Maria Sharapova Tennis News

Auckland Open director, Richard Palmer has been disappointed against the world No.4, Maria Sharapova, who would not be participating in the next year, 2012 ASB Classic tournament, which will held from

World No.4, Sharapova has started off her 2011 season at the Auckland Open. Where, she has been defeated in the quarterfinals against the eventual champion, Greta Arn. However, Palmer was very disappointed of the fact that he couldn’t bring back the Russian tennis ace back to Auckland this year.

Palmer while speaking with the various sources has said that, he showed her despair
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about Sharapova’s non-participation in the tournament and said “She’s only one player, albeit a very high profile player. This year she chose to play here, next year she chose to play in Brisbane, and we wish her luck.

Palmer has been able to grab some big names to the tournament that includes Venus Williams, Flavia Pennetta, Peng Shuai and Sabine Lisicki but he was disillusioned with the fact that he wasn’t able to bring back the fan favouriteto the arena.

Palmer further added that, the field will be more than acceptable. We’re only allowed one top 10 anyway so if they all go to Brisbane we might be able to get more of the players just outside the top 10.

World No.4, Maria Sharapova will be opening the season playing in the 2012 Brisbane Open.

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Maria Sharapova Tennis Career 2000

Sharapova first gained attention on the tennis scene in November 2000, when she won the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships in the girls' 16 division at the age of just 13. She was then given a special award, the Rising Star Award, which is awarded only to players of exceptional promise. She made her professional debut in 2001, and played her first WTA tournament at the Pacific Life Open in 2002, winning a match before losing to Monica Seles. Due to restrictions on how many professional events she could play, Sharapova went to hone her game in junior tournaments, where she reached the finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2002. She was the youngest girl ever to reach the final of the Australian Open junior championship at 14 years and 9 months.

From 2003, Sharapova played a full season, and made a rapid climb into the top 50 by the end of the year.She made her debuts at both the Australian Open and the French Open, but failed to win a match in either. It was not until the grass season that she began to fulfill her promise, beating a top-20 player for the first time and reaching her first semifinal at the WTA level. Then, as a wildcard at Wimbledon, she defeated 11th seed Jelena Dokić to reach the fourth round, where she lost in three sets to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

By the end of September, Sharapova had already captured her first WTA title at a smaller event, the Japan Open Tennis Championships, before winning her second in her final tournament of the season, the Bell Challenge. To cap off her first full season as a professional, she was awarded the WTA Newcomer of the Year honor.

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ISTANBUL: It was not Sam Stosur's most spectacular victory in some respects, but it was among her most satisfying in terms of how, where and, especially, who. So significant was Stosur's first defeat of her nemesis Maria Sharapova in 10 attempts that it was rated by her coach David Taylor as among the best five wins in the US Open champion's career.

''I think it's definitely up there with one of my probably best victories,'' agreed Stosur, after beating the world No. 2, 6-1, 7-5 on the opening night of the year-end WTA Championships. ''It's hard to rate things in order, but definitely one of my more pleasing ones, and being at the championships and getting off to a good start is also a nice thing, as well.''

Stosur had won just two sets in her previous nine matches against Sharapova, the triple grand slam winner who had been sidelined for a month with an ankle injury and found her movement compromised against an opponent whose court coverage has improved at a similar rate as her composure and mental resilience.


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After a dour but important opening service hold morphed into an emphatic first set, the Australian stayed composed when down 0-3 in the second, and again when facing three break points in the final game, as she defended well and played smart, relying more on her placement and slice than her big kicking serve and jumping forehand.

''I would think with the conditions and the court, it's not conducive to doing that,'' she said. ''That's probably why I am so pleased with that win … because I couldn't use my best weapons really out there but managed to do other things with them and got a straight-sets win over somebody I've never beaten before.''

The mental barrier was imposing, as the tall Russian is one of a handful of powerful, flat hitters - Victoria Azarenka, Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams among them - who Stosur has struggled to counter, while experiencing far fewer troubles with the counter-punchers who allow her more time to play her topspin-heavy game.

Conceding her limited preparation and weakened mobility as less than ideal, Sharapova acknowledged Stosur's superior start and effectiveness of her low backhand slice. Tellingly, the woman who is statistically the best returner of the season did not get a break point until the second set. ''She just played really solid … and moved extremely well around the court and made me hit another ball,'' Sharapova said.

Taylor believed the match was won in the first 10 minutes describing as ''unbelievable'' Stosur's improvement and ability to stay close to the baseline against Sharapova's groundstrokes.

''You can see the stature of the two girls is way different, and normally Sam retreats a little bit, and therefore gives Maria more time to hurt her. So the closer she is to the line, the quicker the tempo, the more in favour of Sam, and it's not easy to do against such an amazing ball striker like Maria,'' he said. ''Look, she's two in the world and had a great year, and for Sam to do that was just fantastic.

''She hit intelligently placed serves, she sliced very well, she used the conditions - not just 'they were favourable to her, so she won,' she actually had to adapt, and I think that's something that's been missing.''

In a curious scheduling decision, Stosur had to return 15 hours later to play her second round-robin match against fourth seed Azarenka, who had not played previously.

The other day-one winners were Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who celebrated her championships debut with a 6-2, 6-4 defeat of Russian sixth seed Vera Zvonareva, and world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who dropped the first set 7-5 to final qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska, but recovered to win the next two 6-2, 6-4.

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Sharapova is an aggressive baseliner, with power, depth, and angles on her forehand and backhand.Additionally, she is one of the few players on the WTA who uses the reverse forehand a lot. Instead of using a traditional volley or overhead smash, she often prefers to hit a powerful "swinging" volley when approaching the net or attacking lobs. Sharapova is thought to have good speed around the court, especially considering her height.At the beginning of 2008, some observers noted that Sharapova had developed her game, showing improved movement and footwork and the addition of a drop shot and sliced backhand to her repertoire of shots. her powerful game, Sharapova's greatest asset is considered to be her mental toughness and competitive spirit, with Nick Bollettieri stating that she is "tough as nails". At the 2010 French Open, Hall-of-famer Martina Navratilova said of Sharapova, "with her, it's not over until she's shaking hands." Sharapova is known for on-court "grunting", which reached a recorded 101 decibels during a match at Wimbledon in 2005. During her second round match in Birmingham in 2003, Sharapova was asked to tone down the level of her grunt after opponent Nathalie Dechy complained to the umpire, with Sharapova's response saying that her grunting was "a natural instinct."Monica Seles suggested that grunting is involuntary and a part of tennis. When questioned by the media about her grunting, Sharapova urged the media to "just watch the match." Her defensive game has been worked on by her new coach, and this has reflected in her results, making consecutive semi-finals at premier mandatory events on the tour.

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Maria Sharapova From Russia

Sharapova has lived in the United States since moving there at the age of seven, but retains her Russian citizenship, and is therefore eligible to play in the Fed Cup for Russia. However, the behavior of Sharapova's father during her matches on the WTA Tour, combined with a perceived lack of commitment by her to the Fed Cup, has made her selection for the Russian Fed Cup team cause controversy in the past.

After Sharapova had beaten fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina at the 2004 WTA Tour Championships, Myskina criticized Sharapova's father, saying: "He was just yelling and screaming instructions to her and I thought he just might jump right on the court at one point in the match." At the Fed Cup semi-finals two weeks later Myskina stated she would stop playing for Russia if Sharapova joined the Russian team the following season: "If she joins our team next season you won't see me there for sure. His behaviour is totally incorrect, simply rude. I don't want to be around people like him." Larisa Neiland, assistant to Russia Fed Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev, added: "Her father's behaviour (at the WTA Tour Championships) was simply outrageous. I just don't see how he could work with the rest of us." However Tarpishchev himself played down the problem, insisting: "I feel that things will calm down soon and we'll have Myskina, Sharapova, Kuznetsova and everyone else playing for Russia."
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At the end of 2005, Sharapova stated she was now keen to make her Fed Cup debut and was set to play against Belgium in April 2006, but withdrew. Sharapova later withdrew from ties against Spain in April 2007and against the United States in July 2007 because of injuries. The latter withdrawal led to Russia's captain saying she would be "ineligible for selection" for the Fed Cup final in September.However, Sharapova attended the final, cheering from the sidelines and acting as a "hitting partner" in practices, resulting in some of her Russian teammates implying that she was attending only to enable her to play at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (rules state that players must have "shown commitment" to Fed Cup in order to play). Svetlana Kuznetsova said, "She said she wanted to be our practice partner but if you can't play how then can you practice?"

Sharapova finally made her Fed Cup debut in February 2008, in Russia's quarterfinal tie against Israel. She won both her singles rubbers, against Tzipora Obziler and Shahar Pe'er, helping Russia to a 4–1 victory.For the semifinals, she was given permission to skip the tie, with Tarpishchev announcing that she will be on the team for the final, the date of the final coincided with the lay-off from her shoulder injury, and thus she did not play.

In the 2011 first round tie, Maria played Virginie Razzano of France and lost. Maria was supposed to play Alize Cornet, but Sharapova was suffering from a viral illness. So teammate, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova played instead of Sharapova where she would go to help Russia come back from their 0–2 deficit by beating Alize Cornet 3–6 6–3 6–2 and secure the win for Russia against France 3–2.
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Maria Sharapova In Bangkok

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The former World No. 1 ranked Maria Sharapova has visited the Grand Palace in Bangkok on 7th November, where she has been enjoying her off court season along with her boy friend and fiance Sasha Vujacic.

The World No. 4th ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia has been dating with New Jersey Nets guard Sasha Vujacic for some time. The couple has been enjoying spending time together in the off court season. Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic also spotted in Istanbul, during the WTA Championship last month. The Russian beauty, who has withdrawn from Istanbul championship with ankle injury, after losing two round robin

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matches to Samantha Stosur and Li Na.

The 24-year-old Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic have visited the TAG Formula 1 Lady Steel and Ceramic Pavee watch launch in Istanbul, earlier this month. Russian star is one of the biggest tennis icons, who have won major title at the age of 17 in 2004 at Wimbledon in All England Club. Sharapova has increased her brand value to cost $ 9million and she is top WTA tennis player to earn $25 million prize money and endorsements every year.

Sharapova also named the world richest-paid female sports personality to receive $24.5 million and also signed an eight year contract with Nike, worth $70 million. The Russian top seed will return back to action at 2012 Brisbane International tournament in Brisbane and Australian Open next year in January.
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