Maria Sharapova is putting her foot down against what WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) is making her do. WTA is threatening to fine her if she does not participate in a photo shoot for the WTA Tour. Sharapova said that she is willing to support the promotional campaign for the Tour, but what she is not happy about is the schedule of the said photo shoot which will be right before the Italian Open in Rome on May 12.
Maria Sharapova once again proves her prowess in the court as she wins at the Qatar open. Victory is as sweet for this Russian tennis player as she garners her 18th career title by defeating opponent Vera Zvonavera with a score of 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. Aside from the new title, Maria Sharapova also enjoys victory with her price money US$414,000.
Sharapova broke her opponent two times in the first set of the game. Zvonavera gave two breaks in the 2nd set as well. But Sharapova was in great form, taking the lead once again in the 3rd set. She wrapped up the deciding set in merely 20 minutes.
Maria Sharapova once again proves her dexterity by winning in this year’s Australian Open in Melbourne. The 2008 Australian Open, her third Grand Slam title is certainly another sweet victory for this 20 year old Russian. Last Saturday she defeated Ana Ivanovic at 7-5, 6-3, just dropping 10 services points during the game. Sharapova was at her best form during the match, never losing her focus in the game that made her win in the 7 matches. This is a great success for her especially after the setbacks she had suffered in her previous matches, particularly last year when she suffered a shoulder injury. Her win has gladdened a lot of people especially the Russian press. One newspaper gave her encouraging words and another daily newspaper called her the pride of the Russian nation.
Guess who is the new face of Sony Ericsson? It is no other than your favorite tennis star Maria Sharapova. This ranked-5 tennis player will be gracing worldwide ads and promotion for various Sony Ericsson products. Her contract as ambassador for this well-known brand will last for four years. However, no details of the four-year contract have been revealed. This is noteworthy action because Maria Sharapova is the first to be become the brand’s ambassador. Sony Ericsson’s design team will be working closely with her in order to produce new products and accessories.
The ESPY Awards to sports are like The Oscars to movies!
Tennis player Maria Sharapova was there at the red carpet of the awards at the Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre yesterday night.
Maria showed up in a leather dress -maybe Chanel- with button embellishments, she drove the paprazzi wild!
She was there to be named best international female athlete. Congrats!
Check out a couple of photos of Maria Sharapova at the event.
Maria Sharapova's Wimbledon match yesterday with Japan's Ai Sugiyama was delayed for 4 hours because of heavy rain.
But that didn't stop Sharapova from beating the rain & her Japanese opponent!
Not only that, but Sharapova also defeated a horrible shoulder injury.
Sharapova defeated Sugiyama in a very wet match 6-3, 6-3.
Sharapova said: "It's just a weird situation, because you know the rain is coming. You're just thinking you might be a match point up and you have to go and wait to finish the match. It's a little bit of a tense moment."
Last Tuesday, Maria Sharapova played against fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva in the Pacific Life Open ... that match cost Maria her Top 1 ranking!
Maria played her best, but lost to Zvonareva 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 after she served 13 double faults & made 44 unforced errors!
In a match that lasted 82 minutes, Russian Maria Sharapova beat Belgian Kim Clijsters 6-4 6-2 in the Australian Open Semi-Finals on Thursday.
Kim Clijsters, who is only 23, will be retiring at the end of this season.
Top seed Sharapova will now play American Serena Williams in the finals.
Sharapova said of her next game with Williams: "Serena is playing great tennis & she has won many of these titles before but I will look forward to playing her."
Williams beat Nicole Vaidisova 7-6 6-4 in the Semi-Finals to reach the finals.
The National tennis federation in Russia announced Maria Sharapova and Nikolay Davydenko as the country's best players for the second year in a row! It seems that nothing can stop the wonderful Sharapova as she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova for the top prize in the French open.
And if you think it's only her who's doing the winning for Russia, think again!
There are now 7 Russian women in the world's top 16! That means that almost half of the best few women tennis players in the world are Russian!
Victory! Tennis beauty Maria Sharapova won the US Open setting aside claims that she had already gone as far as she could.
The 19-year-old Russian star is now the highest-earning tennis player in the world. It's ironic because even though she lost five successive Grand Slam semi-finals she still gains more money than Roger Federer, as well as David Beckham and Ronaldo!!
Maria Sharapova will play Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik in the semifinals of the Zurich Open after both secured straight-set victories.
The tennis beauty easily beat Swiss hopeful Timea Bacsinszky, winning 6-4 6-3, and Srebotnik defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-2.
It was announced last Sunday that former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova won’t make it to the Rogers Cup finals due to fatigue. She joined Wibledon champion Amelie Mauresmo, Justine Henin-Hardenne and former number one tennis player Venus Williams in the list of Roger Cup’s no-shows. Because of this Women’s Tennis Association decided to withhold $150,000 from Sharapova’s bonus given at the end of the season.
The 18-year-old russian tennis player Maria Sharapova launches her bid to become world No.1 next year at the Australian Women's Hardcourts event.
World No.4 Maria Sharapova won three titles this year - Tokyo, Doha and Birmingham - but failed to add any Majors to go with her 2004 Wimbledon crown.
She was in striking distance of being world No.1 but ultimately finished fourth, her lowest ranking of the year, and is out to improve on that in 2006.
Top seed Maria Sharapova struggled to defeat Russian Maria Kirilenko Tuesday at the JPMorgan Chase Open in California.
Sharapova had not played since the semi-final appearance at Wimbledon. She was forced out of the Acura Classic in San Diego last week with a strained lower back.
Even though Sharapova triumphed in the first meeting with Kirilenko, the sloppyness was very obvious during the match.
