Hot female tennis players - Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is beautiful tennis player from Russia. She's born on 19th April 1987 in town Nygan and her full name is Maria Yuryevna Sharapova. This gorgeous beauty is nicknamed “The Siberian Siren” and her personal friends are calling her Masha. She’s very tall 6' 2" (188 cm), has a beautiful athletic body and amazing long legs.

Maria Sharapova started playing tennis very early when she was just 4 years old. She wasn’t long time in her motherland Russia as she was raised in the United States since the age of seven. Her weight is 130 lbs. (59 kg) according to official WTA tour page.

Maria Sharapova is famous for her loud grunts while playing the game. For instance her loudest grunt was measured at amazing 101,2 decibels which is louder than a lawnmower. Nobody is that loud on tennis court as is Maria Sharapova.

Despite her beauty Maria Sharapova is exceptionally good tennis player and she was already ranked No.1 in 2005. At this moment she won over one $ million dollar of prize money. Maria Sharapova is using racquet Prince 03 White and her clothing sponsor is Nike. Maria Sharapova is right-handed and plays two-handed backhand.

She also has interests for modeling in fashion and she loves singing. Her favorite movie is Pearl Harbor. Maria Sharapova also likes to read and her favorite movie characters are "Sherlock Holmes" and "Pippi Longstocking". Maria Sharapova also likes Russian music and food and was the first Russian player to become number one tennis player in the world. People magazine named her among the 50 most beautiful people in the world and she was ranked No.17 on Maxim magazine Hot of the 2007 list. Maria Sharapova likes to hang out on the tour with the fellow Russian player Maria Kirilenko.

Maria Sharapova once said: "I wouldn't say I'm in love with them”, referring to her long and beautiful legs but it seems like many of her fans are. “Siberian Queen” is by many people the most beautiful female tennis player in the world. Maria Sharapova is also ambidextrous and this is the reason why she almost became a left handed tennis player. Her father is called Yuri and mother’s name is Yelena.

Maria Sharapova’s breakthrough season was definitely 2005 when she in August became No.1. Her height is sometimes causing her problem as Maria once stated how she has back pains because of the growth spurt.

Maria Sharapova is still very young tennis player so we could expect lot more of Maria Sharapova in the upcoming years as well.

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