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[Serena Williams]

well i decided to make my own story since many others have made their own.So this will be the story of Maria Sharapova's early yerrs in tennis
(unfortunately i have the demo so i will be able to coach her for only 2 seasons ,hope you don't mind)
Now to give some basics on Maria:
she is born on April 19, 1987 in Nyagan,Russia,bit she lives in Florida
Her playing style is a power baseliner her FH and BH stats are around 80%
she has a preety good serve(though that's a bit strange...)
she has good net skills and a very good return
and now let's play some tennis!!!
this will be Maria's first tournament in her career so let's hope she wins it!!!
France F2
QUALIF R1:Maria Sharapova def. Maria Gusheva:6-0,6-1
QUALIF R2:Maria Sharapova def. Alexandra Kravets:7-5,6-1
QUALIF R3:Maria Sharapova def. Ying Yu:6-0,6-1
and we have qualified!!!
R1:Maria Sharapova def. Kim Klisdonk:6-0,6-1
R2:Maria Sharapova def. Edith Nunes:6-1,6-1
Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Zdenka Malkova:1-1 ret.
Semi-final:Maria Sharapova def. Sofia Arvidson:6-2,6-3
Final:Maria Sharapova def. Sybille Bammer:6-0,6-2
Maria's first title!!!
http://binbrain.com/blog/wp-content/upl ... pova-6.jpg
Rank:from 880 to 856
Next up:Costa Rica F2
R1:Maria Sharapova def. Inmaculada Varas:6-0,6-3
R2:Maria Sharapova def. Ulrike Priller:6-1,6-0
Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Sybille Bammer:4-6,6-2,6-3-Sybille has definitely learned her lesson from last week but Maria prooved to be too powerful yet again.
Semi-final:Maria Sharapova def. Ashley Harkleroad:6-1,7-5
Final:Maria Sharapova def. Julie Pullin:6-4,6-2
again the title is ours!!!http://www.frontrowking.com/tennis/maria_sharapova_03.jpg
Rank:from 856 to 785
Next up:Australia F1

[Serena Williams]

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Annette Kolb:6-0,6-0

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Arantxa Parra Santonja:6-3,6-4

Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Ipek Senoglu:6-1,6-1

Semi-final:Maria Sharapova def. Sybille Bammer:6-4,6-2 (poor old Sybille )

Final:Maria Sharapova def. Sesil Karatantcheva:7-6,6-2



Another one for Maria



Next up:Israel F1

Rank:from 785 to 768

[Serena Williams]

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Yevgenia Savransky:6-0,6-1

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Mi-Ok Kim:6-2,6-0

Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Anne Keothavong:6-3,6-0

Semi-final:Maria Sharapova def. Inmaculada Varas:6-0,6-1

[color=#BF00FF]Final:Maria Sharapova def. Sybille Bammer:6-2,6-2([color=#FF80BF]this girl needs to stop playing tournaments really lol)[/color][/color]



Rank:from 768 to 660
this is a preety big jump for Maria

[Serena Williams]

Israel F2:

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Zsuzsanna Babos:6-2,6-0

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Ipek Senoglu:6-2,6-2

Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Isha Lakhani:6-0,6-0

Semi-final:Maria Sharapova def. Ansley Cargill:6-3,3-6,6-0



Final:Maria Sharapova def. Olga Barabanschikova:6-3,6-2
Maria's first CLAY title!!!

Rank:from 660 to 641

[Serena Williams]

Morocco F1:

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Alexandra Kravets:6-1,6-3

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Maria Jose Sanchez Alageto:6-2,6-0

Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Lindsay Lee-Waters:6-1,6-2

Semi-final:Ana Vrljic:6-0,6-1



Final:Maria Sharapova def. Marijana Kovacevic:6-1,6-0

Rank:from 641 to 538

And with this title Maria can finally play challlengers !!!

[Serena Williams]

Challenger Trani:

Qualif R1:Maria Sharapova def. Andrea Van Den Hurk:6-0,6-0

Qualif R2:Maria Sharapova def. Kirstin Freye:5-0 ret.

Qualif R3:Maria Sharapova def. Sonal Phadke:6-1,6-0

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Chu-Xian Huang:6-1,6-1

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Akiko Morigami:2-6,6-2,7-5-well Maria knew before the match that it wasn't going to be easy.In the 3 set Akiko served for the match but couldn't close the match,at the end it was Maria who came out to be the mentally stronger player since she saved 14 match points!!!

Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Melisa Arevalo:4-6,6-4,6-4

Semi-final:Maria Sharapova def. Olga Blahotova:6-2,7-5



Final:Maria Sharapova def. Elena Baltacha:7-5,6-3

The title again!!!



Rank:from 538 to 305

[Serena Williams]

Amelia Island

Qualif R1:Maria Sharapova def. Tine Scheuer-Larcsen:6-1,4-6,7-6

Qualif R2:Maria Sharapova def. Jarmila Gajdosova:6-1,6-1

Qualif R3:Maria Sharapova def. Trudi Musgrave:6-0,6-0

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Jill Craybas:6-0,6-2

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Anne Kremer:6-3,5-7,6-3

R3:Meghann Shaughnessy def. Maria Sharapova:4-6,7-5,7-5

This is Maria's first loss in a tournament,she had a match point in the second set on Meghann's serve but failed to convert it

Rank:from 305 to 203

[Serena Williams]

Estoril:

Qualif R1:Maria Sharapova def. Neuza Silva:6-0,6-2

Qualif R2:Maria Sharapova def. Tine Scheuer-Larcsen:5-7,6-3,7-6

Qualif R3:Maria Sharapova def. Amanda Grahanne:6-3,6-0

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Karolina Sprem:6-2,6-4

R2:Jill Craybas def. Maria Sharapova:6-4,6-3
This match was really really bad for Maria.Her serve was weak,she made too much errors and she had a poor net performance as well...

Rank:from 203 to 194

[Serena Williams]

Berlin:

Qualif R1:Maria Sharapova def. Adriana Jerabek:6-3,6-4

Qualif R2:Maria Sharapova def. Camille Pin:6-1,6-2

Qualif R3:Maria Sharapova def. Beate Reinstadler:6-0,6-0

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Meghann Shaughnessy:6-4,6-2 this time Maria's serve was dominant

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Magui Serna:6-0,6-0

R3: Maria Sharapova def. Magdalena Maleeva(8):6-1,6-3 Magdalena was the 8th seed but she got scared of Maria today and she lost it very quick

Quarter-final:Serena Williams def. Maria Sharapova:4-6,6-2,6-4



well this two played some excelent tennis today.Even though Maria lost this one she is vry happy with her progress and with the level of her game,let's just hope she can keep it up

Rank:from 194 to 121

[Serena Williams]

Rome

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Eva Martincova:6-2,6-2

R2:Kim Clijsters def. Maria Sharapova:6-4,6-2

Kim was just more consistent todau that's all

Rank:from 121 to 107

And noe for Maria's first Grand Slam tournament

French Slam:

R1:Janet Lee def. Maria Sharapova:3-6,6-3,11-9

Rank:from 107 to 100
Maria literaly fell apart on the court today...

[Serena Williams]

Birmingham

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian:6-0,6-2

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Martina Muller:6-0,6-2

R3:Maria Sharapova def. Marlene Weingartner:6-1,6-1

Quarter-final:Maria Sharapova def. Amanda Coetzer:6-2,4-6,6-4

Semi-final:Lindsay Davenport def. Maria Sharapova:6-3,7-5

This was preety good tournament for Maria.She was hitting the ball good with a lot of pace too

Rank:from 100 to 83

Maria's first time in top 100,she is very happy

[Serena Williams]

And now for the

The Wimbledon Championships

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Rita Grande:7-6,6-4

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Iroda Tulyaganova:6-1,6-2

R3:Serena Williams def. Maria Sharapova:6-4,6-1

she prooved to be too strong again

Rank:from 83 to 61

[Serena Williams]

Cincinati

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Elena Likhovtseva:6-4,3-6,7-5

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Jill Craybas:6-0,6-4

R3:Jelena Dokic def. Maria Sharapova:4-6,6-4,7-6

another close match but without results
Rank:from 61 to 56






San Diego

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Lilia Osterloh:6-3,6-1

R2:Nadia Petrova def. Maria Sharapova:6-3,7-6

Maria made too many errors and double faults today,but on the other hand Nadia played really good in those key moments

Rank:from 56 to 53

[Serena Williams]

US Slam

R1:Maria Sharapova def. Ai Sugiyama(21):6-4,4-6,7-5

R2:Maria Sharapova def. Elly Hakami:6-3,6-3

R3:Maria Sharapova def. Mashona Washington:6-3,6-2

R4:Kim Clijsters(2) def. Maria Sharapova:6-4,6-4

close but not close enough

Rank:from 53 to 39

Maria enters the top 50!!!

[Serena Williams]

Beijing:
Michelle Jagard def. Maria Sharapova:0-5 ret.
Maria get's injured
it seems that she has a shoulder injury that will keep her out of the courts until Auckland next season...
Maria is really sad because of this and she says that she will be back for the Australina open much stronger!!!let's hope so...