AP Blog: Sharapova goes bananas on media
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AP sports writers at the U.S. Open will be filing periodic dispatches from one tennis' greatest spectacles:
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Maria Sharapova barely prevailed over Laura Granville and will clearly have to raise her level of play to advance into the deeper reaches of this tournament.
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TOKYO : Asia has fallen in love with Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova -- and the feeling is mutual. The 17-year-old Russian starlet left here Sunday with two more WTA titles safely packed away in her luggage
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Sport: 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova explains how her worldwide fame still surprises her.
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Maria Sharapova's U.S. Open title defense ended in tatters on Saturday when she was stunned 6-4 1-6 6-2 by Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round.
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Forget what the billboards say. Madison Avenue has it all wrong. With apologies to cover girl Maria Sharapova, the prettiest thing on the WTA Tour may be Amelie Mauresmo&#39;s backhand.
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Maria Sharapova just keeps getting better at the Australian Open. Two days after ending top-ranked Justine Henin's 32-match winning streak in the quarterfinals, Sharapova outclassed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the final Saturday and a bid for her third Grand Slam singles title.
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Defending champion Maria Sharapova is knocked out of the Pacific Life Open, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss to Vera Zvonareva that will cost her the No. 1 ranking.
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Sport: Australian Open: Maria Sharapova will face Ana Ivanovic after two contrasting wins in the semi-finals
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova  needed all her battling qualities to reach the third round of  the Australian Open Wednesday, edging out unheralded American  Lindsay Lee-Waters 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
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Maria Sharapova's drive to win another Grand Slam title got dashed Saturday when tennis' newest "It" girl lost to Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open.
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World number one Maria Sharapova responded to a scolding from her coach to beat Italy's Francesca Schiavone 7-5 2-6 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday.
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The U.S. Open lost one of its top attractions when champion Maria Sharapova was beaten 6-4 1-6 6-2 by 18-year-old Pole Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round on Saturday.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was upset in three sets by wild card Mashona Washington Tuesday in the Pilot Pen tennis tournament. Sharapova had 12 double-faults in the match. Three of them occurred in the two games that Washington broke the fourth-seeded Russian in the deciding set of her 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win.
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Maria Sharapova advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the third time in her career. She has advanced further in the tournament.
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Maria Sharapova is in uncharted waters here, having reached the third round at Flushing Meadows for the first time. But I&#39;m confident she can sink Mary Pierce this weekend and sail on into the second week of play.
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Maria Sharapova suffered a harsh introduction Saturday to the expectations that will stalk her for the rest of her career. After a third-round loss at the US