Sharapova run the tournament in Auckland

The former No. 1 women's professional tennis, Maria Sharapova will participate in the tournament in Auckland (New Zealand), which begins Monday. It will be in the company of her compatriot Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova as well as champion in this race last year Janina Viykmayer (Belgium), which also elected its first tournament of the WTA that in New Zealand.

Sharapova said he chose this race because it considers more competition-with more opportunities to improve your ranking in the world rankings, but also as the best test after injuries to check the level before the start of the Australian Open.

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