"I Feel Pretty", the Nike commercial featuring Maria Sharapova has certainly come true. Wearing a glittery black outfilt that looked more like a cocktail dress rather than a tennis outfilt, the third-seeded Sharapova beat No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 in the U.S. Open final Saturday to add a follow-up championship to her breakthrough title at Wimbledon in 2004.
Sharapova began the U.S. Open with as much buzz about her sponsorships as her strokes, as much talk about her getups as her game. She's long insisted she's more about substance than style, though, and now she owns a second Grand Slam title to prove it.
After wiining the match, Maria ran into the stands to hug her father, Uri, who was wearing a a "I Feel Pretty - Relaxed" tee shirt. Maria then called her mom with a cell phone while waiting for the trophy ceremony, Sharapova leaned forward in her chair and said, "This is crazy!"
During her comments to the crowd, Sharapova thanked Billie Jean King for her work for women in tennis, including for equal prize money. Sharapova earned $1.7 million with her victory, although she makes far more from endorsement deals than prize money.
Clearly, she finds more gratification in trophies. "You can't buy a Grand Slam title, you know?" Sharapova said. "You can't buy it."
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