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Sharapova shoulder will keep her out of Paris, Dubai (Roundup)

Feb 6, 2009, 14:30 GMT

Paris - The hoped-for return of Maria Sharapova has now been pushed back to March in California after the injured former number 1 Russian withdrew from February events in Paris and Dubai. Sharapova missed her Australian Open title defence and has played only one match since Wimbledon in July as she defeated Poland's Marta Domachowska in Montreal before being forced to quit that event in August. Sharapova, a three-time Grand Slam champion who has seen her ranking slip to 17th, underwent arthroscopic surgery in October and had expected to be fit by the start of 2009 in Hong Kong. But she withdrew from that exhibition as well as the Open in Melbourne. Sharapova, 21, withdrew from the Barclays Championships in Dubai on Friday after giving next week's tournament in Paris a miss. Her next chance to play is the Indian Wells event in March, followed by Miami, both required events on the WTA calendar. Sharapova is out of the top 10 for the first time in nearly five years, dating to the summer of 2004. Entered in Paris are Australian Open winner Serena Williams, Russian semi-finalist Elena Dementieva and France's Amelie Mauresmo.

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