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Sharapova to burn dad's 'assassin' hoodie after Open win
0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008
MELBOURNE (AFP) — Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova said she would celebrate her win Saturday by burning her father Yuri's infamous "assassin" camouflage hooded top.
Sharapov caused outrage at the season-opening Grand Slam when he made a throat-slitting gesture after his daughter's quarter-final win over world number one Justine Henin as he wore the army-print sweatshirt courtside.
He escaped punishment for his actions after tennis authorities accepted his explanation that it was an in-joke between father and daughter that had been misinterpreted.
However, the Australian press said it was "gutter behaviour" that cemented his place in the club of infamous tennis parents, while even Sharapova said her father "looks like an assassin" in the...
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