Photos: Maria Sharapova celebrates one-year anniversary of Sugarpova

Maria Sharapova has been monopolizing the headlines this last week, whether it was for firing newly appointed coach Jimmy Connors or floating the possibility

Courtney Nguyen | Aug 21, 2013

Photos: Maria Sharapova celebrates one-year anniversary of Sugarpova /

Maria Sharapova has been monopolizing the headlines this last week, whether it was for firing newly appointed coach Jimmy Connors or floating the possibility that she might change her last name to "Sugarpova" for the U.S. Open, an idea she wisely nixed. So when word came that she was starting an accessory line, it actually sounded ... normal.

NGUYEN: Why Sharapova was never going to change her name

Sharapova celebrated the one-year anniversary of her Sugarpova candy by launching a new Sugarpova-branded accessory line at Henri Bendel in New York City on Tuesday. Here's Maria talking about her new accessory line and, yes, about her wise decision not to change her name to "Sugarpova."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2xD_HlfcM

Take a look at photos from the event (all photos by Craig Barritt/Getty Images).

Published Aug 21, 2013

COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.