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Maria Sharapova: Anna Kournikova
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Russia was 1-1 with Israel when Maria Sharapova won her second rubber match beating Israel’s star Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-1. Then Anna Chakvetadze defeated Tsipi Obziler 6-4, 6-2 despite the hostile crowd. The win was sealed by Russia’s Elena Vesnina and Dinara Safina who overcame Israel’s Obziler and Peer 6-0, 1-6, 6-4 in doubles.
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17-year-old Maria Sharapova, who advanced to the quarterfinals Monday, wants to make it clear she is not the next Anna Kournikova. For one thing, Sharapova has won three tournaments in her short career - three more than Kournikova.
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Maria Sharapova is regarded by many as possessing a natural beauty and figure and has done some modeling in November 2003 with IMG Models. She enjoys fashion and is known to read celebrity magazines. However, she says she does not want to overdo these activities, preferring to focus on her tennis. a Russian, a Bollettieri student, and a model. However, Sharapova, Bollettieri, and Kournikova all reject the comparison.
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"I am Maria Sharapova and not anyone else." You can understand her adamance. There's the accent, the ponytail, the potential .. the inevitable comparisons to Anna K. But this Russian stunner has actually won a tourney. Two in fact. "I don't like to lose," Sharapova says.
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Sharapova signed with Anna's old firm, IMG, since they wrote the book on how to market a Russian bombshell. Anna's now represented by the Crazy Eights at Octagon, who have worked their PR magic on players like Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis. Yikes!
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