Maria Sharapova has repeatedly said in interviews and magazine fluff pieces that her job, first and foremost, is a tennis player. Beyond being a candy mogul, a fashionista, and a shrewdly branded icon, she's also game to play a new sport of sorts, even if she will by no means quit her day gig soon. Witness "soccer tennis," as presented by Sharapova and her team:

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The Russian, who will soon make a play for the WTA's No. 1 ranking at the tour's season-ending finale in Singapore, posted the clip to her 14.8 million Facebook followers.

Despite her success on clay courts in recent years, Sharapova is still known by tennis observers as Not A Mover, but suffice it to say, she holds her own here in the rally (or whatever it's called).

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