Maria Sharapova brings ‘serious’ tennis event to LA in December

Returning the ball against Rafael Nadal from Spain, during the final of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain.

Nishikori will participate in a sports and entertainment event hosted by Maria Sharapova in December, 2015 at the UCLA Tennis Center in Los Angeles.

returns the ball against Rafael Nadal from Spain, during the final of the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain.

Nishikori will participate in a sports and entertainment event hosted by Maria Sharapova in December, 2015 at the UCLA Tennis Center in Los Angeles.

The two-day tournament’s tentative schedule features Sharapova against Keys, and Nishikori against Sock.

“Los Angeles is just a great sporting community, but not with a lot of tennis going on,” Sharapova said.