Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world’s most recognisable sportswomen, yesterday announced her retirement at the age of 32. “Tennis – I’m saying goodbye,” Sharapova said in an article for magazines. “After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I’m ready to scale another mountain — to compete on a different…
Maria Sharapova ready to return to best ahead of Brisbane International
January 1, 2020Her troublesome right shoulder may never be 100 percent, but former World No.1 Maria Sharapova is convinced she can bounce back to her best ahead of her latest tennis comeback. The 32-year-old has been frustrated by the ongoing shoulder complaint that has plagued her since serving a doping ban, limiting her to just eight events…
Shoulder injury rules Sharapova out of Roland Garros
May 16, 2019Maria Sharapova has pulled out of this year’s French Open with a shoulder injury, the two-time former Roland Garros winner announced on Wednesday. Sharapova, 32, a five-time Grand Slam champion, has not played since pulling out of a tournament in her native Russia at the end of January. “Sometimes the right decisions aren’t always the…
Former champs Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova crash out: Nadal, Djokovic progress
July 4, 2018London: Maria Sharapova suffered her first opening round Wimbledon defeat and earliest Grand Slam exit in eight years on Tuesday when she was shocked by fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko, the world number 132. Sharapova, the 2004 champion, was joined at the exit by 2011 and 2014 winner Petra Kvitova who was stunned by Belarusian world…
Sharapova knocked out
September 4, 2017Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open after she lost to Anastasija Sevastova in the fourth round of the tournament. Sharapova’s first Grand Slam campaign after her drug ban ended in a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to the Latvian. This was Sharapova’s fifth tournament since her comeback from a 15-month doping ban in April…
Sharapova rolls on to Round 4
September 2, 2017Maria Sharapova fought off a tough challenge in the first set and then cruised past American Sofia Kenin 7-5, 6-2 in their third-round match at the US Open. Sharapova, who received a wild card to appear in her first Grand Slam event since serving a 15-month doping ban, struggled at times with the counter-punching Kenin,…
US OPEN 2017: Sharapova makes a dream comeback, stuns Halep
August 29, 2017Maria Sharapova made a dramatic return to Grand Slam action by knocking out world number two Simona Halep at the US Open yesterday. The Russian won 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in front of a sell-out crowd of almost 24,000 people in New York. Sharapova, 30, was playing her first Grand Slam match since serving a 15-month…
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