Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko (complete name Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko born in January 25, 1987 in Moscow, Russia) is a tennis player promise for russian professional tennis. She is a nice friend of Maria Sharapova (another well known russian tennis player), and is called Makiri in a friendly manner. Maria Kirilenko won one of her most important titles in 2005, when he beated Anna Lena Groenfeld 6 3, 6 4, in the China Open, her first WTA Tour title.
At the 2006 Australian Open, Maria Kirilenko gained media attention in magazines from tennis magazine to harper's magazine for wearing an Adidas outfit designed by British fashion designer Stella McCartney and herself.
In December 2004 she played in a tennis exhibition in Tampa, Florida to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund.
Maria Kirilenko made a lot of progress in WTA events but was setback by injury in 2004 and dropped down the rankings, whilst missing out on valuable experience. At the end of 2005 she had climbed right up the rankings and won her first title in Beijing, China. Maria Kirilenko has been recognised as one of the up and coming players of 2006 and is expected to break into the top 20.
Maria Kirilenko News
Murray to face Lacko at US Open
Britain's Andy Murray will play Lukas Lacko of Slovakia in the first round of the US Open.
Clijsters battles to opening win
Fifth seed Kim Clijsters needs three sets to beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.
Clijsters through in rainy Ohio
Kim Clijsters sees off ex-world number one Dinara Safina 7-5 6-2 in a rain-hit Cincinnati Open second round.
Sharapova reaches Stanford semi
Maria Sharapova defeats fellow Russian Elean Dementieva 6-4 2-6 6-3 at the Stanford Classic in California to set up a semi-final against Agnieszka Radwanska.
Champion Bartoli defeats Ivanovic
Reigning champion Marion Bartoli advances to the Stanford quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over former world number one Ana Ivanovic.
Henin win sets up Clijsters clash
Kim Clijsters will play fellow Belgian Justine Henin in the last 16 at Wimbledon after the pair power through their third-round matches.
Henin v Petrova as it happened
Justine Henin beats Nadia Petrova in straight sets on day five of the Wimbledon Championships.
Wimbledon day five as it happened
Andy Roddick beats Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach round four at Wimbledon after wins for Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Venus Williams but defeat for marathon man John Isner.
Indefatigable Isner back on court
American John Isner will be back on court at Wimbledon on Friday, less than 24 hours after winning the longest match in history.
Venus eases by Makarova challenge
Former champion Venus Williams is made to work hard in the second round before beating Ekaterina Makarova to reach the third round at Wimbledon.
Henin & Clijsters stay on course
Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters move a step closer to a last-16 meeting at Wimbledon after both win their second-round matches on Wednesday.
