken a set from Stosur in four previous meetings, but was unable to contain her delight after notching one of the biggest wins of her career.

Azarenka, who has recently spoken about her battle with depression, said that while the victory would give her the spark to go on and achieve more, she had managed to keep a wider perspective during the tournament.

“I love playing here and I’ve played some of my best
tennis here”, Murray said yesterday. “I’ve had a few days of training so it’s looking good”.

At the French Open she fought back from losing the opening set four times on her way to the title, while at Wimbledon, where she claimed her 21st grand slam crown, she flirted with a fourth-round defeat by Briton Heather Watson. She would finally pull these matches out.

“She can’t have another year like she had last year”. Serena even more so because she’s been doing it for a long time. “That would be, like, immortal for that to happen”.

Multiple grand slam champion Maria Sharapova has declared herself fully fit and ready for next week’s Australian Open after having her preparations hampered by a forearm injury.

Meanwhile, world No. 1 Serena insists she is fit and ready for a tilt at a seventh Australian Open title, downplaying a knee injury that forced her out of the Hopman Cup. “I think she’s in a similar situation like Novak Djokovic, where if they’re both very healthy, it’s going to be tough for many, many players to win against them”.

“I hope she’s going to be healthy now coming to the Australian Open this year”. She’s won it twice.

The way that Serena Williams was able to dominate a year ago does undeniably put the American on top of the women’s game and her supremacy at the top of the mantle does hardly come under question keeping in mind the variety of players that are chasing the World No 1. And it’s a tournament she’s displayed some of her best tennis at, winning six titles in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and, exactly 50 weeks ago, 2015. I beat her once in my life, in Singapore, and I have great memories from that match.