Friday 19 April 2013

April 19


Maria Sharapova was born on the 19th of April in 1987. She is a Russian professional tennis player. As of March 4, 2013 she is ranked world no. 3. A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 27 WTA singles titles, including four Grand Slam singles titles. She has also won the year-end WTA Tour Championships in 2004. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked Sharapova world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on August 22, 2005, and regained the ranking for the fifth time on June 11, 2012. She has been in seven Grand Slam finals with a record of 4–3. Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 at age 17, when she defeated two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final for her first Grand Slam singles title. Sharapova has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has been featured in many advertisements, including for Nike, Prince, and Canon, and is the face of several fashion houses, most notably Cole Haan. Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme. In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time, and in March 2012 was named one of the "100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel.
Oksana Akinshina (born 19 April 1987) is a Russian actress. She is probably best known for her roles in films “Sisters”, “Lilya 4-ever”, “The Bourne Supremacy”, and “Hipsters”. Starting acting at age 12, Akinshina was discovered by Sergei Bodrov, Jr., and she made her screen debut in the Russian crime film “Sisters” (2001). Her second film, “Lilya 4-Ever” (2001), earned her a 2002 European Film Award nomination for Best Actress. She lost, however, to the eight actresses of the film “8 Women” (2002), directed by François Ozon. For her role in “Lilya 4-Ever”, she also received the award for Best Actress in Leading Role from the Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's national film awards. Since then Akinshina has acted in the films “Het Zuiden”, directed by Martin Koolhoven, and “The Bourne Supremacy” (2004), directed by Paul Greengrass.

1 comment:

  1. Maria Sharapova is really a good tennis-player!! That's why her name is known all over the world.

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