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Maria beats Chakvetadze to reach final in Hong Kong
Maria beats Chakvetadze to reach final in Hong Kong
January 04 / 2008 / 2:07 PM
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Maria beat Russian compatriot Anna Chakvetadze 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the final of the JB Group Classic exhibition tournament in Hong Kong a warmup for the Australian Open.

Both players struggled at first, dropping their opening two service games. Sharapova finally held in the sixth game to give her a 4-2 lead from where she took the opening set.

World No. 6 Chakvetadze double-faulted to help give Sharapova breaks in the first and seventh games of the second set and a 5-2 lead. Sharapova held again to take the match.

"I was a little slow at the beginning, definitely, but the good thing is that I recovered from that," Sharapova said, adding that she took chances on some second serves.

In the final, Sharapova will meet the winner of Friday's later semifinal between six-time Grand Slam tournament winner Venus Williams of the U.S. and Russian Elena Dementieva.

The form of Sharapova, Chakvetadze and Dementieva in the lead-up to the Australian Open beginning Jan. 14 showed the Russian threat would be strong in Melbourne.

Sharapova said the number of Russians in the top echelons of women's tennis was remarkable because they all trained in different places instead of emerging from a single program.

"Some of the girls trained in Spain, I trained in the U.S., some stayed in Russia. It wasn't like all of us were together, raised together and ate the same food," she said.
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by BOBA on January 06 / 2008 / 8:01 PM
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by BOBA on January 06 / 2008 / 7:54 PM
by BOBA on January 06 / 2008 / 7:52 PM
Hello sweet Maria,

You are the best, good won good play I hope just like play again in the all Australian Open 2008 Tournament.

I Love You so much forever always with you.

LOVE
by Shoaib Ahmed on January 05 / 2008 / 8:12 AM
She is the best
she is a champion
She tomorrow is going to make run for the whole court to Venus
And Maria is going to dedicate champion
C`MON MARIA SHARAPOVA
YOU ARE A CHAMPIONSHIP
by jess-maria on January 05 / 2008 / 12:04 AM
I just love her:*
by alice on January 04 / 2008 / 9:28 PM
THE 2008 CHAMP IS HERE!





LOVE MUSTAFA!
by Mustafa Bilal on January 04 / 2008 / 9:20 PM
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