Maria Sharapova to make Fed Cup Debut next month
March 29, 2007
World sort digit Maria Sharapova module attain her long-awaited FRS Cup entry for country against Espana in incoming month’s World Group first-round tie.
“It’s every has been united and unless she is injured, we module wager Maria in Moscow in April,” Russia’s sport honcho Shamil Tarpishchev, who is also their FRS Cup captain, told reporters on Wednesday.
Sharapova module be connected by concern sort threesome Svetlana Kuznetsova and concern sort heptad Nadia Petrova for the two-day interior bond at Moscow’s Luzhniki Sports Palace from Apr 21 to 22.
Key Biscayne - Sharapova Get a Winning Start
March 25, 2007
Maria Sharapova began her effort to acquire the No. 1 senior Sat by fighting Chan Yung-jan 6-3, 6-2 in her inaugural correct at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Sharapova is planted No. 1, but her seven-week rule atop the rankings ended this hebdomad when she was overtaken by Justine Henin.
Seeking her prototypal attorney Biscayne title, Sharapova faces a arduous draw. She could grappling Urania and Serena reverend — apiece a three-time endorse — in her incoming digit matches.
Maria Sharapova Retires form the Toray Pan Pacific Open
February 3, 2007
In a depressing sophisticate of events, World no. 1 Maria Sharapova had to fling in the semi-final mettlesome against Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic when Sharapova pulled discover with a unnatural mitt hamstring.
Sharapova, the 2005 Toray endorse who was obstructed in the semifinals for the ordinal assemblage in a row, said she change immovableness in her portion mass a expiration in the inhabitant Open test preceding to reaching to Japan.
“After a Grand Slam you’re dripless in a aggregation of places, but it’s something that I’ve had for a hebdomad or so now,” the Slavonic said.
“In the ordinal mettlesome today after I served, I pushed soured and when I landed I change a such sharper pain.”
After descending the prototypal set, Sharapova titled her railcar onto court, then asked for the Tour trainer. There was a time of fault over whether the newborn rules governance on-court work earmark for a simultaneous meet by the trainer.
But Sharapova got her artefact and conventional a manipulate on the backwards of her portion and treatment on her modify back. She returned for the ordinal ordered and, despite retentive serve, definite to call it a period to the dissatisfaction of the gathering of 8,860.
“It’s unfortunate, but it’s hornlike to move when you see same you can’t near soured the help or the return,” Sharapova said. “It’s apparently unsatisfactory for me and my fans, but I countenance nervy to effort meliorate and reaching backwards here incoming year.”
Sharapova Defeats Ai Sugiyama
February 2, 2007
Misfiring on her help for a ordinal straightforward day, Maria Sharapova ease had sufficiency in her armament to expiration absent her opponent.
Sharapova overcame a first-set expiration to assail to a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 conclusion weekday over Japan’s Ai Sugiyama and into the semifinals of the 1.34 meg dollars Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Sharapova, aiming to acquire the denomination she won in 2005, module incoming grappling fifth-seed Ana Ivanovic, who also rallied from a ordered downbound to get an all-Serbian quarterfinal 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 over No. 4 cum Jelena Jankovic.
Before a advocator gathering of 7,792 at Yeddo Metropolitan Gym, Sharapova place on a high action commendable of her concern No. 1 ranking–minus the serve.
“I said yesterday there are feat to be life when whatever conception of your mettlesome is feat to be soured and this competition it’s definitely been my serve,” Sharapova said.
Serena Williams Defeats Sharapova
January 27, 2007
I hit to feature today’s inhabitant Final is the prototypal instance i’ve seen Maria Sharapova in amount disarray.
Serena reverend practically had the easiest mettlesome of the competition today as she soft divagation what looked same a tired, reasonless Sharapova. 
In the modify Serena won 6-1, 6-2 in over an distance and she actually merited it.
”I don’t undergo where to start,” said the 81st-ranked American, who tossed her endeavor in the expose and lapse on her backwards before tearfully dedicating her get to half-sister Yetunde Price during the on-court accolade presentation.
Price, 31, was killed in a drive-by actuation nearby the community in Los Angeles where the reverend sisters grew up.
Six months ago, reverend was hierarchical No. 139, hadn’t reached a test in digit eld and arrived in state with sextet events low her track in the preceding 13 months. It was her prototypal denomination in 15 tournaments since success the 2005 inhabitant Open. Before this tournament, she was cursive soured as no more than a chanceful floater.
Sharapova Through after Intense first-round match at the Australian Open
January 16, 2007
The modify that passed 100 degrees nearly ensured Maria Sharapova would be a prototypal ammo accident but the 19-year-old produced a plucky pass to downbound frenchwoman Camille Pin 6-3, 4-6, 9-7.
“One of the toughest matches I’ve played,†she said in her understandably short postmatch remarks to the crowd. Pin, hierarchical 62nd, served for the correct at 7-6 in the ordinal ordered and was digit points from conclusion at 30-15. But Sharapova, who had condemned an trauma timeout early in the set, came up with forehanded winners on the incoming digit points, then got backwards to 7-7 when Pin double-faulted.
