Maria Sharapova 2007

The season of the Russian begins to the Australian Open, where in the first turn it must face on centers them the French Camille Pin whom it strikes after a maratona finished 9-7 to the third party. Easyr the successive turns, even if with some difficulty. After to have old in semiend the Belgian Kim Clijsters Maria it catches up its third end in a Slam where it will face the Serene American separated Williams.La reveals to be a raid by horseback prevails them for the American tennista that sweeps up the Russian with dry a 6-1 6-2.

Thanks, but, to the conquered end and the lacked participation the Henin, Maria returns to hoist itself on the higher step of the Wta ranking, position that occupied in 2005 for 7 weeks. Torneo Al of Tokyo, after to have old the Schiavone and the Sugyama, Maria is forced to the withdrawal against the Ivanovic because of a muscular accident.

To Indian Wells, where Maria is called to defend the title outgoing it and the first position of the ranking, it is introduced in deficit a physical and psychological condition: it exceeds with a sure hard work giocatrici clearly inferior which Michaella Kraijcek and Nathalie Dechy, in order then to have to face in IV the True turn Zvonareva. In spite of the Sharapova the 6-1 to the third party having thus yielded first position has gone to serve for the match on 6-4 5-4 has lost the parity (that it has occupied just for 14 weeks) to Justine Henin.

To Key Biscayne, for the Tier of Miami, Maria it must face tabellone a much impegnativo: to the third turn Venus Williams meets, rimonta a set and then he engages a hard battle saw that it in disadvantage in 3° the set, closing the practical one for 2-6 6-2 7-5. Al fourth turn faces Serene Williams who more than to dominate it on dominates it mentally to the field, memore of the hard defeat made up for in end to Melbourne, Maria never does not enter in left and endures embarrassing a 6-1 6-1.

Maria because of a muscular problem to the shoulder is forced to jump good part of the season on the red one, only re-entering to the torneo of Istanbul like preparation to Paris. In Turkey the Russian is not still shining: he exceeds with hard work in the quarters the promised large new, the Radwanska, in order then to yield in semiend 6-2 6-4 from Plowed of it Rezai.

The Sharapova reaches the Roland Garros in conditions not still optimal and on a surface that them is little congenital, however dispute a good torneo characterized from the epica Victoria for 9-7 to III the set of the fourth turn against the Schnyder, where in more occasions it is saved from the defeat with the customary tenacity. In the quarters one prevails thanks to extraordinary athletic means on the Chakvetadze compatriot, in order then to make up for a sonorous defeat in semiend from the Ivanovic emergent. The Russian returns in field to Birmingham where she catches up the end in which she is exceeded from the more and more convincing Jankovic in III tiratissimo a set that closes 7-5 for the Serb. Torneo successive Al of Wimbledon the Sharapova is newly victim of a Williams, this time Venus, with the umpteenth score of 6-1 6-3.L' clean defeat against a Williams makes circular voices on a supremacy more lies them that tennistica from the 2 sisters on the Russian tennista.

Maria has the occasion to rifare itself to the Tier of Saint Diego where she threads convincing victories against the Golovin, the Mirza and the Chakvetadze, in order then to close the end against the Schnyder with dry a 6-0 to the III a trophy allows that them to adjudicate itself newly after the fast that lasted from the Us Open. The positive period is interrupted quickly: to the successive torneo of Los Angeles, in which Maria it is credited of the series head n.1, during the phase of heating before the semiend against Nadia Petrova it endures a streching forces that it to give forfait and to put in doubt the participation to the next Us Open.

The Russian will participate however to the last one slam of the year, making up for, however, a defeat to III the turn at the hands of the young person and talentuosa Radwanska. Later on Maria will give forfait to many tornei, succeeding however to characterize for the Championship of year-end, where thanks to a found again confidence and above all to a shoulder finally to place, catches up the end in which it will be defeat after nearly 3 hours of game from number 1 of the world, the Belgian Justine Henin.

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