Sharapova did not attempt to defend her Australian Open title as she continued to recover from surgery. She returned to the sport in March, in the doubles tournament at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, but she and partner Elena Vesnina lost in the first round. After this, Sharapova withdrew from further singles tournaments. As Sharapova's hiatus continuted, her standing in the world rankings was severely affected. She dropped out of the top 100 for the first time in six years in May, the nadir being World No. 126.

Sharapova played her first singles tournament in nearly ten months in May, at the clay-court Warsaw Open. There, she won her first two matches but lost in the quarterfinals to Alona Bondarenko. The following week, Sharapova played at the French Open. She surprisingly reached the quartefinals of the tournament, having defeated 11th seed Nadia Petrova 6–2, 1–6, 8–6 in the second round. However, she lost to Dominika Cibulková 6–0, 6–2. With this result, her world ranking recovered, from No. 102 to No. 60.

Sharapova then went to compete in the 2009 AEGON Classic in Birmingham, a warm up tournament for Wimbledon. There she reached the semi-finals, before falling to Na Li for the first time. She then went on to lose in the second round of Wimbledon to Gisela Dulko. This was similar to her 2008 Wimbledon campaign, where she beat her first round opponent in straight sets, but lost in the next round to player whom she had a perfect record against - although in 2009 she lost her second round match in three sets.

Sharapova began her 2009 U.S. Open Series campaign at the Stanford where she was unseeded. She progressed to the quarterfinals, crushing Nadia Petrova en route, before losing to eventual finalist Venus Williams. In Los Angeles, she won her first round match against Jarmila Groth[50] in straight sets, and defeated #3 seed Victoria Azarenka in the second round. Sharapova needed three sets to defeat Alona Bondarenko in the third round 4–6, 6–0, 6–3. She defeated Urszula Radwańska in the quarterfinals in straight sets despite 13 double faults. She lost to Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the semifinals after leading 3–1 in the third set. Sharapova's ranking recovered from No. 61 to No. 49. Sharapova's next scheduled tournament is the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

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Sharapova has been labeled as a power baseliner by tennis critics and fans.[4] She is noted for having an excellent double-handed backhand and serves, particularly for the power and placement of these shots. She is also noted for having a good forehand. Likewise, critics claim that for her height, Sharapova has decent agility on-court.[5] Being an offensive player, Sharapova is usually able to overpower her opponents or keep them on the run with sharp angles from the baseline. Because of this aggressive play, she excels on the fast-playing grass and hard courts, but is not as dangerous on clay. This is because she is not among the strongest of defensive players. She can lose precision on her groundstrokes when she is put on the run herself, a weakness that the best all-around players will exploit. Sharapova also is not a traditional volleyer, instead using a powerful "swinging" volley for net approaches.[6] Sharapova usually serves for placement, but uses enough power on her first and second serve that attacking that stroke is very difficult for her opponents. She has been trying to develop her "all-power" game, while also adding in slice, drop shots and drop volleys.

Because of shoulder injuries, Sharapova adopted a new service action with a shorter backswing after Wimbledon 2007. Her first and second serve became less effective during the majority of the 2007 season. Previously, she had an elongated backswing to generate power on her serve. However, as a trade-off, the swing also placed incredible strain on her shoulder, leading to Sharapova's shoulder injury at the beginning of the 2007 season. With her shoulder injury apparently healed, Sharapova has since returned to her elongated service motion, and her serve has been more effective in 2008.

Sharapova is ambidextrous and played left-handed until she was ten years old, before deciding to play right-handed. Although she almost always employs a right-handed forehand and double-handed backhand, she has one of the most accurate double-handed backhand shots and is known to occasionally hit left-handed shots as a result of her early left-handed training. She has also been criticised for her loud on-court "grunting."

Sharapova has won every Grand Slam singles title except the French Open. She believes that winning the French Open will be a big challenge[8] and has described her movement on clay as like a "cow on ice."

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