Sharapova explains website mishap, will celebrate b-day in NYC

Maria "Shriek"apova is on the case. The Russian fashionista sent around the following newsletter explaining why her website was down:

Dear Fans,

Many of you may have noticed that MariaSharapova.com has been down over the past few days. We had some technical difficulties, but I wanted to let everyone know that the site is now back up and running! I am so sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused anyone. I know some of you were wondering if the site was down permanently, but I wanted to personally assure everyone that it was not. MariaSharapova.com is something I believe in deeply and I want all of my fans to keep coming back to check it out!

In fact, we have lots of fun things coming your way soon. As some of you might know, my 21st birthday is this Saturday! I'm currently down in Charleston playing in the Family Circle Cup, but I will be celebrating next week in New York City at a birthday party hosted by Tag Heuer. I'm so excited and I can't wait! I'll be posting all kinds of exclusive photos and video from the party, so be sure to come back next week to check it out.

In the meantime, you can check out my new videos from my Nike Training commercial shoot here and my new Prince Team Sharapova gold bag collection is now available...check them out in the store.

Talk to you soon!

Maria

So the bills were paid - good thing. And, she'll be here in New York to celebrate her birthday. I'll be on that one for sure!

*VIA DOWNTHELINETENNIS.COM

(image via AP)