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Maria at Indian Wells

gareth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:55:41 +0000

Maria wears a yellow and blue Nike outfit as she competes at Indian Wells tournament in California.

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Maria crashes out of Aussie Open

gareth — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:30:52 +0000

Maria Sharapova’s belated return to the Australian Open ended swiftly Monday when the former world number one was knocked out just hours after the first grand slam of 2010 began.

Sharapova, making her first appearance at Melbourne Park since winning the championship two years ago, lost to fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 7-6 3-6 6-4 on the Rod Laver Arena.

Unable to defend her title last year because of a shoulder injury, Sharapova was a shadow of the player who stormed to the 2008 title without dropping a single set, contributing to her own defeat with 66 unforced errors and 11 double faults.

Maria’s 2010 Schedule

gareth — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:57:52 +0000

Maria will start 2010 with 2 exhibitions. The 1st exhibition Maria will play will be the Hua Hin Centennial Invitation in Thailand against Venus Williams on January 2nd. Maria will then travel to Hong Kong which will run from January 6-9. Maria is in Team Russia with Vera Zvonareva and Marat Safin and they will play Team Asia-Pacific on January 6th.

Maria will then spend a week preparing for her 1st Grand Slam 2010 at the Australian Open which begins on January 18th in Melbourne.

Memphis is Maria’s next stop as she make her first appearance there since 2004.Â Memphis will begin on February 15th and is a International $220K event played indoors.

Maria will then play the 2 big Premier Mandatory events in at Indian Wells and Miami on hardcourts. They will begin on the 8th and 24th March respectively.

The clay court season for Maria will begin in Charleston on 10th April where she will making her 3rd appearance on the green clay courts there. Maria will make one stop on red clay in Madrid on 7th May before the 2nd Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros on Paris which will start on 23rd May.

Maria will be making her 6th appearance on the grasscourts of Birmingham on 7th June and she will play her 3rd Grand Slam at Wimbledon in London on 21st June.

Happy Xmas from Maria

gareth — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:55:19 +0000

Maria would like to wish all her fans a happy christmas. I’d also like to extend these christmas wishes from myself. Enjoy the picture of Maria by her christmas tree with a pippi doll :)

Maria at Look-a-like contest

gareth — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:30:17 +0000

Some pictures of Maria Sharapova at T-Mobile and Sony Ericsson Maria Sharapova Look-a-like contest at the new T-Mobile store in Canoga Park.

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Maria promotes ‘Maria Sharapova by Cole Haan’

gareth — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:38:45 +0000

Tennis ace Maria Sharapova is big in Japan. The 6ft 2in beauty smoldered as she showed off her new fall line for designer Cole Haan.

Maria appeared at the Peninsula Hotel in Yurakucho, Tokyo, to debut the latest collaboration with the U.S. fashion brand, which is now available in the Far East.

Dressed in thigh-high black boots and brown shorts, Maria spoke to the crowd ahead of her appearance at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan, which begins September 27.

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Maria in Marie Claire Russia

gareth — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:10:58 +0000

Some pictures of Maria Sharapova in the Russian edition of Marie Claire magazine.

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Maria at 6th day of 2009 U.S. Open

gareth — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:27:43 +0000

Some pictures of Maria Sharapova at the 6th day of 2009 U.S. Open where she lost to Oudin from the USA 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

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Maria through to 2nd round

gareth — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:24:56 +0000

Former champion Maria Sharapova continued her comeback from shoulder surgery with an impressive opening win in the US Open first round.

She beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3 6-0 in 73 minutes to reach the second round Tuesday.

“I played a very tricky opponent that didn’t give me much room and I’m also coming from a pretty slow court in Toronto, so it was just about adjusting,” the 2006 US Open champion said.

Tiffany & Co. and InStyle Honor Maria

gareth — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:09:19 +0000

Some pictures of Maria Sharapova attending a Tiffany & Co. and InStyle event honoring herself and Frank Gehry.

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