Maria Sharapova's new signature move
Maria Sharapova plays Sara Errani in the Sony Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
I suppose if you're Maria Sharapova, you're probably sick of your own signature. That would explain her new move of avoiding her own signature during the perfunctory post-match camera signing. She now inks cryptic messages that leave many scratching their heads.
"I just got bored with signing my name all the time," Sharapova said in Indian Wells, where she debuted her new signing technique.
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Incidentally, Sharapova hasn't lost a match since she started writing her secret messages on the cameras, which she says are inside jokes among a few select friends.
Here's a collection of the nine messages she's signed so far. Will she get a 10th in Miami? She plays Sara Errani in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
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Sharapova debuted her new signature style with "Tweet Me!" after her opening-round win over Francesca Schiavone in Indian Wells.
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"Who knows?" she asked, after beating Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round of Indian Wells. Asked to explain her signature, Sharapova declined. "Yeah, that's pretty much staying here," she said, pointing to her face.
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"Feeling Silly?" What's with all these questions, Maria? It's starting to feel like an interrogation.
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"Just Kidding" she wrote after besting Sara Errani in a quarterfinal match that finished right before midnight.
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After beating Maria Kirilenko in the Indian Wells semifinals, Maria wished us all "Sweet Dreams." Thoughtful!
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No mysteries here after she beat Caroline Wozniacki in the Indian Wells final to win her first title of the year. "Champion" it is.
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The messages didn't stop when she got to Miami for the Sony Open. Drop a second-set bagel on young Genie Bouchard in her opening round in Miami? "Sweet Nothings."
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Brush aside Elena Vesnina in the third round of Miami? "Hottie!"
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Sharapova writes "The Sweetest Dreams" after beating Klara Zakopalova in the fourth round.
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