Maria Sharapova

[Marion29520]

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[colourmepretty]

Her smile is so beautiful! Thankyou!

 

[colourmepretty]

M. Sharapova (3)

7 5 6'
M. Domachowska 5 7 2

YAY! She won!

 

[Marion29520]

poor Maria

Maria Sharapova withdraws from Rogers Cup with shoulder injury

MONTREAL — Third seed Maria Sharapova announced after her second round win Wednesday that she was withdrawing from the US$1.34 million Rogers Cup with a right shoulder injury.

Sharapova defeated Poland's Marta Domachowska 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in a match that took nearly three hours. "It's obviously unfortunate," Sharapova said. "You know, you try to do every little possible thing you can. But at the end of the day when you go on court and you're thinking about aggravating things, you're thinking about an injury, it's not really the way to play."

Sharapova had the trainer come out trailing 3-4 in the second set to look at the shoulder, which may have contributed to her committing 17 double faults in the match. Though she eventually lost the second set, Sharapova won the first four games of the final set to lock up the match.

Sharapova said she considered not coming out for the third set, and she will visit a doctor Thursday for an MRI on the shoulder that's been bothering her since March when she aggravated it at Indian Wells.

She said her presence at the Olympics and the U.S. Open in the coming weeks will depend largely on the results from Thursday's tests.

"At the end of the day, it's tough to go on court and not be close to even 50 per cent," Sharapova said. "I'm too good of a player to go out there and try to fight through something that I think can eventually become something serious."

 

[Marion29520]

some pics from the match

 

[colourmepretty]

Aw. I was really looking forward to seeing her in the semis. I hope she gets well soon for the Olympics.

 

[lakomka]

Maria is out from Olympic Games That's shocking I'm crying

 

[Marion29520]

I am very disapointed too
that was one of her dream

 

[RoseMary]

Maria Sharapova, Camille Pin, Mathilde Johansson- Training roland garros 31 may 2008-celebutopia.

 

[RoseMary]

celebutopia.

 

[Marion29520]

She is out to the US open too

 

[Marion29520]

from her official website

Well my 24 hour medical tour came to an end yesterday after I met with Dr. David Altchek who
is the premier shoulder doctor in the world. He looked at all my tests from April and today and
informed me that I have been playing with a moderate tear in my rotator cuff tendon since April.
He actually couldn't believe that I've been playing this long with this injury. You can imagine that
I was not very thrilled to hear that my medical team did not see this tear in my shoulder back in April.
The good news is that it didn't get much worse since April but we could have started the healing
time back then instead of now.
He does not believe that I need surgery and is sending me to work with
a specialist in Arizona next week to do extensive rehab and strength work
and he believes that I should be ready to play in 2-3 months. It hurts me so
much to miss the Olympics and the US Open, you have no idea, just to type
those words hurt!! I think this will be the first grand slam I have ever missed.
Now I need to move forward and stay positive. I am going to work hard to get healthy.
I am going to do some extra work for my amazing sponsors who are always patient with me
while I am playing tournaments and training. And I'm going to work on some business projects
that I never have time to do, which will definitely keep me busy.
Once I'm healthy, I'm sure I'll look at this as a blessing in disguise.
Right now it's a bit painful of course, but every athlete goes through
these patches and I'm just grateful that this isn't as bad as it could have been.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of your support.
Will give you another update in a week or so....

 

[kezme44]

it's not like she was going to win either of them so not a big loss for me

 

[AnaBGD]

^ yeah, she's not in good form lately, but still, it would be nice to see her in the Olympics, for the sake of strongest competition if nothing else.

 

[Amywilliams]

Its such a shame she's out of both!
She may not be playing her best, but then jankovic and ivanovic are playing pretty awful too, so she may of had a chance..

 

[Emilee]

Maria Sharapova @ Rogers Cup in Montreal, July 30

celebutopia

 

[colourmepretty]

I can't believe it. I was looking really forward for her to bounce back in the U.S. Open. I hate to say it, but this might have a major major effect on her career all out. Just when the number one seed had been so unstable and she could probably have had a shot at clenching it, THIS happens. Terrible terrible luck. I can't stand to see Safina or Kutanezsova or Jankovic be number one when she's recovering for this sh*t timed injury...

 

[Emilee]

Maria Sharapova - OK! magazine Russia 24 july 2008
celebutopia

 

[Marion29520]

photoshoot 2008

 

[AnaBGD]

^ she looks great there, I like the pose and the attitude in the second one!
thanks