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<NEWSXML><Records totalrecords="490" recordsperpage="5"/><NewsItem newsid="6624598" categoryid="1151" newsdate="1/5/2009 1:56:00 AM" imagecopyright="" imageheight="" imagewidth="" imagesrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_4189_6231.jpg&amp;obj=iip,1.0&amp;wid=106&amp;hei=106&amp;rgn=0.3764,0.062,0.3252,0.2366&amp;cvt=jpeg" imageorigsrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_4189_6231.jpg" imagelinkurl="" imagecaption="Julian Finney/Getty Images"><newstitle><![CDATA[RANKINGS CHANGE]]></newstitle><newsteaser><![CDATA[The new rankings have been released and due to the new Roadmap the points have been increased.  Maria's points are now 5030 and she remains in 9th place.  The points have doubled from 2008.]]></newsteaser></NewsItem><NewsItem newsid="6624561" categoryid="1151" newsdate="1/2/2009 9:37:00 PM" imagecopyright="" imageheight="" imagewidth="" imagesrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_3783_5721.jpg&amp;obj=iip,1.0&amp;wid=106&amp;hei=106&amp;rgn=0.1369,0.0802,0.8031,0.6163&amp;cvt=jpeg" imageorigsrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_3783_5721.jpg" imagelinkurl="" imagecaption="GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images"><newstitle><![CDATA[GRAND SLAM WINNING STREAKS]]></newstitle><newsteaser><![CDATA[When Maria has won a Grand Slam, she has posted an impressive winning streak of at least 14 wins around the win.  Maria's biggest winning streak was 19 wins after she the US Open in 2006.]]></newsteaser></NewsItem><NewsItem newsid="6624519" categoryid="1151" newsdate="12/31/2008 5:40:00 PM" imagecopyright="" imageheight="" imagewidth="" imagesrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_4543_4605.jpg&amp;obj=iip,1.0&amp;wid=106&amp;hei=106&amp;rgn=0.3457,0.1959,0.3252,0.4345&amp;cvt=jpeg" imageorigsrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_4543_4605.jpg" imagelinkurl="" imagecaption="Canon"><newstitle><![CDATA[PHOTO BLOG UPDATED WITH XMAS PHOTOS]]></newstitle><newsteaser><![CDATA[2 more photos have been added to the photo blog for December of Maria celebrating Xmas with her friends.]]></newsteaser></NewsItem><NewsItem newsid="6624486" categoryid="1151" newsdate="12/30/2008 1:27:00 AM" imagecopyright="" imageheight="" imagewidth="" imagesrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_4253_1465.jpg&amp;obj=iip,1.0&amp;wid=106&amp;hei=106&amp;rgn=0.1676,0.0457,0.6386,0.4109&amp;cvt=jpeg" imageorigsrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_4253_1465.jpg" imagelinkurl="" imagecaption="Clive Brunskill/Getty Images"><newstitle><![CDATA[MARIA PULLS OUT OF HONG KONG]]></newstitle><newsteaser><![CDATA[In a statement today, the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association announced the withdrawal of Maria Sharapova from the Hong Kong event.]]></newsteaser></NewsItem><NewsItem newsid="6624452" categoryid="1151" newsdate="12/27/2008 10:30:00 PM" imagecopyright="" imageheight="" imagewidth="" imagesrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_3932_7082.jpg&amp;obj=iip,1.0&amp;wid=106&amp;hei=106&amp;rgn=0.2158,0.0811,0.6386,0.4345&amp;cvt=jpeg" imageorigsrc="http://picsrv.mariasharapova.com/?fif=/sharapova/img_600_3932_7082.jpg" imagelinkurl="" imagecaption="KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images"><newstitle><![CDATA[MARIA: THE MOST SEARCHED ATHLETE ON YAHOO]]></newstitle><newsteaser><![CDATA[It's official.  Maria is the most searched athlete on Yahoo.  Yahoo has published their annual list of most searched athletes and Maria comes in at #1.  Maria is the only tennis player in the top 10.]]></newsteaser></NewsItem></NEWSXML>
