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Slow start doesn't stop Sharapova

Mar 22, 2012 9:02 PM ET | By Joanne C. Gerstner
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Maria Sharapova has many things other players on the WTA tour would love to have: fame, Grand Slam trophies, and millions of dollars in endorsements and winnings.

It would be easier to go home, live a comfortable life and not have to keep driving herself, but she craves the challenge, the competition, trying to figure out a way to win every match.

Shahar Peer gave world No. 2 Sharapova all she could handle Thursday at the Sony Ericsson Open, pushing their ...

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