Maria Sharapova: Second in the WTA women's Tennis Rankings

Just do a Google search on Maria Sharapova and you will find that the first results will take you to beautiful and glamorous pictures of this Tennis star. She is very beautiful- no doubt about that but she is a great player too. Yes, she is now the second placed female player according WTA women’s ranking. Central Chronicle reported:

“Russian Maria Sharapova moved to second place in the WTA women's tennis rankings released on Monday, edging closer to number one Amelia Mauresmo of France.

Sharapova claimed her fifth title of the year Sunday at the Linz Open when she beat defending champion and number two seed Nadia Petrova 7-5 6-2 in an all-Russian final.

Sharapova had already enjoyed victories at the US Open, Indian Wells, San Diego and Zurich.”

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. However, Sharapova is more than a beauty. She is a great athlete who is becoming a role model in the Tennis world. She is beautiful and top athlete. More than everything, she is a great person. We hear hardly any scandal about her and she tries to dedicate some of her time for charity works. All these she is doing just at the age of 19. Way to go Maria. Hopefully, she can become the number one in ranking within the end of 2006.