Maria Sharapova Advances At Wimbledon

Today Maria Sharapova won the first round at Wimbledon 2009. Russian Maria Sharapova has defeated Ukrainian Viktoria Kutuzova in the first round at Wimbledon.



Sharapova rallied from two breaks down in the first set before winning 7-5, 6-4 on Monday. The former top-ranked Russian trailed 4-1 and 5-3 in the first set before winning the last four games. Two other Russian players who reached the second round of Wimbledon are Alisa Kleibanova and Anastasia Pavluchenkova. 13 Russian tennis players are entering Wimbledon. The men include Nikolai Davidenko, and the women, the world’s number one in her sport Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, the fourth-seeded Yelena Dementyeva and the Wimbledon champion of 2004 Maria Sharapova. The latter is making a quick recovery from a shoulder injury. The strongest non-Russian competitors on the female side are the formidable Williams sisters. The prize fund this year is 12 and a half million pound.

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Maria Sharapova wants to bounce back and win Wimbledon again

Maria Sharapova is determined to put her injury nightmares behind her and show she has got enough quality to win her second Wimbledon title.




Sharapova, 22, took the world by storm when she won her first Grand Slam at just 17 in 2004 when she beat Serena Williams in the final at Wimbledon. But the Russian superstar has failed to build on her early success and many critics feel her eye has been taken off the sport by her interests away from tennis which include a number of modelling assignments. Sharapova was reported to be the world's highest paid female athlete and is still earning $23m a year.


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Sharapova Models Fashion Student's Blinking Dress

Maria Sharapova wore a prototype dress that is designed to light up when the wearer's cell phone rings.

British fashion student Georgie Davis dreamed up the knee-length sleeveless white dress as part of a school project. The project was done in conjunction with mobile phone-maker Sony Ericsson to figure out ways to incorporate new technology into fashion.

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Maria Sharapova makes semifinal for first time in comeback

Maria Sharapova moved into the semi-finals of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham with a three-set win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.

The Russian, making her way back after nine months out with a shoulder injury, won 6-1 2-6 6-3. Sharapova will next face Chinese fourth seed Li Na, who beat Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele 6-3 7-6 (7-3).

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