Watch hot pics of Birthday girl Maria Sharapova who turns 27

New Delhi: The international tennis sensation Maria Sharapova is celebrating her 27th Birthday today. She has been a heartthrob of all the tennis fans across the world. Her beauty and grace attracts thousands of her fans to tennis stadia. Only God knows whether people in a tennis match admire her game or only admire her.Have a look to some of her hot public appearances:Born April 19, 1987, Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player and as of current WTA rankings, she is ranked World No. 8.A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 29 WTA singles titles, including four Grand Slam singles titles. She also won three WTA double titles. She has been in eight Grand Slam finals with a record of 4–4.She has also won the year-end WTA Tour Championships in 2004. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked Sharapova World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks.Sharapova has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has been featured in many advertisements, including for Nike, Prince and Canon, and is the face of several fashion houses, most notably Cole Haan. They want to cash in on her stunning glamorous looks and world wide popularity.Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in 2005 and 2008. Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Programme donating over $100,000 to Gomel area of Belarus affected by Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster from 1986, and launching a $210,000 scholarship program for students from Chernobyl area; also donated value of Porsche Cayenne she won at 2004 WTA Championships (approximately US$56,300) to those affected by school hostage crisis in Beslan. In 2006, Maxim ranked Sharapova the hottest athlete in the world for the fourth consecutive year. She posed in a six-page bikini photo shoot spread in the 2006 Valentine's Day issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, alongside 25 supermodels.In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time, and in March 2012 was named one of the "100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel.Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 at age 17, when she defeated two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final for her first Grand Slam singles title.She entered the top 10 of the WTA Rankings with the win. She subsequently won major titles at the 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open, before being forced out of the game for ten months by a recurring shoulder injury, which ultimately required surgery in October 2008.Sharapova returned to the game in May 2009, returning to the top 10 in March 2011 and capturing her fourth grand slam title at the 2012 French Open. By doing so, it made her the 6th woman in the Open Era to complete the career Grand Slam. In the same year, she won an Olympic silver medal in the London 2012 Olympics, losing the final to Serena Williams."Sugarpova" is a candy line created by Maria Sharapova and candy veteran Jeff Rubin, founder of international retailer IT'SUGAR. According to the Sugarpova website, "Sugarpova is a premium candy line that reflects the fun, fashionable, sweet side of international tennis sensation Maria Sharapova.She has an extremely strong following on social media (as of December 1, 2012, was the most-followed female athlete on Facebook with 11 million fans). The charm of this female tennis sensation has been same as it was in her childhood. Isn't she looking cute???India TV wishes her a very happy birthday and may live a long life!