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Maria was born April 19th, 1987 and plays with her right hand.. At the age of 8, she was spotted by Martina Navratilova
during a match in Moscow and brought to Florida at the Bollittieri academy.. Shortly after, she switched coaches and now trains
with Robert Lansdorp who amonth others helped Tracy Austin in the past..
As she approcahes her arrival to a stardom status, comparisons with Anna Kournikova are obvious.. "I love fashion". She is
also is a big fan of dancing and singing..
Latest News
February 6th 2007: Maria is now back home in California as she tries to recover from her hamstring injury...
February 3rd 2007: Unfortunately Maria Sharapova suffered a 2 set loss in the Toray Pan Pacific SF round, a 6-1, 0-1 loss
when she had to stop her match because of a hamstring injury:( More news soon....
February 2nd 2007: Great news for Maria Sharapova as she won her QF round at the Toray Pan Pacific. She posted a 3 set win
against Ai Sugiyama, a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win that now puts her up against Ana Ivanovic
February 1st 2007: Great news for Maria Sharapova as she won her 2nd round at the Toray Pan Pacific. She posted a 3 set win
against Francesca Schiavone, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 win that now puts her up against Ai Sugiyama
January 30th 2007: Maria's first round opponent in Tokyo is now known as she will face Francesca Schiavone from Italy:) Also,
it's now confirmed, Maria is back as the #1 player in the world, read about it here.
January 29th 2007: Good news as Maria Sharapova is back in action this week playing in the Toray Pan Pacific. In her first
match, she will have a first round bye. You can see the full tournament draw here.
January 27th 2007: Unfortunately, Maria was defeated in the finals by Serena Williams 6-1, 6-2...
January 24th 2007: Maria defeated Kim Clijsters 6-4, 6-2; in the finals she will face Serena Williams, who's been making a
great comeback so far.
January 24th 2007: Wow, a tough one today for Maria as she advanced with great difficulty to the semifinals of the Australian
Open thanks to a 7-6, 7-5 win against promising Russian Anna Chakvetadze.... In Maria's next match, she will face Belgian
Kim Clijsters in what should be a great match!
January 22nd 2007: Great news for Maria Sharapova as she won her 4th round at the Australian Open. She posted a 2 set win
against Vera Zvonareva, a 7-5, 6-4 win that now puts her up against Anna Chakvetadze
January 21st 2007: Thanks to the surprise loss today by Amelie Mauresmo to the hands of Lucie Safarova, Maria is now assured
of being ranked #1 in the world after the Australian Open ends! Awesome news:)
January 20th 2007: Great news for Maria Sharapova as she won her 3rd round at the Australian Open. She posted a 2 set win
against Tatiana Garbin, a 6-3, 6-1 win that now puts her up against Vera Zvonareva
January 18th 2007: Great news for Maria Sharapova as she won her 2nd round at the Australian Open. She posted a 2 set win
against Anastassia Rodionova, a 6-0, 6-3 win that now puts her up against Tatiana Garbin
January 16th 2007: Great news for Maria Sharapova as she won her 1st round at the Australian Open. She posted a 3 set win
against Camille Pin, a 6-3, 4-6, 9-7 win that now puts her up against Anastassia Rodionova.
January 7th 2007: Maria's premiere opponent and world #1 Justine Henin-Hardenne will not be playing in next's week Australian
Open. 'It is very unfortunate for her and you always want to be playing against the top players,' said Sharapova.
'You always want to compete against the best players but you can't expect everyone to play in every grand slam.'
January 6th 2007: Oh well, Maria's tournament came up a bit short as she was defeated by Kim Clijsters in today's final, she
lost 6-3, 7-6.. we'll have more infos soon.
January 6th 2007: It wasn't easy but Maria did reach the Hong Kong singles final, posting a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Elena Dementieva!
She will face Kim Clijsters in the final!
January 4th 2007: Maria and Patty Schnyder were defeated in their first doubles match, they lost 9-8(4) to Kuznetsova/Clijsters.
January 4th 2007: Maria started her tournament in Hong Kong with a win today! She won 67-5, 6-3 against Zi Yan and will now
face Elena Dementieva, the #4 seed:) More details soon...
January 2nd 2007: Maria acquired yet another sponsor, this time it is Gatorade and Tropicana, read about it here.
January 2nd 2007: Maria is featured in this month's "Teen Vogue" magazine, see screens here, here, here, here and here:)
December 30th 2006: Maria is predicted to finish 2007 as the world #1 by tennis specialist Matthew Cronin, you can read the
full article here.
December 27th 2006: Maria's schedule is now known in Hong Kong. She will play her first round matches in singles and doubles
on January 4th!
December 27th 2006: As Serbian player Ana Ivanovic was discussing Maria's popularity she said: "It’s strange, Sharapova
doesn’t say a word to anyone, whereas I talk, smile, laugh"
December 23rd 2006: By the way, you can see the draw for the Hong Kong exhibition here.
December 22nd 2006: Good news as Maria is back in action in one week playing in the Hong Kong exhibition. In her first match,
she will face Zi Yan.
December 21st 2006: Sports Illustrated had a most beautiful athletes ranking based on votes by swimsuit models, Maria came
in at #1!!!! The #2 ranked tennis player was Anna Kournikova.
December 20th 2006: Maria made a list of the top ten things she was not good at... guess what was #1? "Being patient, fine
i'll work on it!"
December 19th 2006: With the recent announcement by Lindsay Davenport of her pregnancy, there was an empty spot for the strong
Hong Kong exhibition event and Patty Schnyder entered, she also becomes Maria's doubles partner for the event..
December 15h 2006: Maria is featured in this month's Vogue magazine, as she was named one of the ten best self styled young
women who are making fashion in America their very own.
December 13th 2006: Looks like Maria's exhibition match against L is cancelled after all as Lindsay Davenport is apparently
pregnant, read about it here.
December 10th 2006: Maria still is in Florida, she attended wedding of players Jennifer Hopkins and Taylor Dent this weekend!
December 8th 2006: Maria was asked the top 10 things she could not stand, guess what was #1? "Dentists, they're evil".
December 7th 2006: Maria announced she would be back playing in Tokyo next year for the Toray Pan Pacific! Martina Hingis
and Elena Dementieva will also be playing!
December 3rd 2006: Maria was named the Russia player of the year by the Russian Tennis Federation for a 2nd straight year,
congrats:)
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