Maria, Justine, Amelie, and Serena Nominated for Laureus Awards
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Feb 27, 2007 | Print
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The Laureus World Sports Academy has announced that Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin, Amelie Mauresmo, and Serena Williams are included in the list of nominees for the 2007 Laureus Sports Awards.
The winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards, as voted for by the members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, will be announced during a televised Awards Ceremony staged at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, on the evening of Monday, April 2.
World number one Maria Sharapova has been nominated in the World Sportswoman of the Year award for her title at the US Open, along with Justine Henin and Amelie Mauresmo.
Mauresmo has also been nominated for World Breakthrough of the Year after winning her first two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
Serena Williams was a late entry into the field of nominees this year, but she has made the cut for World Comeback of the Year after her spectacular title at the 2007 Australian Open.
There is a two-part voting process to find the winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Firstly, a Selection Panel of the world’s leading sports editors, writers and broadcasters from over 100 countries have been voting over the last month to create a shortlist of six nominations in five categories – Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, Laureus World Team of the Year, Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year and Laureus World Comeback of the Year.
The members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, which include tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles, then vote by secret ballot to select the Award winners in all seven categories.
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