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Loss of Sharapova blow to Gold Coast
ABC Online ^ | December 26, 2005 | abc sports

Posted on 12/26/2005 7:14:51 AM PST by theFIRMbss

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If these women were
gunfighters, Sharapova
would be the one with

the big yellow stripe
down her back riding the train
to get out of town . . .

Hingis has just said
her sights were on Maria.
And Maria blinked!

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MARTINA Hingis, the youngest ever world No. 1, has set her sights on tackling tennis' biggest young wonder, Maria Sharapova, at the Gold Coast event where she will make her comeback on New Year's Day.

"When people ask me who I really want to play, I always say Sharapova," Hingis said. "First, because she's the one I haven't played, but also because she's won Wimbledon and been the world No. 1 herself."

Hingis' confirmation that she will participate at the Royal Pines event, where Sharapova is a confirmed starter, has raised the possibility of a mouth-watering comeback match. Should the two women share a match court on the Gold Coast, it could well have a long-term effect on the season's events.

Sharapova a target as Hingis prepares


1 posted on 12/26/2005 7:14:52 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

Where are the pictures, darn it!


2 posted on 12/26/2005 7:17:03 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: soltice; Sam the Sham; garyhope; carlr; MotleyGirl70; TheClintons-STILLAnti-American; ...
ping
3 posted on 12/26/2005 7:17:44 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: rcocean

See post #4


5 posted on 12/26/2005 7:18:32 AM PST by indcons (FReepmail indcons to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: indcons

G_d bless you.


6 posted on 12/26/2005 7:19:08 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: indcons

Why was the picture removed?


7 posted on 12/26/2005 7:21:41 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: rcocean; theFIRMbss

I don't believe this...I posted pics and AM seems to have removed them. It is not like they were vulgar or anything......who knows?


8 posted on 12/26/2005 7:23:05 AM PST by indcons (FReepmail indcons to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: rcocean

9 posted on 12/26/2005 7:24:31 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: rcocean
>Where are the pictures

Hey! It's a news thread
about psychological
games the women play.

And the season starts
in just a week . . . Well, okay.
Here are just a few . . .


10 posted on 12/26/2005 7:25:39 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: indcons
Maybe the AM will like this picture more:

The good ol'days of women's tennis. When women were women. And you kept your mind just on the Tennis.

11 posted on 12/26/2005 7:27:39 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: indcons
Maybe the AM will like this picture more:

The good ol'days of women's tennis. When women were women. And you kept your mind just on the Tennis.

12 posted on 12/26/2005 7:28:07 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: indcons
>I don't believe this...I posted pics and AM seems to have removed them

It's Christmas season.
Could be the mods are looking
extra careful now . . .

(But let's try not to
get the thread pulled. The season
does start in a week

and people should know
this year promises to be
Melrose Place on court!)

13 posted on 12/26/2005 7:28:56 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: rcocean

Sorry for the double post.


14 posted on 12/26/2005 7:29:58 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: theFIRMbss; rcocean

Yep...gather so. Let us concentrate on the tennis.


15 posted on 12/26/2005 7:30:33 AM PST by indcons (FReepmail indcons to get on/off the Military History ping list)
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To: rcocean
>Sorry for the double post




Anna forgives you.
But don't make the mods angry.
Let's start the day calm . . .

16 posted on 12/26/2005 7:33:00 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss
Check out some of the stars on the LPGA as well.

Ladies golf has never been better.

17 posted on 12/26/2005 7:33:02 AM PST by carlr
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To: indcons

We can't post stuff from Getty Images. I'd bet that's why they were pulled, because they didn't fail to meet any other guideline IMHO.


18 posted on 12/26/2005 7:33:19 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I miss my dad.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance; indcons; theFIRMbss
We can't post stuff from Getty Images. I'd bet that's why they were pulled . . .

You would win that bet.

19 posted on 12/26/2005 7:40:14 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: indcons
>Let us concentrate on the tennis

I wish Maria
had spent her off-court season
concentrating on

resting up after
her dubious last season.
Instead, she's been off

celebritizing
and playing exhibitions.
And now she's injured . . .

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Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova poses for photographers holding Motorola's Pink M1000, which was made specifically for her, at a media conference on in Tokyo on Thursday.

The conference was held to announce Maria Sharapova's and Lindsay Davenport's participation at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament taking place early next year in Tokyo.

Sharapova is in Japan for a three-city promotional blitz that will include singles matches against Japan's top-ranked player, Ai Sugiyama, Asahi Shimbun wrote Monday.

The Maria Sharapova Japan Tour 2005 is the first leg of a planned world tour scheduled to stop in Russia, Hong Kong and Singapore in the following months.

The 18-year-old Russian will be showcasing her own brand of perfume and her own line of watches in addition to taking part in fashion shows, tennis clinics for children. An event organised for Japanese fans on Wednesday, attracted an audience of about 7,200.

In a fashion show held at Osaka-jo Hall as part of her Japan Tour, 18-year-old Sharapova demonstrated her costumes and a bag she designed. She also showed a powerful serve in an exhibition "match" against Hanshin Tigers catcher Akihiro Yano.

Sharapova topped the list of Russia's wealthiest athletes published by the Finance magazine earlier this month. Sharapova's income in 2005 was estimated at $14.5 million.

The Maria Sharapova phone

20 posted on 12/26/2005 7:41:34 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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