Maria Sharapova's Tennis News Page 8

January 12, 2010

No one can accuse Maria Sharapova of not planning for the future. While Andy Murray has been sporting his new range of Adidas clothing in the build-up to next week's Australian Open – a deal worth up to £15m over five years, including bonuses – Sharapova today signed the most lucrative deal ever for a sportswoman, worth $70m (£43m) to the Russian over eight years.

January 9, 2010

Maria defeated Caroline Wozniacki of Team Europe at the Hong Kong Tennis Classic in the final to give Team Russia the one point they needed for the win.  Maria won 7-5 6-3 in 1 hour and 37 minutes.

In the 1st set that lasted 56 minutes, Wozniacki took a 5-3 lead but Maria saved 2 set-points as she came back to take the next 4 games to take the set 7-5.

January 07, 2010

When Maria steps onto the hard courts of this year's first Grand Slam event later this month, she will be sporting some new equipment.  In her quest for her fourth Grand Slam title, Maria will be wielding a new racquet - the recently launched Prince EXO3 Black - and carrying the first piece from her new Limited Edition Prince Sharapova Bag Collection.

January 06, 2010

Maria had 2 wins out of 2 today in Hong Kong as she helped put Team Russia in the final. 

In Maria's singles match she defeated Jie Zheng of China 6-7 6-4 6-2 and then later on in the night she teamed up with Yevgeny Kafelnikov and they defeated Ayumi Morita and Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4 7-5.

January 03, 2010

Undoubtedly, Maria has been one of the shining stars on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour over the past decade and as this noughties is over we thought that we would review the highlights.