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Players at U.S. Open share their playlists

Tennis player Maria Sharapova likes warming up her

Photo credit: AFP / Getty | Tennis player Maria Sharapova likes warming up her game by listening to music by Kanye West.

Maria Sharapova says there's nothing more "boring" than watching a tennis player warm up. To make matters interesting, she insists, you've gotta add music to the mix.

"I don't think the crowd just wants to see us practicing for five minutes," says Sharapova, who likes to serve and volley to anything by Kanye West. "Good music," she explained last week at the Tiffany-InStyle party in Manhattan,...

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