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Maria will play the Showdown of Champions 2009, Asia versus Russia, on December 19-20. This two-night event combines glamour, beauty, sports and fashion.

Maria, Elena Dementieva, Sania Mirza and Jie Zheng will feature in the Showdown of Champions 2009 at the Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam. Maria will join forces with Elena, to take on two of Asia’s biggest sporting icons - China’s Jie Zheng and India’s Sania Mirza.

The ambassador of this event is the Russian Anna Kournikova : « I’m really excited to be part of the Showdown of Champions 2009, told Anna. I think it will benefit Malaysia. Malaysia and Malaysians are fortunate to be able to witness such an event. I have heard so much about the event and I believe it encourages tennis fans from this region to travel and experience a unique show. Tennis is a popular sport and people love to travel between countries and even continents to watch their favourite stars in action. I’m sure people from China will root for Zheng Jie and India will follow Sania’s performance. I will be rooting for Elena and Maria ».

Photo from Anna Kournikova official website (www.kournikova.com)

Thank you to Francesco from the Tennis Club Santa Croce for the photos of the first junior title of Maria in Citta Di Santa Croce in may 2002. Maria had 15 during this tournament.

Click on the photos to go on the full photo gallery of Maria in Santa Croce.

Hi Maria!

I send you this photo because I think this is a very good photo with you, Elena Vesnina and me. You are one of my favorite tennis player and I am very happy to have a photo with you. It was a the player party at the Kremlin Cup 2009. It was amazing. Thanks for the photo. And I want to congratulate you for your good way in single in Moscow and for your victory with Nadia in double. Thanks for your smile and for your great tennis.

Kiss from Switzerland.

Aurélie

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Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings - October 26, 2009
Singles : 61 (=)
Race - Singles : 56 (+1)
Doubles : 22 (+4)

Full singles ranking, click here
Full doubles ranking, click here

Career-High Singles : 18 (July 7, 2008)
Career-High Doubles : 16 (June 8, 2009)

Maria and Nadia Petrova won saturday the final of doubles of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow against Klara Zakopalova (CZE) and Maria Kondratieva (RUS) in 57 minutes. The score : 6-2, 6-2. It’s the first title of the season for Maria and her sixth doubles title.

« It’s always nice to win here in Moscow, playing so close to home with the support of all the fans. It’s good to end the season on a good note, Maria said. Maybe Nadia and I can team up again and try to win another title. »

« Winning the doubles title here in Moscow is a nice way to end the season, Nadia Petrova said. This is the second tournament I have played with Maria, and we had a lot of fun this week. Hopefully we can play together again soon. »

To see the doubles results, click here.