I just wanted to announce that Maria-Sharapova.org will be moving to a new server in a couple of days. This move should greatly increase the speed of the site. The move will also involve a period of downtime. But don't worry, this will only be a few minutes ;-)


After everything is working properly i will start working on the forum / messageboard, and some other nice features.

Keep your eyes open for updates soon!

Marco

With a typhoon approaching Tokyo, the Ariake Colosseum roof was closed for Friday's matches.


"I live in Florida and we've been through a lot this year," Sharapova said. "Obviously, it would be nicer to play with the roof open but you can't control the weather."



The top-seeded Sharapova, coming off a victory at the Korea Open last Sunday, dropped the first two games of the first set but won the next six.





"I didn't have a proper warmup and she broke my serve...

Maria is through to the final of the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo after she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in a 66 minutes lasting match (6-2, 6-3).

In the final Maria will play Mashona Washington of the United States.

Washington won the match against Klara Koukalova(Cze) in 3 sets (3-6 7-5 6-2 / 108 minutes). It is the first time she reached a tournament final.

It will be Maria's fourth appearance on a tournament final this year, and i'm sure it won't be the las...

Maria won in the quater finals by beating the french Youlia Fedossova in two sets. (6-3, 6-4)


In the semis Maria will play Tamarine Tanasugarn(Tha), it will be the first time they play against eachother.




Tommorows schedule start at 10.00 local time. Maria's match is the third match and she will play on Centre Court. Good luck Maria!

During the matches of Maria we will try to inform you about the lastest score.


There's no 100% guarantee that it will work flawless, but i will do my best ;-)



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