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• Season-Ending Event Has No Clear Favorite

  With the Sony Ericsson Championships set to begin Tuesday neither Justine Henin nor Maria Sharapova is in the eight-woman field. Posted Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, Henin, Justine, Sharapova, Maria, Women's Tennis Assn

• Russia Will Address Doping Bans After the Games

  After being accused of violating anti-doping rules, the five Olympians, all potential medalists, will likely be removed from the Russian roster. Posted Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:03 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Politics and Government, Track and Field, International Olympic Committee, Doping, Russia, Sharapova, Maria, Newspapers, Tatyana Tomashova, International Assn of Athletics Federations, Yelena Soboleva, Russian Track and Field Federation

• Out of the Olympics, Sharapova Will Also Skip U.S. Open

  Maria Sharapova will sit out the U.S. Open because of a bad right shoulder, the first major championship she'll miss since her Grand Slam debut in 2003. Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 3:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, Olympic Games (2008), United States Open (Tennis), Sharapova, Maria, Montreal (Quebec)

• Sharapova Exits at Wimbledon

  Playing tentatively and, above all, serving tentatively, the third-seeded Maria Sharpova was defeated in the second round by the 154th ranked Alla Kudryavtseva, 6-2, 6-4. Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, Sharapova, Maria, Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

• French Open: Sharapova Roars, but She Is Silenced by Safina Once Again

  Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the French Open, the only Grand Slam tournament she has not won, by another Russian: Dinara Safina. Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 9:53 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, French Open (Tennis), Sharapova, Maria

• French Open: Errors Lead S. Williams to Exit in Paris

  Serena Williams shanked overheads, hit wild volleys and squandered seven break points to lose in the third round to Katarina Srebotnik. Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 10:52 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, Paris (France), Williams, Serena, Sharapova, Maria, Loit, Emilie

• Sharapova Survives Wind and Swirling Clay

  Maria Sharapova, the women's top seed, had to fight off gusts of wind, clumps of clay and an opponent with plenty of talent and pluck. Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:14 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, Paris (France), French Open (Tennis), Sharapova, Maria

• Sharapova Misses Semifinals With a Strained Calf

  Maria Sharapova pulled out of Saturday’s semifinals at the Italian Open with a left calf strain. Yet she said the injury would not affect her preparations for the French Open. Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 4:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Tennis, French Open (Tennis), Sharapova, Maria