A few days ago Maria Sharapova attacked the WTA saying they are "forcing" her to do a publicity shoot in Rome. Her fury hasn’t ended since, and she will continue to talk about the problem at her website and give her fans an inside look at the life of a women’s tennis player.

I am sure many of you can tell that I am just a little frustrated with a couple of tour executives who don't ever listen to the players and want to do their own thing. For a sport that has so much potential to grow and get bigger, you would think that the players voice would be important but unfortunately that's not the case. They just do whatever they want and tell us what to do and how to do it. And on top of that walk around like they're the stars.

I have tried to work with them, I have attended numerous amounts of meetings throughout the years, but they just do what they want and threaten to fine me. So since they will not listen to me, I am going to start giving my fans a behind the scenes look at life on tour…let the fun begin!

I love Maria more and more.

Haha, Maria also admitted thinking about faking a reason in order to avoid the fine for pulling out of the Qatar Telecom German Open:

I got a really bad viral infection with a big fever and that I have to get on antibiotics…how original! I know I'm always against those things, but I kind of had no other choice because I haven't been that sick in a while. Quite ironic, as a few days before that I was trying to come up with some "excuse" for pulling out of Berlin… (via Down the Line)

Top seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia won her sixth career title on Sunday by defeating third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-6 (2) 6-2 in the Prague Open final. On the same day, Argentina’s Gisela Dulko beat top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-6 (2) 7-6 (5) at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

The Prague Open victory brought Zvonareva her first title in two years in her fourth final of the year. Zvonareva's opponent in the Prague Open final, Victoria Azarenka, played in her fourth WTA final without winning a title. Zvonareva said that the match was really difficult, and that she had a bit more luck.

The match between Dulko and Garrigues was a tense two-setter which contained 10 service breaks—five by each player. Winning it, Dulko won her first title this season and third career title.

Both the Prague Open and the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem are Tier IV tournaments. (via Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Yahoo Sports)

French tennis star Tatiana Golovin and famous soccer player Samir Nasri have been dating for a few weeks now. Tatiana is currently ranked 23rd, while her highest ranking was No.12. Her boyfriend is also a successful athlete and now plays as a midfielder in Olympique de Marseille. Samir is often referred to as the "new Zinedine Zidane", mainly because of his upbringing in Marseille and his Algerian origins. More photos of the couple after the cut. Read more »

Maria Sharapova and Daniela Hantuchova have pulled out of the next week’s Qatar Telecom German Open. Sharapova’s reason for withdrawal is an unspecified injury, while Hantuchova has a stress fracture in her right foot.

Even though the two Top 10 players have pulled out, the Qatar Telecom German Open is still expected to welcome seven members of the Top 10, including No.1 Justine Henin and No.2 Ana Ivanovic. (source: On the Baseline, photo via Down the Line)