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Charles Bricker
The kid's another Sharapova - now and in future
Published March 29, 2005
KEY BISCAYNE · She's only 9, but the face looked strikingly like ... no, it couldn't be. Maria Sharapova doesn't have siblings.
Correct. But she does have a cousin, Daria Sharapova, or Dasha for those who know her well, and she was a guest at the draw Monday for the Luxilon junior invitational tournament that begins today at the Nasdaq.
She's much too young to be playing here, but a year from now, I was told by officials at the Evert Tennis Academy, where she trains, she'll probably be entered in the Orange Bowl juniors here at Crandon Park. And perhaps in the girls' 14s instead of the 12s. That's how much they expect her to progress in a year's time.
The early scouting report on this Maria look-alike: excellent skills and exceptional poise, perhaps more poise than you've ever seen on court from a 9-year old.
Charles Bricker
The kid's another Sharapova - now and in future
Published March 29, 2005
KEY BISCAYNE · She's only 9, but the face looked strikingly like ... no, it couldn't be. Maria Sharapova doesn't have siblings.
Correct. But she does have a cousin, Daria Sharapova, or Dasha for those who know her well, and she was a guest at the draw Monday for the Luxilon junior invitational tournament that begins today at the Nasdaq.
She's much too young to be playing here, but a year from now, I was told by officials at the Evert Tennis Academy, where she trains, she'll probably be entered in the Orange Bowl juniors here at Crandon Park. And perhaps in the girls' 14s instead of the 12s. That's how much they expect her to progress in a year's time.
The early scouting report on this Maria look-alike: excellent skills and exceptional poise, perhaps more poise than you've ever seen on court from a 9-year old.
