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April 19th 2010: Maria announced she would be unable to play next week in Charleston as she continues to recover from her elbow injury - more.

March 14th 2010: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in BNP Paribas Open losing in the 3rd round 3 sets against China's Jie Zheng, a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 loss.

March 13th 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the BNP Paribas Open 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Russia's Vera Dushevina, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Jie Zheng.

February 21st 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Memphis final posting a 2 sets win against Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson, a 6-2, 6-1 win. "I felt like I played consistent tennis throughout the week and did the right things against all my opponents," said Sharapova, who spent almost a year out of the game with a shoulder injury in 2008-09. "I guess that's a good week.

February 20th 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Memphis semifinals posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Petra Kvitova, a 6-4, 6-3 win. In the final, Maria will face Sofia Arvidsson.

February 19th 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Memphis quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Britain's Elena Baltacha, a 6-2, 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Petra Kvitova.

February 16th 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Memphis 1st round posting a 2 sets win against USA's Shenay Perry, a 6-0, 6-2 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Bethanie Mattek.

January 18th 2010: Quite a match today in Melbourne as Maria fought very hard in her opening match of the 2010 Australian Open but ended up losing 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 against fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko.

January 9th 2010: Maria and team Russia won the Hong Kong event! After a win by Yevgeni Kafelnikov, Maria was able to win it with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Caroline Wozniacki. They then lost the mixed doubles...!

January 6th 2010: Maria is playing an exhibition event in Hong Kong representing team Russia! In her opening match, Vera Zvonareva faced Asian's team Ayumi Morita and easily won 6-2, 6-2. Then, teammate Maria also won, a 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 win against Jie Zheng. Russia lost the final match as Yevgeni Kafelnikov lost to Paradorn Srichaphan! Then, Maria and Yevgeni won the mixed doubles match 6-4, 7-5! So Russia advanced..!

January 2nd 2010: Maria pulled off a nice 6-3, 6-4 win today in Thailand against American Venus Williams in an exhibition match! She will now head to Hong Kong for another exhibition event in a few days....

December 7th 2009: Maria played a series of 2 exhibitions against Argentina's Gisela Dulko in South America. She won 6-1, 6-3 in Chile and 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 in the 2nd match in Brazil!

December 6th 2009: Interesting article about how Maria is thinking about a fashion career after tennis? Read about it here.

November 26th 2009: Let's hope Maria makes the news for her tennis soon! But in the meantime, she's making it as the top sports earner from Russia, read about it here.

October 7th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Beijing losing in the 3rd round 2 sets against China's Shuai Peng, a 6-2, 6-4 loss... “My energy level was not where it should have been … there’ve been occasions where I’ve been able to fight back, today was just not one of those days unfortunately,” Sharapova told reporters. “She played really solid and really aggressive and did all the right things to win the match.”

October 6th 2009: Another big win today as Maria won her match in the Beijing 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Belarus's Victoria Azarenka, a 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Shuai Peng.

October 3rd 2009: Maria continues on her way back towards the top of women's tennis, as she won the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo when opponent Jelena Jankovic dropped out with an injury while Maria led 5-2.. “These things happen but I’ll certainly take it,” Sharapova told reporters after the abbreviated final, her second of the year after a runner-up finish in Toronto in August.“It’s great to have that adrenaline again,” added the three-times grand slam winner, set to break into the world’s top 20 after coming into the $2 million Tokyo event ranked 25th.

October 2nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Tokyo semifinals posting a 3 sets win against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win. In the final, Maria will face Jelena Jankovic.

October 1st 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Tokyo quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Iveta Benesova, a 6-4, 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Agnieszka Radwanska.

September 30th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Tokyo 3rd round posting a 3 sets win against Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Iveta Benesova.

September 29th 2009: A much more convincing performance today by Maria as sheMaria won her match in the Tokyo 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Australia's Samantha Stosur, a 6-0, 6-1 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Alisa Kleybanova.

September 28th 2009: She is finally back in action as Maria won her match in the Tokyo 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Italy's Francesca Schiavone, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Samantha Stosur... let's hope she can get her A-game soon!

September 9th 2009: You can read an interesting article about Maria's changing requests with sponsors, read about it here.

September 5th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in US Open losing in the 3rd round 3 sets against USA's Melanie Oudin, a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 loss.

September 3rd 2009: Maria continued her run tonight and looked fairly impressive posting a 6-2, 6-1 win against C. McHale to reach the 3rd round of the US Open where she will face another young American, 17 year-old Melanie Oudin!

September 1st 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the US Open 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Bulgaria's Tsveta Pironkova, a 6-3, 6-0 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face C. Mc Hale.

August 23rd 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Toronto losing in the final 2 sets against Russia's Elena Dementieva, a 6-4, 6-3 loss.

August 22nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Toronto semifinals posting a 3 sets win against Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win. In the final, Maria will face Elena Dementieva.

August 21st 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Toronto quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-2, 7-6 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Alisa Kleybanova.

August 20th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Toronto 3rd round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Vera Zvonareva, a 6-2, 7-6 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Agnieszka Radwanska.

August 19th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Toronto 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Austria's Sybille Bammer, a 6-3, 7-6 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Vera Zvonareva.

August 18th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Toronto 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Nadia Petrova, a 6-3, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Sybille Bammer.

August 8th 2009: Unfortunately, Maria's run is now over over in Los Angeles as she was defeated 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 by Italy's Flavia Pennetta:((

August 7th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Los Angeles, quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Poland's Urszula Radwanska, a 6-4, 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Flavia Pennetta.

August 6th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Los Angeles, 3rd round posting a 3 sets win against Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko, a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face U.Radwanska or N. Li.

August 5th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Los Angeles, 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Belarus's Victoria Azarenka, a 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Alona Bondarenko.

August 4th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Los Angeles, 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Slovakia's Jarmila Groth, a 6-0, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Victoria Azarenka.

August 3rd 2009: Maria is still bringing in big dollars, she ranked the top celebrity earnings in terms of earnings with estimated earnings of $22 millions in 2009!!!:) Not bad!

August 1st 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Stanford losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against USA's Venus Williams, a 6-2, 6-2 loss.

July 29th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Stanford 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Nadia Petrova, a 6-1, 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face A. Kudryavtseva or V.Williams.

July 28th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Stanford 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Japan's Ai Sugiyama, a 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Nadia Petrova.

July 23rd 2009: Maria was in action yesterday in world team tennis. She had this to say before playing. “I am a hundred percent,” Sharapova said Wednesday night before making an appearance for the Newport Beach Breakers in their World Team Tennis match against Kansas City. “I mean, if I wasn’t at that point, I certainly wouldn’t be playing. That’s why I took my time and gave myself a chance to really go out there and to feel like I didn’t have any excuses.” Maria ended up winning in singles (5-4 against Meghann Shaughnessy), in doubles and mixed doubles helping her team win 24-15..!!!

June 24th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Wimbledon losing in the 2nd round 3 sets against Argentina's Gisela Dulko, a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 loss... “Losses are tough—more here than at any other tournament,” said Sharapova, who double-faulted seven times in the final set. “I would have liked to have a longer season before coming here.”

June 23rd 2009: You can read an interesting article about Maria from Wimbledon here:) Also, you can see Maria's 1st round interview video and transcript here.

June 22nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Wimbledon 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Viktoriya Kutuzova, a 7-5, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Gisela Dulko.

June 20th 2009: You can read about Maria's desire to win Wimbledon again here:) You can also read Maria's press conference transcript here.

June 19th 2009: Maria will be in action and the Wimbledon draw is now out, you can see it here:)

June 17th 2009: Good news as Wimbledon announced that Maria would be seeded #24 in next week's Wimbledon:) Read about it here.

June 14th 2009: Maria decided to change her serve, read about it here!

June 13th 2009: Maria's run in Birmingham is now over after she lost today 6-4, 6-4 against Na Li in the tournament semifinals, still a good performance considering all the time off:)

June 12th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Birmingham quarterfinals posting a 3 sets win against Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer, a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Na Li.

June 11th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Birmingham 3rd round posting a 2 sets win against Italy's Francesca Schiavone, a 6-1, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Yanina Wickmayer.

June 11th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Birmingham 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against USA's Alexa Glatch, a 6-3, 6-4 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Francesca Schiavone.

June 8th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Birmingham 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Canada's Stephanie Dubois, a 6-4, 6-2 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Alexa Glatch.

June 2nd 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Roland Garros losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova, a 6-0, 6-2 loss.

May 31st 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Roland Garros 4th round posting a 3 sets win against China's Na Li, a 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Dominika Cibulkova.

May 29th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Roland Garros 3rd round posting a 3 sets win against Russia's Yaroslava Shvedova, a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win. In the 4th round, Maria will face Na Li.

May 27th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Roland Garros 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Russia's Nadia Petrova, a 6-2, 1-6, 8-6 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Yaroslava Shvedova.

May 25th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Roland Garros 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Belarus's Anastasia Yakimova, a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Nadia Petrova.

May 24th 2009: Maria will be in action playing in Paris tomorrow, she will play the 2nd match on court #1 against Anastasia Yakimova.. gooo Maria!

May 21st 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Warsaw losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko, a 6-2, 6-2 loss. “I give her all the credit for doing all the right things and stepping up and playing her game and playing it really well,” Sharapova said. “She didn’t make many unforced errors, she hit many balls back and when my balls were going a little bit shorter I tried to go for it a little bit more and wasn’t as patient as I should have been. But those are the mistakes you’re going to make coming back and you have to learn from those mistakes.”

May 20th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Warsaw 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Belarus's Darya Kustova, a 6-2, 6-0 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face A.Bondarenko.

May 19th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Warsaw 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Italy's Tatiana Garbin, a 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face a qualifier or a lucky loser as Caroline Wozniacki withdrew...“When you haven’t been there, haven’t done that in a while, it throws you off a little bit,” said Sharapova, whose last competitive singles match was July 30, “and then there you are after nine months, and you have an opportunity to win your first match back, and you start thinking of everything that’s gone on, and you kind of lose the present time.”

May 16th 2009: Maria is officially in the Warsaw draw, set to face a qualifier in her 1st round, see the draw here:) You can read an article about Maria's state here:)

May 13th 2009: Maria has given further indiciation about her next few weeks as she intends to play in Warsaw, Roland Garros, Birmingham and then Wimbledon:)

May 11th 2009: With Maria now out of the top 100, it is great great news to hear that she will be back in action next week playing in Warsaw, Poland. “I know it is going to take me a while to get back into the groove of playing tournaments and matches, but I am so excited to be competing again,” Sharapova said.

May 4th 2009: More bad news as Maria has actually dropped out of events in Rome and Madrid although she is still hoping to play the French Open later this month..goo Maria:)

April 22nd 2009: Even the Russian media seems a little confused about Maria's injury with some reporting she will play events leading up to the French Open and others talking about her career being over...!

April 19th 2009: Happy birthday to Maria as she turns 22 today:)) Best wishes!

April 18th 2009: Maria lost her Pepsi sponsorship.. you can read about it and see a video here.

April 14th 2009: Maria unfortunately slipped in this week's rankings because of her inactivity, she is now ranked #53 in the world, far from her career high #1 ranking...

April 11th 2009: Maria's camp has been denying the rumors about the seriousness of Maria's injury..! “Wishful thinking by many of the players,” Sharapova’s agent Max Eisenbud replied in an e-mail. “Maria will be back on tour very soon!”

April 6th 2009: Apparently, there are rumors (although they are just that for now) that Maria's career could be threatened because of the seriousness of her shoulder injury...Let's hope it's not as bad as feared.

April 1st 2009: Maria's good friend Camille is apparently now dating ATP player Fernando Verdasco..!! As well, looks like it's confirmed that Maria will not be playing next week after all...

March 30th 2009: While Maria is not playing, she is still busy doing work for her sponsors, see an article about it here:)

March 22nd 2009: Maria is out of Miami and things are not looking so great, she is now apparently targeting a return in Rome at the start of May..

March 18th 2009: Maria has apparently dropped out of the Sony Ericsson Championships that start next week in Miami:( Not quite ready it seems.

March 12th 2009: Maria will be in action today as she and Elena Vesnina will face Elena Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek!! Good luck Masha:)

March 8th 2009: Maria has confirmed the rumors about her playing doubles next week. "I am excited to be playing competitive tennis again. The healing process takes time, and requires things to move more slowly than I would like, but I am taking things one step at a time. I look forward to playing at the BNP Paribas Open, it is definitely one of my favorite tournaments in the world."

March 7th 2009: Maria will be in action next week in Indian Wells but has decided to play in doubles only to start her return more slowly..She will be playing with Elena Vesnina up first!

February 9th 2009: Maria will be targetting a return in March, either in Indian Wells or Miami, read about it here.

February 8th 2009: Maria will be featured in ads on a Nike subsidiary, read about it here:)

February 6th 2009: This is dated about a month, but it was interesting, a report by a Canadian newspapers about the best looks in tennis, and guess what? Maria ended up #4:) See it here!

February 2nd 2009: More bad news for Maria as she has apparently dropped out of both the events in Paris and Dubai..:(

February 2nd 2009: Well, Maria has dropped a few spots in the rankings and is now #16 in the world, let's hope she returns to action very soon!!

January 28th 2009: Interesting contest from Sony Ericsson as buyers of the phone can win a chance to meet Maria, read about it here!

January 23rd 2009: Apparently, Maria has confirmed she would be playing in Paris the week of February 9th, to start her 2009 season:)

January 11th 2009: Wow, very tough news today for Maria as she announced she would not be playing in the 2009 Australian Open after all! “My shoulder is doing great,” she said in a statement. “But I just started training a few weeks ago and I am just not near the level I need to be to compete at the highest levels.”

December 30th 2008: Maria gave a little more details about her recovery, she says she had a relapse of her shoulder injury but is now 100%. The problem of course is that she has just returned to the courts. Maria did withdraw from Hong Kong but still hopes to play in the Australian Open, read about it here.

December 28th 2008: Not a big surprise but Maria came out at #1 in Yahoo! latest announcements, the most searched athletes for the 2008 year! Congrats Maria:)

December 27th 2008: See a video taken from the photo shoot for women's health here:

December 21st 2008: Maria is featured in this month's "Women's Health" magazine, here is the cover:

December 19th 2008: Maria was in public in a promo event for sponsor Tiffani, see some photos here:

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December 14th 2008: Maria has been appearing in more ads recently, see 3 images here, here and here:)

December 13th 2008: Maria was present at a charity event in Arizona, read about it here:)

December 10th 2008: You can place a bid on Maria's sports bag in an auction here:)

December 3rd 2008: Maria came in 7th in the list of the best paid persons under 30 yars olds compiled by Forbes Magazine! Roger Federer was 5th, Serena and Venus came in 13th and 14th:)

November 29th 2008: Vera will start off her 2009 season playing the Hong Kong exhibition, read about it here:)

November 28th 2008: Thanks to her title, Maria was the 3rd most searched item on Yahoo! Australia after "Olympics" and "Australian open":) More:)

November 26th 2008: Maria's agent was reached by AP to check on her progress with her argent in her injury rehab and everything is going well so far. “She’s doing good,” Eisenbud said in a telephone interview. “Everything’s on track.”

November 24th 2008: See a great video with shots from the GQ shoot but also some interesting parts as well, here.

November 22nd 2008: Maria is now featured in the Spain edition of GQ magazine, see a few pictures here:

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November 18th 2008: Maria was seen in a Vogue Fashion show yesterday, see a couple of photos here:)

November 12th 2008: Maria is in the first page of magazine "California Style", as you can see below:)

November 6th 2008: CNBC is reporting that Maria is close to getting a new sponsorship, this time with Gatorade competitor Enlyten, read about it here.

October 23rd 2008: Good news as Maria is back on the practice courts and able to start serving again, in preparation for her January return!

October 21st 2008: Maria will be playing in Hong Kong as reported earlier, it will be a new team format, you can read about it here.

October 6th 2008: Another interesting article, this time about Maria doing some shopping here:)

October 5th 2008: An interesting article about Maria keeping busy during this injury, read it here:)

September 30th 2008: Rumors are out that Maria has a boyfriend, read about it here.

September 28th 2008: There were some rumors that Maria might attempt a comeback in the year end championships in Doha but Maria confirmed herself she would not be able to play..

September 23rd 2008: It seems that Maria is blaming doctors for missing both the Beijing Olympics and the US Open...more

September 22nd 2008: Maria has signed a new fashion collaboration, read about it here.

September 20th 2008: As a UN ambassador, Maria has announced she would donate 210,000$ for the Chernobyl victims, read about it here.

September 17th 2008: Maria was in New York as we had announced and she saw a fashion show with US gymnast Nastia Liukin, see a small photo here:

September 14th 2008: Maria has announced that for now she is targetting a comeback next January in the Hong Kong exhibition...

September 11th 2008: You can see a video of Maria, a new Nike commercial here.

September 8th 2008: Maria will be the face a new fashion line, read about it here.

August 20th 2008: According to the Chicago Tribune, Maria will be doing a photo shoot with US gymnast Nastia Liukin!!

August 16th 2008: See a new gallery of Maria, in gallery #125:)

August 10th 2008: As you may have heard, a tennis player posed for Playboy this month, Ashley Harkleroad!! You can see over a dozen photos of her on Playboy (they have a 2.95$ trial), simply go here to try it out.

August 2nd 2008: Further exams confirmed that Maria does have a torn rotator cuff... she will be out 2 to 3 months but will probably not need a surgery. So yes, Maria is now also out of the US Open:( She can now go home, relax, and maybe check out the racing form on the television.

August 1st 2008: Tragic news for Maria as she announced she had two torn tendons in her shoulder and would not be able to compete in the Beijing Olympics...:(

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