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
Australian Open day five as it happened
Roger Federer joins Novak Djokovic in the fourth round with a straight-sets win over Marat Safin, but women's fifth seed Ana Ivanovic crashes out.
Ivanovic crashes out in Melbourne
Number five seed Ana Ivanovic is woefully out of sorts as she is beaten by the 29th seed Alisa Kleybanova in the Australian Open third round.
Aussie Open photos
Pictures from day five of the Australian Open
Venus through to Zurich quarters
Venus Williams reaches the quarter-finals of the Zurich Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.
Tsonga triumphs in Thailand Open
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claims the Thailand Open with a straight-sets victory over Serbian top seed Novak Djokovic.
Murray handed kind US Open draw
British number one Andy Murray will play Argentina's Sergio Roitman in the first round of next week's US Open.
Injured Sharapova in Games doubt
Maria Sharapova exits the Rogers Open in Montreal with a shoulder injury which may rule her out of the Olympics and US Open.
Dementieva exits early in Canada
Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva is beaten in the second round of the WTA tournament in Montreal.
Murray knocked out in mixed semis
Jamie Murray and Liezel Huber are beaten by Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur in the Wimbledon mixed doubles semi-finals.
Live - Wimbledon day six
Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal are in superb form as they reach the fourth round, as defending champion Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic also advance.
Wimbledon day three as it happened
Marat Safin shocks Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic squeezes through but Roger Federer wins easily on day three.
