A Russian tennis star, Maria Sharapova rose to fame when she won Wimbledon in 2004. Since that accomplishment Maria has followed up her success by achieving the WTA number one overall ranking on multiple occasions and winning such prestigious tournaments as 2006 U.S. Open.

Several pros to play in first unisex tournament (Sports Illustrated)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Imagine Roger Federer playing one of the Williams sisters. Or Rafael Nadal facing Maria Sharapova.
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:19:54 GMT

Unisex tennis tournament to put players on equal footing (The Toledo Blade)
LOS ANGELES - Imagine Roger Federer playing one of the Williams sisters. Or Rafael Nadal facing Maria Sharapova. Tennis promoter Steve Bellamy envisions such matchups one day, although he'll go with less dynamic pairings for now. On Aug. 3, he'll stage what's believed to be the first tournament involving world-ranked men and women going head to head. The one-day competition in suburban ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:36:45 GMT

Sports Briefs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Tennis Mixed-gender league starts; promoter hopes stars to follow Imagine Roger Federer playing one of the Williams sisters. Or Rafael Nadal facing Maria Sharapova . Tennis Channel founder Steve Bellamy envisions such matchups one day, although he'll go with less-dynamic pairings for now. On Aug. 3, he'll stage what's believed to be the first tournament involving world-ranked men and ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:18:00 GMT

Report: Women athletes becoming wealthy (Moldova.org)
Tennis players occupied the top four slots in 2007 among the world's highest-paid women athletes.Forbes.com reported Wednesday the quartet is Maria Sharapova of Russia ($26 million), American sisters Serena and Venus Williams ($14 million and $13 million respectively) and recently retired tennis player Justine Henin of Belgium ($12.5 million).The tour has a much more international flavor to it, ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:12:39 GMT

Tennis promoter has new battle of the sexes planned (The Kansas City Star)
Imagine Roger Federer (left) playing Serena Williams (right) head-to-head. Or Rafael Nadal facing Maria Sharapova on a tennis court one-on-one.
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:58:37 GMT

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