Well after my great result at Wimbledon, you would think that my left foot is in the grave and the right on a banana peel.....but nope, I'm in really good spirits.....maybe it is because I went to see Justin in concert and he was amaaazing!!

I had a nice little getaway this weekend at one of my favorite resorts where I usually harness my chi. It's always nice to get away for a bit and go somewhere where no one knows what tennis is......until I saw a little girl running around the pool with an 'I love Sharapova" t-shirt that was a size L, dragging around on the floor. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen!

I assume that I am currently getting spanked from everyone about my withdrawal at fed cup (what else is new!!). But I'm not going to waste time defending myself as if I'm not playing because I've got Hollywood meetings to attend instead. Let's be clear on this...if there's a chance for me to be 100% healthy by the US Open that would not include playing Fed Cup this week because a smart person would assume that a break is necessary after playing tournaments for 7 weeks. But wait, I'm still the bad person.....goooo figure!!

You won't believe what happened to me at the airport in London. Let me give you a little background before I head to the story. For my shoulder strength I have been using num chucks( these two sticks that are connected with a chain) so I left them in my tennis bag 4 weeks ago.....completely forgetting they were still there. Within Europe we flew privately so no one checked my tennis bag. So little did I know that in England they are an illegal weapon!


So I'm going through security and the people ask me what I have in my tennis bag. I give them the obvious answer, but they're like no, there's something else in there. So they get the num chucks out, and everyone starts laughing except the security guy, who clearly doesn't think it's funny. So I'm like so sorry I forgot they are in there, it's no problem if you take them. He's like 'oh I got to call the police because this is an illegal weapon'. So we're waiting for the police for 30 minutes, meanwhile all of us are not laughing anymore, especially me! So 2 police officers come. One of them looks at my passport, looks up at me, and asks me if I speak English....from that point on I really thought I was screwed. The other one recognizes me, and asks me what in the world I do with these. After a 5th explanation he gets on his walkie, back to the police station and says 'we've got tennis player Maria Sharapova here, she had num chucks in her bag which she uses for training, can we just let her go without filing a report?' There was silence for ten seconds and then a reply "Are you serious??'. The policeman says 'Yep, It's my lucky day" and hands me my passport back and says have a nice flight. Thanks buddy!

And to continue with my traveling drama.....I got a call from the car service that picked me up at the airport and said that I left my tennis bag in the car........but managed to bring in the 6 big suitcases instead....smart!

Anyways I'm attending the Espy's tomorrow which should be really fun because I'm going with a few of my friends. Camilla is actually presenting an award as well so that should be a good time.
I'm sure I'll have lots to report after that! xx

Maria