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I decided to build this page to honour one of my favourite players (or maybe my favourite, since Martina retired...), and a person that made me love tennis even more and want to play better and better. She inspired me a lot, since she's my age and look where she's at. I admire her a lot and so this page is like a tribute to Maria. :D Hope you like it.
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| Here is Maria, with her Pete Sampras-like serve. :) |
BIOGRAPHY
Date of Birth: April 19, 1987
Birthplace: Nyagan, Russia (Siberian Region)
Residence: Bradenton, Florida, USA
Nationality: Russian
Height: 5'9'' (1.75 m)
Weight: 112 lbs. (50.8 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Travels with: Father and works with coaches Michael Baroch and Robert Lansdorp
Started hitting tennis balls: At the age of four
At the age of six: Participated in exhibition in Moscow that featured Martina Navratilova
Began training at: Nick Bollettieris Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, USA, at the age of nine (which required a two-year separation from mother due to visa restrictions and finances)
Off-Court interests: Fashion, singing, jazz dancing and movies (favorite is Pearl Harbor)
Enjoys: Reading books in the Sherlock Holmes and Pippi Longstocking series
Favorites: Russian music and food (except for Italian bread)
Favorite dessert: Anything.
Current WTA Rank: 56th
Friday, 30.08.2003 - Masha lost!!! :(
She lost! :( Too bad... I knew it was gonna be tough against Emilie Loit, but I never thought she'd lost!! I guess it's due to the fact that she has little experience against lefties, even more against great lefties! Congratulations to Emilie though, she played really good... Good performance by Masha in her first US Open, though... Hoepfully she'll do even ebtter next year! :)
Wednesday, August 26th 2003 - AMAZING performance by Maria in the US Open's first round against Virginia Ruano-Pascual, where she won 6-1, 6-1. She played amazingly well all through the match and never let Virginia get her game going, so all good to Maria in her 1st round. She played agressively all the time, and she managed to pull winners from everywhere in the court, showing great footwork and mobilisation inside the court. In her next round she will face Emilie Loit, a french player.
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