Maria Sharapova has decided to immediately end their career, to continue. The five-fold Grand Slam winner and former number one in the world and has been for some time, suffering from a lingering shoulder injury.
“Tennis has given me quite a lot, but after 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, I’m ready for another mountain to climb”, wrote Sharapova on Wednesday with a column in Vogue, in which she said goodbye to mark.
Sharapova is known as one of the best tennissters all the time. The Russian, who in her career of 36 WTA titles, won 21 weeks of the world cup leader, was one of six players who have all the Grand Slam singles tournaments, and won the match. Only Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navrátilová, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams were there as well.
in The first Grand Slam title, Sharapova dating back to 2004, when she was seventeen, the age of the World on the name of the book. They were followed by titles at the US Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008 and Roland Garros in 2012 and 2014).
Dopingschorsing held Sharapova to 15 months and at the end
now, In 2016, it was Sharapova for a fifteen-month suspension, as they did during the Australian Open of that year, the positive had been tested for meldonium. That way, by the end of 2015 anti-doping agency WADA is on the list of banned substances placed in it.
In april 2017 was Sharapova in her back, and then they were in October’s WTA tournament in Tianjin on the name of the book. After this title, she made not a single tournament in the final round. In the autumn of her career, she often has to deal with injuries, leading them in 2019, a quarter of the matches played.
at the Beginning of this year, Sharapova will be at the Australian Open, but she was in australia as early as the first round off. The silver medalist of the Olympic Games in 2012, was due to her disappointing results, down to the 373e position in the world.