My night with Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova unveiled her limited-edition Canon Powershot Diamond Collection Wednesday, August 20 2008 at New York City's South Street Seaport.

I had the enviable task of covering the unveiling of Canon’s new Powershot Diamond Collection on Wednesday. I wasn’t as interested in the diamond encrusted camera, however, as I was the 6’2 Russian tennis player that was doing the unveiling. Although Maria Sharapova won’t be playing in the U.S. Open this week due to a torn rotator cuff, she did make it out for a night on the red carpet at the South Street Seaport. I caught up with her to talk about the injury, and her thoughts on having to sit out her first major. Video after the jump.

On the Men’s side, James Blake was in Manhattan on Friday, fresh off his disappointing loss to Novak Djokovic in the bronze medal round of the Olympics. After his impressive win over Roger Federer in Beijing, Blake should be a favorite to win the U.S. Open. However, I can think of several people who may disagree with that, namely Rafael Nadal, the new number one player in the world who just added an Olympic gold medal to his trophy case - Matt Leach, Special to Bobby v. the World