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January 26th 2010: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Australian Open losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against China's Jie Zheng, a 6-1, 6-3 loss.

January 24th 2010: Maria was in action today and she advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, as her opponent #2 seed Dinara Safina got injured and had to stop with Makiri leading 5-4. Maria will now face Jie Zheng!

January 18th 2010: Wow, very solid win today by Maria as she took out Maria Sharapova with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 win to reach the Australian Open 2nd round!! She will now face Yvonne Meusberger in the next match. More details soon...

January 7th 2010: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Auckland losing in the quarterfinals 3 sets against Israel's Shahar Peer, a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 loss.

January 6th 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Auckland 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi, a 6-2, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Shahar Peer.

January 5th 2010: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Auckland 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Germany's Tatjana Malek, a 6-2, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Kaia Kanepi.

December 20th 2009: Maria was in action in an exhibition event in Malaysia, she and Elena Dementieva won their doubles against Jie Zheng and Sania Mirza. Then, she won 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 against Jie Zheng in singles...

October 23rd 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Moscow losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against Italy's Francesca Schiavone, a 6-3, 6-2 loss.

October 22nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Moscow 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak, a 6-4, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Francesca Schiavone.

October 21st 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Moscow 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-3, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face A. Wozniak or S. Errani.

October 12th 2009: Maria was unable to finish her match today as she lost 6-2 to Viktoriya Kutuzova in Osaka and then withdrew because of an injury...

October 4th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Beijing losing in the 1st round 3 sets against Ukraine's Katerina Bondarenko, a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 loss.

September 26th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Seoul, losing in the semifinals 3 sets against Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 loss.

September 25th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Seoul, quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Vera Dushevina, a 7-5, 7-6 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Kimiko Date Krumm.

September 24th 2009: Maria advanced as her opponent Francesca Schiavone got injured, Maria won 6-1, 1-2..!

September 22nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Seoul, 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Sophie Ferguson, a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Francesca Schiavone.

September 4th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in US Open losing in the 3rd round 2 sets against China's Na Li, a 6-4, 6-2 loss.

September 2nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the US Open 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Na Li.

August 31st 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the US Open 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Mariya Koryttseva, a 6-2, 6-1 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Agnieszka Radwanska.

August 21st 2009: Unfortunately, Maria got injured and could not finish her qualifying match in New Haven yesterday, she withdrew while trailing 7-5, 1-0 to Urszula Radwanska...

August 18th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Toronto losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Italy's Flavia Pennetta, a 6-3, 6-3 loss.

August 16th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Rogers Cup, Qualification 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Petra Kvitova, a 6-1, 6-0 win. In the 3rd round, Maria will face Julie Coin.

August 15th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Rogers Cup, Qualification 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Germany's Tatjana Malek, a 6-3, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Petra Kvitova.

August 12th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Cincinnati, losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, a 7-6, 6-3 loss.

August 11th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Cincinnati, 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Yaroslava Shvedova, a 6-4, 6-1 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face J. Jankovic.

August 5th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Los Angeles, losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against Australia's Samantha Stosur, a 6-2, 6-4 loss.

August 4th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Los Angeles, 1st round posting a 3 sets win against South Africa's Channelle Scheppers, a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Samantha Stosur.

July 30th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Stanford losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against Russia's Elena Dementieva, a 6-1, 6-2 loss.

July 28th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Stanford 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze, a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Elena Dementieva.

July 9th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Collector Swedish Open Women losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, a 7-5, 7-6 loss.

July 8th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Collector Swedish Open Women 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a 6-2, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Caroline Wozniacki.

July 7th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Collector Swedish Open Women 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Ukraine's Irina Buryachok, a 6-0, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

June 25th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Wimbledon losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, a 6-0, 6-4 loss.

June 23rd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Wimbledon 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Petra Kvitova, a 6-4, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Caroline Wozniacki.

June 19th 2009: Tough results in the past few months have forced Adidas to drop Maria as their global face for the Stella McCartney tennis line to replace her with Caroline Wozniacki:( Read about it here.

June 15th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Eastbourne losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Russia's Elena Dementieva, a 6-2, 6-2 loss.

June 8th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Birmingham losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Poland's Urszula Radwanska, a 6-3, 6-3 loss.

May 25th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Roland Garros losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Australia's Olivia Rogowska, a 6-4, 6-4 loss.

May 9th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open losing in the 1st round 2 sets against China's Jie Zheng, a 6-4, 6-4 loss.

May 7th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Estoril Open losing in the quarterfinals 3 sets against Russia's Ekaterina Makarova, a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 loss.

May 6th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Estoril Open 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Argentina's Maria-Emilia Salerni, a 6-3, 6-0 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Ekaterina Makarova.

May 5th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Estoril Open 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Canada's Sharon Fichman, a 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Maria-Emilia Salerni.

April 27th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Fes, losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Poland's Marta Domachowska, a 6-4, 6-4 loss.

April 19th 2009: Well, Maria did have a great week while in action in Barcelona but came up short today in the final as she lost 6-0, 6-4 against Italy's Roberta Vinci..:(

April 18th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Barcelona semifinals posting a 3 sets win against Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro, a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win. In the final, Maria will face Roberta Vinci.

April 18th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Barcelona quarterfinals posting a 3 sets win against Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, a 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 win. In the semifinals, Maria will face Carla Suarez Navarro.

April 15th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Barcelona 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against France's Severine Bremond, a 7-5, 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Maria will face Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

April 14th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Barcelona 1st round posting a 2 sets win against France's Camille Pin, a 6-2, 6-0 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Severine Bremond.

March 27th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Sony Ericsson Open losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against Italy's Flavia Pennetta, a 6-4, 7-5 loss.

March 25th 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Sony Ericsson Open 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Ukraine's Katerina Bondarenko, a 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Flavia Pennetta.

March 12th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in BNP Paribas Open losing in the 1st round 3 sets against Romania's Edina Gallovits, a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 loss.

March 5th 2009: unfortunately, Maria was forced to withdraw from the tournament while trailing 6-4, 4-1 because of knee injury:(

March 2nd 2009: Good news today as Maria won her match in the Monterrey 1st round posting a 2 sets win against New Zealand's Marina Erakovic, a 6-4, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Maria will face Lucie Safarova.

February 15th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Dubai losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a 6-2, 6-4 loss.

February 10th 2009: WOW! Maria, Tatiana Golovin and Daniela Hantuchova put on quite a show in this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, see the photos and a video here:)

February 9th 2009: See a new photo of Maria from French magazine "Paris Match" here:)

February 6th 2009: This is dated about a month, but it was interesting, a report by a Canadian newspapers about the best looks in tennis, and guess what? Maria ended up #2:) See it here!

January 29th 2009: Maria announced she would no longer be working with coach Eric Van Harpen and will restart having her dad as her coach..!

January 25th 2009: Happy birthday to Maria as she has now turned 22!! Best wishes in tennis and your personal life Masha:)

January 19th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Australian Open losing in 2 sets against Italy's Sara Errani, a 6-0, 6-4 loss.

January 12th 2009: Sad news today as Maria lost her match in Sydney losing in 2 sets against Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, a 6-2, 6-2 loss.

December 22nd 2008: Media in Canada is reporting that not only Tatiana Golovin but also Maria will be featured in the next edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition...to be confirmed..!

December 10th 2008: See an interview with Maria's coach Eric Van Harpen from her official website here:)

November 10th 2008: Maria has a new fan video dedicated to her, see it here:)

October 29th 2008: In an interview given to the Spanish media, Maria was asked her goal and said she believes she will be ranked #1 in the world one day!

October 22nd 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Linz as she lost to France's Alize Cornet 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.

October 21st 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Linz as she defeated Ukraine's Olga Savchuk with a 6-2, 7-5 win, she will now face Alize Cornet...

October 15th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Zurich as she lost to Italy's Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 5-7.

October 13th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Zurich as she defeated Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova with a 7-5, 6-2 win, she will now face either Francesca Schiavone or Carolina Wozniacki...

October 7th 2008: Maria was in action today but came up short losing 6-4, 6-4 to Vera Zvonareva in the Kremlin Cup 1st round...

September 30th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Japan Open as she lost to Czeck Republic's Klara Zakapalova 6-4, 2-6, 5-7.

September 28th 2008: Awesome news as Maria was able to conclude a great week today by defeating Samantha Stosur 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the final!!

September 28th 2008: It wasn't easy, but Maria was able to advance to the singles final in Seoul as she defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 3-6, 6-4..!! She will now face Australian Samantha Stosur.

September 26th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Seoul, as she defeated France's Pauline Parmentier with a 6-3, 6-2 win, she will now face Kaia Kanepi...

September 25th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Seoul, as she defeated Czeck Republic's Lucie Safarova with a 6-3, 6-3 win, she will now face Pauline Parmentier.

September 23rd 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Seoul, as she defeated Slovak Republic's Lenka Wienerova with a 6-2, 6-0 win, she will now face Lucie Safarova.

September 16th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Tokyo as she lost to France's Marion Bartoli 2-6, 2-6.

August 25th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the US Open as she lost to Austria's Tamira Paszek 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

August 19th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the New Haven as she lost to Czeck Republic's Monica Niculescu 7-6, 2-6, 1-6.

August 17th 2008: Maria had a great start but could not keep her momentum as she was defeated by Nadia Petrova 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals:(

August 15th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Cincinnati, as she defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 win, she will now face Nadia Petrova.

August 13th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Cincinnati, as she defeated Canada's Stephanie Dubois with a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 win, she will now face Sabine Lisicki.

August 11th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Cincinnati, as she defeated Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh with a 6-2, 7-5 win, she will now face Stephanie Dubois who defeated her 2 weeks ago!

July 30th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Montreal as she lost to Canada's Stephanie Dubois 2-6, 6-2, 6-7.

July 29th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Montreal as she defeated Britain's Anne Keothavong with a 6-1, 7-5 win, she will now face Stephanie Dubois.

July 26th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Portoroz, as she lost to Italy's Sara Errani 1-6, 5-7.

July 25th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Portoroz, as she defeated Italy's Roberta Vinci with a 6-1, 6-2 win, she will now face Sara errani.

July 22nd 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Portoroz, as she defeated Croatia's Nika Ozegovic with a 6-1, 6-1 win, she will now face Roberta Vinci.

June 23rd 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Wimbledon as she lost to Russia's Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-3.

June 17th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Hertogenbosch as she lost to Romania's Sonara Cirstea 7-5, 6-4.

June 15th 2008: Congrats to Maria as today she won the final of the Torneo Barcelona, defeating Maria-Jose Martinez-Sanchez 6-0, 6-2 in the final!! "It's my second title this year and I'm really happy everything is working so well on clay, because last year I didn't do so well during this season. Today I concentrated really well and kept any negative emotions inside. I played consistently and saw everything quite clearly. I feel great."

June 14th 2008: Maria advanced one match further today as she won her semifinal 7-5, 6-3 against Stephanie Cohen-Aloro in Barcelona. She will now face Maria-Jose Martinez-Sanchez in the final tomorrow!

June 13th 2008; Good news as Maria won her match today in the Barcelona as she defeated Romania's Edina Gallovits with a 7-6, 6-1 win, she will now face Stephanie Cohen-Aloro.

June 12th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Barcelona as she defeated Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win, she will now face Edina Gallovits.

June 10th 2008: Maria was in action today in Barcelona as the #2 seed, she won 6-0, 2-0 when her opponent retired..! Next up is Carla Suarez-Navarro.

May 29th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Roland Garros as she lost to China's Jie Zheng 6-4, 3-6, 2-6.

May 28th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Roland Garros as she defeated Italy's Maria-Elena Camerin with a 6-1, 6-0 win, she will now face Jie Zheng.

May 15th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Rome as she lost to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 1-6, 1-6.

May 14th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Rome as she defeated Spain's Annabel Medina Garrigues with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win, she will now face Jelena Jankovic.

May 14th 2008: Tough opening match today for Maria, in a match that actually started yesterday but was interupted by rain. Maria made a nice comeback defeating Nadia Petrova 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. In her next match, she will face Annabel Medina-Guarrigues.

May 8th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Berlin as she lost to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 4-6.

May 7th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Berlin as she defeated Russia's Nadia Petrova with a 6-3, 6-3 win, she will now face Jelena Jankovic.

May 6th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Berlin as she defeated Russia's Elena Vesnina with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 win, she will now face Nadia Petrova.

May 4th 2008: Maria was in the Warsaw exhibition final today but she came up a bit short, losing 6-2, 6-3 to Svetlana Kuznetsova...

May 3rd 2008: Maria unfortunately lost her 2nd match, she lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to Svetlana Kuznetsova but she then won her 3rd match 7-5, 6-3 against Marta Domachowska.

May 1st 2008: Maria was in action today as she is playing the Warsaw exhibition! She posted an impressive 6-3, 7-6 win against Lindsay Davenport! Well done:)

April 20th 2008: Maria won the final of the Estoril Open today, she defeated Iveta Benesova with a 6-4, 6-2 win! Congrats Masha:)

April 19th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Estoril Open as she defeated Czeck Republic's Klara Zakapalova with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win, she will now face Iveta Benesova in the final.

April 18th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Estoril Open as she defeated Italy's Tatiana Garbin with a 6-0, 6-1 win, she will now face Klara Zakapalova.

April 17th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Estoril Open as she defeated Czeck Republic's Petra Cetkovska with a 6-3, 6-2 win, she will now face Tatiana Garbin.

April 15th 2008: Good news as Maria won her match today in the Estoril Open as she defeated Stefanie Vogele with a 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 win, she will now face Petra Cetkovska.

March 28th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Sony Ericsson Open as she lost to Sara Errani 6-4, 4-6, 7-6.

March 15th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Indian Wells as she lost to Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-0.

March 4th 2008: Sad news as Maria lost her match today in the Bangalore as she lost to Z. Yan 3-6, 7-6, 6-1.

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