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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player of Belorussian descent and a former World No. 1. As of November 19, 2007, she is the fifth-ranked female player in the world. At the end of 2006, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete.

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The Sharapova family pronounces its name with a slight stress only on the second syllable (Sharápova), yet English speakers in general — and American sports commentators in particular — commonly mispronounce it by stressing the third syllable (Sharapóva).