Every few weeks Maria Sharapova is included in some top-earners list, and the latest one is Forbes magazine’s annual "20 Under 25" list, which ranks the Top-Earning Young Superstars. The Russian money-making machine came in at a respectable third place after bringing in $23 million from June 2006 – 07.

Here's what Forbes had to say about the 20-year-old tennis star:

"Tennis' 'It' girl struggled with injuries in 2007, winning only one tournament and banking $1.7 million on the court. That's down from five tourney wins and $3.8 million in prize money the previous year. Not to worry, Sharapova's endorsement portfolio is one of the strongest in sports. This year she added Pepsi as a sponsor to an already impressive roster that includes Nike, Canon, Colgate-Palmolive and Motorola."

Why does every sponsor want Maria Sharapova? The secret of Sharapova’s marketing success explains the phenomenon in detail.

Additional info: Yahoo have announced their Top Trends in Search and Maria takes the second spot in the most searched sports terms of the year. (via Down the Line, photo via Siberian Siren)

It has been confirmed today — Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze are scheduled to play an exhibition match on December 30 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

The tickets will probably cost from about $150 up to a few thousand dollars!

Sharapova will arrive in Singapore two days prior to the match because of a few public appearances she is supposed to make.

Maria Sharapova is busy shopping and traveling, as always.

The Russian was recently spotted buying shoes in Los Angeles, looking fantastic wearing black and gold boots.

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Maria Sharapova invests a lot of time in style, always working on being unique and creative. What Masha puts on herself must be fantastic, and Nike has helped her with that.

All of her dresses tell a story or are inspired by some particular thing. Her US Open day and night dresses depicted the New York skyline, while the Wimbledon dress was inspired by a swan.

I decided to make this retrospection because I like all of Sharapova’s outfits since they all greatly differ from one another in style, color, and amazing details. My personal favorite is the US Open red dress, mainly because of the color; but the latest dress, from Madrid, is also fascinating – nice combination of colors, extraordinary model, and unique retro style. On a women's tennis forum, the outfit that got most votes was the one Sharapova wore at Roland Garros. Tell me, which one is your favorite?

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World No.6 Maria Sharapova defeated Russian compatriot Anna Chakvetadze 6-2 6-2 on Saturday at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid.

World No.7 Chakvetadze started the match well, winning her first service game and even having a break point on Sharapova’s serve. However, Sharapova won the game with a fantastic second serve to even the score to 1-1. Since then, the 20-year-old Sharapova broke her opponent twice and took a 4-1 lead. This vividly demotivated Chakvetadze, and it became clear that the first set was over for her.

The second set was a continuation of a desperate situation for Anna Chakvetadze. Sharapova had an opportunity to break her opponent in the first game of the set! And what happened…Chakvetadze gave away her first service game by foot faulting and then making her second double fault. Chances of Chakvetadze bringing back her mental strength and hope then became minimal.

In this match, Sharapova obviously showed much better tennis than Chakvetadze, but Chakvetadze could have increased her chances only if she had converted some of five break points she had.

Even though she lost this semifinal, Anna Chakvetadze can be very satisfied with what she has achieved, both at the tournament in Madrid and in 2007 season.