Lucky me. I got to meet and chat with Maria Sharapova today. She is so poised, so lovely. She came to the Four Seasons Hotel in LA thgis afternoon to do interviews connected tgo Russia's Olympic Winter Games bid for 2014. I will share that interview with you tomorrow.
He manager told me that Maria hopes to next play in the clay tournament in Istanbul which is the week before the French Open. A nagging right shoulder injury has plagued her this season and is the reason it was announced today that the world number two will miss the Internazionali d'Italia tournament in Rome. She has not played since she lost to American Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami in April. She withdrew from last year's Rome event wiith a foot problem.