Sharapova Primed For German Return

Written by: Staff on 17th April 2012

Sharapova Primed For German Return |

Original Link: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120416/wta-odds-n-ends-beygelzimers-big-week_2256076_2737911

Sharapova Primed For German Return
Maria Sharapova, who celebrates her 25th birthday this coming Thursday, is among a packed line-up at next week’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, which is not only going to be her first indoor clay court tournament, it will also mark her first tournament in Germany since Berlin in 2005…

- This year, Sharapova has become just the fifth player to reach the finals of the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami in the same season:
1991 – Monica Seles (won Australian Open and Miami)
1994 – Steffi Graf (won all three)
2000 – Lindsay Davenport (won Australian Open and Indian Wells)
2000 – Martina Hingis (won Miami)
2012 – Maria Sharapova (runner-up at all three)