Maria has been named the second annual winner of the Whirlpool 6th sense Player of the Year. The award honours the player who has demonstrated the most 6th sense intuition over the course of the year. Maria was one of the three world's top players short-listed for the award via an online competition organised by Whirlpool. The competition ran from March '06 to October. '06 and over 54,000 people participated with over 15,000 voting for the three players they felt best reflected 6th sense intuition - sharp intelligence, unbeatable performance and pinpoint precision. The three finalists were Maria, Martina Hingis and Amelie Mauresmo. From the finalists, Maria was chosen to receive the Award by an expert panel and the online voters from across Europe. The panel consisted of former World No. 1 and 14 time Grand Slam title winner - Arantxa Sanchez; Co-President of the International Tennis Writers Association, Eleanor Preston; and Eurosport's leading tennis commentator, Simon Reed. Commenting on receiving the award, Maria said, "I'm thrilled to have won the Whirlpool 6th sense Player of the Year award for 2006. It completes a great year for me and it is an honour to win such an award against the world's best players. The significance of intuition in my game is that I try to anticipate my opponent so I can react faster and with greater precision. As the game gets faster and the competition stronger, intuition becomes even more important." 官網 -- 應該是第二屆的獎，去年得主是Henin， 今年入圍的還有Hingis跟Mauresmo， 由網路投票+數位專家綜合出的結果。 恭喜莎娃。 :) --

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