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Maria Sharapova: Finals
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Add a bit of Maria Sharapova to Motorola, and this is some of what you end up with. The one you see above is Maria's personal Motorola M1000 (released for NTT DoCoMo in Japan) that she used while on her recent tour in the country, and it went up on Yahoo! Japan Auctions yesterday. The final selling price was to the tune of 905,000 yen, or some $7,534 USD. Is that really all Maria is worth to the entirety of Japan? Oh well; the proceeds of the auction will go to benefit charities.
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New York - Maria Sharapova put down a first-set rebellion from China's Li Na, recovering from a 4-1 deficit to eventually post a 6-4, 6-2 win Monday into the quarter-finals of the US Open. more
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Sharapova has been labeled as a power baseliner by tennis critics and fans.[3] She is noted for having an excellent double-handed backhand and serves, particularly for the power and placement of these shots. She is ... noted for having a good forehand. Likewise, critics claim that for her height, Sharapova has decent agility on-court.[4] Being an offensive player, Sharapova is usually able to overpower her opponents or keep them on the run with sharp angles from the baseline. Because of this agressive play, she excels on the fast-playing grass and hard courts, but is not as dangerous on clay (indeed, as of January 2008, she is yet to reach a WTA final on the surface). This is because she is not among the strongest of defensive players. She can lose precision on her groundstrokes when she is put on the run herself, a weakness that the best all-around players will exploit.
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