Same Song, Fourth Verse; Is Sharapova Back?

Is there a point where we get bored of seeing/hearing Djokovic def. Nadal to win title.  It happens for the 4th time this year, again on clay this week, where Djokovic defeated Nadal 6-4, 6-4 in Rome for his 7th title of the year, 25th of his career, 39th straight victories, 37-0 in 2011, and 9th Masters title.  But of course you already know all those numbers by now since I've been repeating them so often.  Djokovic managed to traverse a fairly difficult draw, defeating Kubot, Wawrinka, Soderling, Murray, and then Nadal.  I guess now we wonder if Djokovic is ever going to lose again.  He's beaten Federer 3 straight times, Nadal now 4 straight times, and while he has lost sets here and there even to lower-ranked players, he has always come out the victor.  Now on to Paris and 5 sets.  I'll have a preview post later this week but I'm guessing we'll have a Nadal-Djokovic final there as well.

On the women's side, I wonder if it is time to declare Maria Sharapova back.  She made the SF in Indian Wells, F in Miami, and now reigns supreme in Rome...and that on CLAY.  She defeated Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 for her 23rd career title and first since Strasbourg last year, which was oddly enough, on clay.  She has now thrown her name into the list of Roland Garros contenders, which again, I'll get more into in a preview post later this week.  I had practically given Sharapova up for dead when she showed signs of life in the IW/Miami double and now ran quite the gauntlet of Makarova, Peer, Azarenka, Wozniacki, and Stosur to win this title.  I'm guessing there will be more to come.

Now onto the minor inconsequential Davis/Fed Cup review, which I think is cool, but no one else probably cares about besides the small countries/athletes actually competing.
This week the Europe Zonal Group III was contested in Skopje, Macedonia.  Turkey's Marcel Ilhan was the only name I recognized on any roster, and he did good by returning the Turks through the draw to win one of the promotions (def. home team Macedonia in the final).  The other was snagged by Moldova, who knocked off Montenegro in the final.  Turkey returns to group II after just a one-way absence, having lost to Great Britain in the relegation tie last year.  Moldova was last in group II in 2009.  Norway and Macedonia were relegated last year but failed to regain group II.

This week the last Fed Cup round robin will be contested, Americas Zonal Group II.  Ten nations are in two pools.
Pool A:  Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Puerto Rico (relegated from Group I last year), Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay (competing for the first time since 2008)
Pool B:  Bahamas (final last year), Costa Rica, Ecuador (final last year), Panama, and Venezuela (competing for the first time since 2008)
Cuba and Bermuda are not competing this year.