Maria Sharapova photoAccording to On the Baseline, cutie pie Maria Sharapova will take over the No. 1 singles ranking next Monday, as announced by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on Thursday. Maria will take over that spot following the sudden announcement of Justine Hennin’s retirement. Jestine requested that her World No. 1 ranking be removed from the Tour Rankings opening the way for the current No. 2, Maria, to move into the World No. 1 spot.

This is the fourth time in her career that Maria has been ranked No. 1. She lost the ranking to Hennin in March 2007. Now she will be back where she belongs, looking cute at No. 1, She looks like a No. 1 to me in this photo! Her qualifications now include 30th sexy woman in the World, and No. 1 women’s singles tennis player in the World. What a combination! What more would it take for “World Domination”?