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Maria Sharapova returns to Wimbledon Final

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Maria Sharapova, the rejuvenated glamour girl of women's tennis, will take on low-profile Czech player Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon title showdown after two scrappy semi-finals on Thursday.Russian fifth seed Sharapova, the 2004 champion, outgunned German wildcard Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-3 while eighth-seeded Kvitova reached her first Grand Slam final with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 win over Belarusian

Maria Sharapova advances to Wimbledon semifinals

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Maria Sharapova looked like a champion under the Centre Court roof at Wimbledon, advancing to the semifinals at the All England Club for the first time since 2006 with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Dominika Cibulkova on Tuesday.Sharapova, the only Wimbledon champion remaining in the women's draw after the Williams sisters were eliminated a day earlier, won eight straight games to win the first set and take

Maria Sharapova Beats Peng Shuai

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Maria Sharapova has advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by beating Peng Shuai of China 6-4, 6-2.The fifth-seeded Russian, who won the 2004 title at the All England Club, broke for the first time to take a 5-4 lead in the first set Monday. From that break, she won seven straight games to take control.Read full article

Maria Sharapova storms into last 16 at Wimbledon 2011

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Maria Sharapova advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon by defeating Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3.The fifth-seeded Russian won the title at the All England Club in 2004, but last reached the semifinals in 2006.Read full article

Maria Sharapova stops 17-year-old Robson at Wimbledon

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Maria Sharapova overcame Briton Laura Robson and a partisan crowd on Number One court to reach the Wimbledon third round on Friday.The Russian former champion won 7-6 6-3 but the 17-year-old Robson, world number 254, delighted the home fans by roaring into a 4-1 lead in the first set. Fifth seed Sharapova grew increasingly tetchy as the crowd sensed a huge upset but she fought back to force a

Maria Sharapova wins all-Russian match at Wimbledon

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Maria Sharapova moved into the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday, winning an all-Russian match against Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 6-1.The No. 52-ranked Chakvetadze managed to break once in the second set but was otherwise outclassed by her sixth-seeded opponent in just over an hour.Sharapova, who won the tournament in 2004 but hasn't gone beyond the fourth round since 2006, is the only former

Maria Sharapova: if I could win another Grand Slam ...

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Maria Sharapova says a 2011 Wimbledon win would be biggest Grand Slam of her career. After winning Wimbledon in 2004 with an unlikely victory over Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova has won only two other Grand Slam events, and none since her 2008 shoulder surgery."If I could win another Grand Slam," Sharapova said Saturday, "it would mean more than the previous ones that I have, because of the

Maria Sharapova in new Nike ads

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Maria Sharapova and French Open 2011 champion Li Na has been started in a new advertising manufacture of sports clothing and footwear Nike.Sharapova has first singed with Nike in 1999, where in early 2010 she had re-signed an eight year sponsorship contract with the Nike Company, which it was expected nearly 70 million dollars. Sharapova has become the lost highly paid athletes in the world by

Maria Sharapova reaches French Open 2011 quarterfinals

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Maria Sharapova stormed into the semi-finals of the French Open with a 6-0 6-3 drubbing of Andrea Petkovic.Sharapova, the Russian seventh seed, rallied from 0-40 down to break in the first game and breezed through the opening set in 32 minutes. Germany's Petkovic, the 15th seed, broke twice in the second set but Sharapova wrapped up an emphatic win. Sharapova will meet Li Na in the last four

Maria Sharapova moves into US Open 4rd round

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Maria Sharapova has put an emphatic halt to Beatrice Capra's U.S. Open success story, blanking the 18-year-old American 6-0, 6-0 in blustery Arthur Ashe Stadium.With whipping winds pushing hot dog wrappers, napkins and even, at one point, Capra's visor all over the court, Sharapova handled the conditions remarkably better. She won 59 points to 29 for Capra and advances to play top-seeded

Maria Sharapova cruises past Iveta Benesova into U.S. Open third round to face Beatrice Capra

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Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. The 14th-seeded Sharapova had as much trouble with the wind at Arthur Ashe Stadium as with her 68th-ranked opponent.Sharapova is looking for her second U.S. Open title and fourth overall in the Grand Slam tournaments. Playing under the lights in New York,

Maria Sharapova defeated Jarmila Groth in her first round match in the US Open 2010

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Maria Sharapova defeated Australia's Jarmila Groth (4-6, 6-3, 6-1) in her first round match in the US Open 2010 on Tuesday, Aug 31.Buzz up! Sharapova lost her first set to Groth, ranked 60th after reaching the fourth round in 2010 French and Wimbledon championships, but fought back to win the next two sets to cruise to the second round. Groth hammered 13 winners in the first set and won by 4-6.

Maria Sharapova beats Christina McHale 6-2, 6-1 in second round at U.S. Open

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Maria Sharapova, the former world’s number one, looked the part on Thursday night as she cruised past Christina McHale in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open.Sharapova struggled a bit with her first serve, putting just 50 percent in play but she managed to win 79 percent of those offerings. The Russian committed seven double faults and 20 unforced errors in the match

Maria Sharapova returns to US Open with easy victory

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Maria Sharapova came armed with her nerve and her serve Tuesday night on Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Showing no evidence of an uncertain serve that has plagued her this summer, Sharapova dispatched Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-3, 6-0, in 73 minutes at the U.S. Open - 2009.Sharapova missed the first five months of this season while recovering from last fall's shoulder surgery, and the 22-

Maria Sharapova unveils her new advertising campaign for Cole Haan

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Maria Sharapova, debuted her new fashion collaboration with Cole Haan yesterday at the Rockefeller Center in New York City.Her collection, called Maria Sharapova by Cole Haan, consists of handbags and footwear that she helped to design. "Everyone loves Maria. It's great to be working with her and adding a new dimension to Cole Haan's history," said Jim Seuss, Cole Haan's Chief Executive Officer.