Maria Sharapova outfit to be auctioned at U.S. Open |
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Maria Sharapova outfit to be auctioned at U.S. Open |
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Tuesday September 01, 2009 |
 Maria Sharapova outfit to be auctioned at U.S. Open The United States Tennis Association (USTA) will hold an auction in September featuring over 500 items belonging to a number of tennis stars including Russia's Maria Sharapova. "USTA Serves is partnering with Guernsey's Auction House to host "The Vintage Tennis Auction at the 2009 US Open." The auction will be held on Sept. 11 and Sept. 13 and will feature over 500 authentic items, featuring everything from John McEnroe's shoes to an outfit worn by Maria Sharapova,", the USTA Serves Foundation, the association's philanthropic branch, said in a statement. The organizers are hoping to raise as much as $500,000 to support disadvantaged children through the integration of tennis and education. Maria will play tonight at 7pm at the US Open Maria seeded No. 29 will play tomorrow againts Tsevtana Pironkova of Bulgaria in the 1st round. they have played once before in Istanbul in 2007 on clay and Maria won in straight sets. If Maria can win that match she will then either play Polana Hercog of slovenia or Christina McHale of Australia in the 2nd round. The first seed Maria can meet is No. 4 Elena Dementieva of Russia int he 3nd round. Previous Maria News Maria Sharapova will play tomorrow at the US Open Maria Sharapova at Arthur Ashe Kids Day Elena Dementieva wins the Rogers Cup Tournament in Toronto by defeating Maria Sharapova in 2 sets Maria Sharapova moves on the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto by defeating Alisa Kleybanova Maria Sharapova wins her match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto over Agnieszka Radwanska Maria Sharapova wins her match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto over Vera Zvonareva Maria Sharapova wins her first match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto over Nadia Petrova |
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