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May 13th 2008: American magazine FHM made a list of the 100 sexiest women alive, and Maria made the list! She is #30. Ana Ivanovic(#23) and Anna Kournikova(#81) are other tennis players that made the list!

May 12th 2008: Maria was finally able to reach a compromise with the WTA over the fine controversy, read about it here.

May 12th 2008: Russia announced its line-up for the upcoming Olympics as Maria,  Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova will form the team. In doubles, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva will play as well as Svetlana Kuznetsova (although it's uncertain who she will play with).

May 11th 2008: Two news today! First off, Maria will advance to #2 in the world rankings tomorrow!:) Also, Maria is scheduled to play in Rome starting next week, see the full draw here.

May 5th 2008: Maria is having a pretty public battle with the WTA about some fines. The 21-year-old Siberian has already been docked 125,000 dollars by the WTA Tour after withdrawing from this week's Berlin tournament, with the possibility of a further 10,000 dollars penalty if she does not provide a medical reason for her no-show. According to her blog, she could also face a fine of up to 700,000 dollars if she decides to boycott the WTA Tour's official promotional shoot that has been controversially planned to take place on the eve of next week's event on the clay of Rome's Foro Italico.

April 27th 2008: Good news as despite Maria's absence, Russia won is semifinals in Fed Cup and will face Spain in the final! Maria should be playing, it will take place in September.

April 25th 2008: Some interesting quotes from Maria from a recent interview:) "People don't see me outside clubs at 3 a.m. I don't like to party. I don't like drinking. My life is fulfilling outside the court," said Sharapova. "In regards to dating, I'm pretty independent. I don't always have to be with someone. Maybe one day I will."

April 23rd 2008: Maria visited the late Show with David Letterman this week, see pics here

April 22nd 2008: Maria announced she would not be playing in Berlin after all (2 weeks from now) and will instead return to action in Rome the following week....

April 19th 2008: Despite yesterday's loss, Maria has assured herself to be the world #3 next week, congrats Masha:)

April 18th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Charleston as she lost to USA's Serena Williams 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.

April 17th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Charleston as she defeated Ukraine's Tatiana Perebiynis with a 7-5, 6-2 win, she will now face Serena Williams.

April 17th 2008: Maria was in action yesterday playing her opening match in Charleston. She easily reached the 3rd round taking out Bethanie Mattek 6-0, 6-0! Up next, she will face Tatiana Perebiynis.

April 14th 2008: Maria did not even have to play her semifinal as her opponent, Lindsay Davenport withdrew because of an injury..  Then, Maria completed her great tournament by winning the final against Dominika Cibulkova 7-6, 6-3!! Well done!!!

April 12th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Amelia Island as she defeated Alona Bondarenko with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 win, she will now face Lindsay Davenport.

April 11th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Amelia Island as she defeated Annabel Medina Garrigues with a 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 win, she will now face Alona Bondarenko.

April 8th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Amelia Island as she defeated Barbara Zahlavova Strycova with a 6-1, 6-3 win, she will now face Annabel Medina-Guarrigues...

April 2nd 2008: It was announced that Maria would not be playing the upcoming Fed Cup tie and would be replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova. “We had an agreement with Kuznetsova and Sharapova that one of them would play against Israel and the other against the U.S.,” Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev said Tuesday. “Sharapova had already played in Tel Aviv, so now it’s Kuznetsova’s turn. It was sort of a trade-off because both of them have very busy schedules."

April 1st 2008: Maria announced she had accepted a wild card to play next week in Charleston in the Family Circle Cup. More infos soon!

March 31st 2008: Interesting article about Maria, and how she likes Orlando Bloom, read about it here.

March 25th 2008: Maria confirmed she would be playing the Qatar Telecom, Germany Open in Berlin from May 5-11!

March 24th 2008: Maria announced she would be unable to play in Miami this week because of a shoulder injury. Her agent, Max Eisenbud, said the injury is not serious but that Sharapova "is trying to learn her lesson from last year when she didn't take care of the shoulder as soon as the problem happened.

March 21st 2008: Ah, sad news as Maria was defeated in today's semifinals, she lost to best ranked Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova, a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 loss...more details to come...

March 21st 2008: Maria was in action on Wednesday, she won 7-6, 6-1 against Daniela Hantuchova to reach the semifinals! Up next will be Svetlana Kuznetsova.

March 18th 2008: Wow, such a tough win today but Maria was able to win her match today taking out Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 win! She will now face Daniela Hantuchova.

March 16th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Indian Wells as she defeated Eleni Daniilidou with a 7-5, 6-3 win, she will now face Alona Bondarenko

March 14th 2008: Maria was in action today and she was rock solid as she destroyed Stephanie Cohen-Aloro with a 6-1, 6-0 win! In her next match, Maria will face Greek Eleni Daniilidou.

March 13th 2008: Maria is scheduled to make her start in Indian Wells tomorrow as she will face France's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro...

March 10th 2008: The draw is out for the Pacific Life Open, Maria is the #4 seed, see the draw here.

March 9th 2008: Maria is on the front page of the American magazine "Ocean Drive", you can see a photo on the left of this update:) See a complete interview here:)

February 25th 2008: Maria announced she would not be playing in Dubai after all. I flew to Dubai right after my final and woke up this morning feeling really fatigued and stuffed up with a cough. After trying to hit a little bit this evening I came to the conclusion that I'm realistically not going to be ready to play 5 matches in the next 5 days.

February 24th 2008: Congrats to Maria as she won the final of the Doha tournament today! She defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-1, 2-6, 6-0! We should have more details and comments soon!

February 23rd 2008: Great news for Maria fans! She was able to reach the Doha final as she knocked out Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska with a 6-4, 6-3 win! She will now face fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva in tomorrow's final!

February 22nd 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Doha as she defeated Caroline Wozniacki with a 6-0, 6-1 win, she will now face Agnieszka Radwanska

February 21st 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Doha as she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn with a 6-2, 6-2 win, she will now face Caroline Wozniacki.

February 20th 2008: Maria had ups and downs but she ended up winning her first match, she defeated Galina Voskoboeva 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 and will now face Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn.

February 18th 2008: Maria will be in action this week as she is playing Doha, she is the #4 seed, see the full draw here:)

February 15th 2008: Congrats to Maria:) She was named the United States Sports Academy's Female Athlete of the Month for January

February 3rd 2008: Great news! Maria was once more solid, she crushed Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-1 to give Russia a 2-1 lead. Then, Anna Chakvetadze clinched the playoff with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Tzipi Obziler.. Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina won the doubles to end the tie with a 4-1 win for Russia:)

February 2nd 2008: After seeing teammate Dinara Safina drop her opening match against Shahar Peer, Maria did a great job knocking out Tzipi Obziler 6-0, 6-4 to tie things up 1-1 between Russia and Israel!

January 31st 2008: The draw is done and Maria will be playing her first ever singles match in the Fed Cup tie against Israel! On Saturday, she will face Tzipi Obziler..!

January 30th 2008: Where does Maria now rank in tennis history with a 3rd career slam singles title? Read an opinion about it here.

January 29th 2008: Read an article about part of Maria's inspiration in Australia here:)

January 27th 2008: Amazing news as Maria completed her quest of a 3rd major, taking the Australian Open title with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Serbian Ana Ivanovic..! More details soon:)

January 24th 2008: Maria did not play as well, but she still managed to advance to the singles final of the Australian Open, by taking out Jelena Jankovic with a 6-3, 6-1 win!! She will now face either Daniela Hantuchova or Ana Ivanovic up next...

January 22nd 2008: WOW! Maria posted a very impressive 6-4, 6-0 win today against world #1 Justine Henin in Melbourne to reach the Australian Open semifinals!! "It's just incredible," Sharapova said. "I really felt like I was in a bubble today." She was looking forward to taking on Jelena Jankovic. "We kind of grew up together, practicing at the same academy," Sharapova said. "It's a bit strange. We were always doing the same thing, playing the same groups. It was both of our dreams playing in a Grand Slam, especially playing each other."

January 20th 2008: Maria was very solid in her 4th round match today in Melbourne, she crushed fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals, she will now face #1 seed Justine Henin in her next match!

January 19th 2008: Maria has apparently confirmed she would be playing Fed Cup in the weekend after the Australian Open as Russia will face Israel in the world group first round..!!

January 18th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Australian Open as she defeated Elena with a 6-3, 6-0 win, she will now face Elena Dementieva

January 16th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Australian Open as she defeated Lindsay Davenport with a 6-1, 6-3 win, she will now face Elena Vesnina. Maria said she was ready for Lindsay: "From the day I found out, I started working for this game," Sharapova said of the draw. "I approached it like it's a final."

January 14th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Australian Open as she defeated J. Kostanic with a 6-4, 6-3 win, she will now face Lindsay Davenport

January 5th 2008: Unfortunately, Maria came up a bit short in Hong Kong, she was defeated 6-4, 6-3 in today's final by Venus Williams...:(

January 4th 2008: Maria continued her road today in Hong Kong, she was dominant as she posted a 6-4, 6-2 win against Anna Chakvetadze to advance to the singles final! She will now face Elena Dementieva or Venus Williams.

January 2nd 2008: Good news! Maria was solid in her opening match in Hong Kond today, she crushed Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-2! She will now face either Anna Chakvetadze or Daniela Hantuchova.

January 2nd 2008: Maria is scheduled to play her first match in Hong Kong later today against Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark. See 2 photos of Maria's arrival in Hong Kong here and here:)

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