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Maria Sharapova wins Italian Open title

Maria Sharapova beat Sam Stosur 6-2, 6-4 in the Italian Open final Sunday for the biggest clay-court title of her career.

After a three-hour rain delay, the seventh-seeded Sharapova won the opening four games, then cruised from there to follow up her victory over top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals.


This tournament is a key warmup for the French Open, the clay-court Grand Slam that begins in one week, and Sharapova will now clearly be one of the favorites in Paris.

Sharapova is a three-time Grand Slam winner, and Roland Garros remains the only major title she hasn't won.

In the men's final, top-ranked Rafael Nadal was set to resume his budding rivalry with No. 2 Novak Djokovic. Djokovic beat Nadal in the three previous finals the two have played this year, including his first victory on clay over the Spaniard in Madrid a week ago.

Nadal has won this clay-court tournament five of the last six years, while Djokovic is riding a 38-match winning streak.

Stosur hadn't reached a final since losing to Francesca Schiavone at Roland Garros last year, and the Australian is now 0-8 in her career against Sharapova.

A former No. 1, Sharapova had been struggling to regain her top form since undergoing right shoulder surgery in October 2008 — which caused her to miss 10 months.

The Russian won her last title in Strasbourg, France, a year ago.

With her fiance and New Jersey Nets guard Sasha Vujacic watching from the stands, Sharapova didn't drop a set all week, and she needed just 1 hour, 23 minutes to beat Stosur.

Kate Winslet Chubby Dig - Insulted Over Weight Comments

A chubby dig?  Kate Winslet has revealed that she used to get bullied because of her weight. The British actress said that when she was younger, she was often on the receiving end of cruel comments about her curves.
She told Glamour, "I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me, and it was such a backhanded compliment, they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable'."
But she denied that she has ever felt the need to resort to plastic surgery. "No, I have never tried any of that stuff," she said."I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are."
The actress, who split from director Sam Mendes in March 2010, said that she is more concerned with raising children, Mia, 10, and Joe, seven.
"The challenge is making sure that they're never treated different just because I sometimes am," she said. "I always want them to be regular kids who are grateful and respectful of other human beings."
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