Maria Sharapova Unveils Handbag And Footwear Line By Cole Haan

You can tell the media and the tennis fans are all warming up for the US Open. There is so much happening on the count-down days.

Maria Sharapova has unveiled her new fashion collection by Cole Haan. The three-time Grand Slam singles champion has debuted her Maria Sharapova by Cole Haan collection of handbags and footwear at the Rockefeller center in New York on August 28th.

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Still together

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Serena Williams and Common

Serena Williams and Common attended the “Just Wright” wrap party at Greenhouse on August 25, 2009 in New York City. Serena must be emotionally in a good place, something which can help her secure the US Open title.

Vaidisova-Stepanek

Remember them? Photo is as recent as it gets, taken at the US Open’s players party.

NYT interview with Roger Federer

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Photos: Svetlana Kuznetsova in PROsport

Russian PROsport magazine’s August 3rd issue features Svetlana Kuznetsova. The photos have turned out to be quite beautiful. Last December, PROsport also had a great photo session with Vera Zvonareva.

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First photo of Roger Federer’s twin girls

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Photo of Roger Federer’s twin girls

Maria Sharapova tops Russian celebrities list

Maria Sharapova tops Forbes listTennis player Maria Sharapova with an annual income of $22 million tops the list of the 50 powerful Russian celebrities. She is followed by football forward Andrei Arshavin with over $7 million. There are 19 newcomers on the list among whom are Dinara Safina (16th, $4.5 million), and Vera Zvonareva (42nd, $2,4 million). Elena Dementieva was the 19th ($1.9 million) and Svetlana Kuznetsova was 33rd ($3 million). The rankings were estimated based on earnings, media exposure and search terms on Yandex Russian search engine.

Interestingly Maria was also the only Russian ranked at 76th on the Forbes’ 100 Celebrities list 2009. It should be noted that Maria was sidelines for nine months by the shoulder injury.  Despite her absence from the courts, her web rank was 15. Not bad ha?

Read more about Maria’s celebrity power here, and here.