[新聞]Sharapova Awarded Top Russian Sports Title
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Maria Sharapova Awarded Top Russian Sports Title
Created: 10.10.2005 17:30 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:30 MSK, 35 minutes ago
MosNews
Maria Sharapova has been awarded the honorary Master of Sports of
Russia title, the rtr-sport.ru website reported Monday.
Shamil Tarpishchev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation,
awarded Sharapova her new title at the Kremlin Cup press conference.
Sharapova said she had no idea about the award and was shocked.
The press conference took place ahead of the start of the Kremlin
Cup. This week’s Kremlin Cup will be the first tournament that
Florida-based Sharapova has played in in her native country.
Nevertheless, Sharapova said she felt like a true Russian.
“Even in the U.S. I feel a Russian, and here in Moscow I feel
even more Russian,” she was quoted by rtr-sport.ru as saying.
However, she said she could not promise to play for the Russian
team in next year’s Fed Cup.
“I’m not yet physically ready to play for the team. Even without
it I play too much tennis for my age. I don’t know how I am going
to feel next year and cannot promise anything, although we have got
an agreement with Shamil Tarpishchev,” she said.
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I want to play for Russia in Fed Cup-Sharapova
Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:14 PM BST
By Gennady Fyodorov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number one Maria Sharapova said on Monday
she wanted to play for Russia in the Fed Cup at some point in the
future.
The Florida-based 18-year-old has turned down invitations to play
for the country of her birth in the past in order to concentrate on
improving her singles ranking.
Addressing reporters before the opening of the Kremlin Cup, Sharapova
said: "I want to play for Russia, I definitely want to play for Russia
in Fed Cup competition.
"I just don't know when I'll be ready to make my Fed Cup debut."
Russia have won the women's team competition for the last two years
without Sharapova's help. Last year she was involved in a public
squabble with Anastasia Myskina, who led Russia to their 2004 Fed
Cup win.
Myskina has hinted that she might no longer play Fed Cup.
Asked how she felt when Russia clinched their second Fed Cup title
by edging France 3-2 in last month's final in Paris, Sharapova said:
"I would just say to the girls 'Well done'.
"I didn't play (Fed Cup) this year because it would have been too
tough for me but in the future, yes, it's definitely one of my big
goals.
"I also want to play in the Olympics and would love to represent
Russia there as well," she added.
Sharapova did not get a chance to play at last year's Athens Olympics
despite winning the Wimbledon title a month earlier because she was not
ranked high enough at the time.
A maximum of four players from a single country are allowed to play
in the Olympics and Sharapova was not among Russia's top four when
the selection was made.
RUSSIAN INSIDE
Sharapova, who left Russia 11 years ago with her father to pursue
her tennis career in the United States, arrived in Moscow last week
and will make her Kremlin Cup debut on Wednesday.
"I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel
Russian," she said. "But coming here for the first time in years it
made me feel even more so."
Sharapova faced a barrage of questions during her first news conference
in the Russian capital, with reporters quizzing her on everything from
boyfriends to what dress she would wear at her private party at a smart
hotel later on Monday.
But the teenager played her cards close to her chest.
One reporter asked Sharapova if she was dating any ice hockey players,
alluding to another well-known U.S.-based Russian, Anna Kournikova,
who was married to Sergei Fedorov and also dated fellow NHL All-Star
Pavel Bure.
"I've met (Zinedine) Zidane and Ronaldo a couple of months ago and
I met (Russia's NHL goaltender Nikolai) Khabibulin, whose daughter
is playing tennis," Sharapova said.
"I also met Shaquille O'Neil in Miami. He's so huge and when he
shook my hand I was so scared that he was going to break it.
"I also love to watch football, not American football but Russian
football."
Sharapova also said that she would love to meet President Vladimir
Putin and was looking to buy real estate in Moscow.
"I was so surprised when Putin called me last year to congratulate
me on my Wimbledon title," she said. "Just imagine, I'm going
shopping in London and suddenly there's Putin on the phone calling.
I just said 'Oh Wow!'"
The only thing Sharapova did not like about Moscow was the city's
notorious traffic jams.
"I think it's worse than in Los Angeles," she said.
"Everything else is just great here. I think it's one of the best
cities in the world."
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