Happy Birthday, Maria!

Have a great and special day! I wish you a happy birthday and hope your dream come true. Happy Birthday, Maria!

Sharapova offered 'desperate role'

Tennis star Maria Sharapova has reportedly been offered a role on Desperate Housewives.

Sharapova was overheard at her 18th birthday party saying she had been offered a guest role on the hit series.

The tall blonde Russian last year became the second youngest Wimbledon champion after thrashing Serena Williams.

Eighteen months ago she signed a contract with IMG Models and has appeared in fashion shoots for several leading fashion and celebrity magazines.

Maria officially #2 in the WTA rankings

The WTA have released their latest rankings today and Maria is at a career high of #2 with 4892 points just 1 week before her 18th birthday. Congratulations Maria!

Maria celebrates her 18th birthday early

Motorola held a birthday party for Maria Sharapova in New York City on Satruday. They were a bit ahead since Maria's birthday will only come on April 19. Adam Levine and the rest of Maroon 5 helped the Wimbledon champion celebrate her birthday by playing at her party. 250 guests were attending the bash. Motorola and Maria entered a Marketing Relationship in August of 2004, shortly after her Wimbledon victory.

Maria Sharapova Tennis Announced

Global mobile game publisher announced its new label name - I-play along with the signing of Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova for its upcoming tennis mobile game.

According to the game company, Maria, who turns 18 on April 19, will front a new mobile game, titled "I-play Maria Sharapova Tennis", soon to be available across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. “Tennis is a sport that everyone should be able to enjoy across any format, and by using my name in a mobile gaming context, I hope that tennis fans will be able to share my passion, whatever the weather or conditions of play,” said Maria.

“As part of our drive to create mobile games for everyone, we are very pleased to bring an athlete of huge, global appeal like Maria Sharapova to mobile gaming. The game will be simple to play but difficult to master, just like tennis itself, and we are very much looking forward to working with our distribution partners as well as other Maria Sharapova marketing partners to bring it to as wide an audience as possible,” said Paul Maglione, Senior Vice President of Publishing and Marketing for I-play.

Maria NOT playing Fed Cup against Italy

Maria has decided not to take part in Russia's Fed Cup tie against Italy as her individual tournament schedule is too full, but there is still a possibility that Maria could play other Fed Cup ties for Russia this year. Maria's next tournament will be Berlin on red clay beginning May 4th.

Maria loses in Key Biscane final

Maria has lost her final match in Miami... She was beaten 3-6 5-7 by Kim Clijsters of Belgium in a match that lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. There were two rain delays. The wind obviously played a huge factor throughout the match. Both players committed a lot more errors than winners.

This is only Maria's second loss in a final in her very short WTA career. It is her third loss in 2005. Maria's next scheduled tournament is in Berlin in May ; she'll have a long month of vacation.

Sharapova ponders her Russian Fed Cup future

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova has 10 days to decide whether to join the Russian Fed Cup team, the country's tennis chief has said.

"She received a firm offer to join our squad for a first round tie against Italy on April 23-24," Shamil Tarpishchev, who is also Russia's Fed Cup captain, told Reuters in an interview on Friday.

Tarpishchev just returned from Miami where he spent several days trying to persuade the 17-year-old and her father Yuri to commit themselves to Russia's cause.