Good news tennis fans! Russian cutie pie Maria Sharapova will be back to defend her Australian Open title in mid-January, according to her agent.
The timeline for her recovery from a shoulder injury suffered during the last season is on schedule. She tore a rotator cuff tendon in her right shoulder in July, causing her to take about five months off.
Her time off has caused her to slip in the rankings to No. 9 at the end of the 2008 season. Hopefully her shoulder will be fully recovered, and she can begin climbing back up the rankings.
I’m not sure we’ve missed her squeals, grunts and groans, but we have missed her on the court. We anxiously await your return, Maria!
