HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY

Dear Maria Sharapova - The Greatest Tennis Player EVER!!

Enjoy your 21st Birthday today. I hope you have an excellent time and get a chance to party!!!

You are my role model and a very special person to me.

All my love

D.F.Hall

Webmaster

Maria loses against Serena

Maria lost 5-7 6-4 1-6 to #5 seed Serena Williams of the United States in the quarters. Maria fought hard in a tough battle that lasted well over 2 hours but couldn't overcome Williams. Maria has had a good 2 weeks on the green clay by winning her 1st tournament of her career in Amelia Island last week so the confidence is there for a good shot on the red clay of Europe. Maria now has a match record of 22-2 for the year and is only 3 matches away from having 300 match wins, a feat which will 99.9% happen in the red clay season.

Maria Wins on Clay

Maria Sharapova won her first claycourt title by defeating Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 6-3 in the final of the WTA Amelia Island tournament. The Australian Open champion defeated Cibulkova in just under two hours for her third title of the year and 19th of her career. It was the first championship on clay for the 20-year-old, who will turn 21 on 21 April 2008.

Sharapova pocketed $95,500 for the victory.

Maria Into FINALS

Maria is through to her 1st clay final at Amelia Island without hitting a ball after #16 seed Lindsay Davenport of the United States pulled out.In the final to be played on Sunday, Maria will play either Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia or Alize Cornet of France. Both players are 18 and unseeded and one of them will be playing their 1st big final.

Sharapova Going For It

Maria Sharapova rallied to defeat Ukranian Alona Bondarenko 6-7 (9/11), 6-3, 6-2 in a Friday quarter-final at the WTA Bausch and Lomb Championship. Top seed Sharapova advanced to a Saturday semi-final at the 600,000-dollar clay court event against US veteran Lindsay Davenport, who eliminated Hungarian eighth seed Agnes Szavay 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).Russian star Sharapova, who turns 21 on April 19, has never reached a clay court final in her career but would with a victory Saturday that would also give her a chance to play for the 95,500-dollar top prize.

Maria has it Easy

Sharapova showed no ill effects in her first clay match of 2008 as she beat Strycova 6-1 6-3. "Coming into the match you really don't know what to expect because you know your opponent has already had a few matches on clay, and this is your first match," said Sharapova

Maria Sharapova enters Bausch & Lomb Championships

Maria Sharapova has announced that she will play in the Bausch & Lomb Championships for the first time. Maria is currently ranked fifth in the world, and she will make her debut at Amelia Island Plantation on April 7-13 as the tournament's No. 1 seed. Maria is an absolute global superstar," tournament director John Arrix said. "It is really exciting for us to bring her to an event that is quaint and small but has so much history." Sharapova's decision to withdraw from the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami last week, due to a shoulder injury, has given her a chance to add the Amelia Island Tournament to her schedule.