Russian to draw crowd

The Newport Beach Breakers’ World Team Tennis match against the St.

Louis Aces at 7 p.m. Saturday featuring 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria

Sharapova is expected to sell out at Palisades Tennis Club, Breakers

ticket sales manager Scott Gwartz said.

Approximately 1,550 tickets were sold by Thursday while the rest

are expected to be snatched up when individual tickets go on sale at

2 p.m. Saturday, Gwartz said. Capacity at Palisades is 1,600.

The Breakers have only been selling packaged deals for the two

matches this weekend at Palisades -- Saturday and Sunday against

Sacramento. Individual tickets will be available Saturday only at

Palisades.