maria sharapova

Sharapova was born in 1987 to Yury and Yelena, ethnic Belarusians, in the town of Nyagan' in Siberia, Russia. Her parents moved from Gomel, Belarus after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 affected the region. When Sharapova was two, the family moved to Sochi where her father befriended Aleksandr Kafelnikov, whose son Yevgeny would go on to win two Grand Slam singles titles and became Russia's first ever World No.Maria Sharapova is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. Sharapova has won 22 WTA singles titles, including 3 Grand Slam singles titles, and 3 WTA doubles titles. She was also runner-up at the 2007 Australian Open. Maria Sharapova has also won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004. She made her professional debut in 2001, and played her first WTA tournament at the Pacific Life Open in 2002, winning a match before losing to Monica Seles. Due to restrictions on how many professional events she could play, Sharapova went to hone her game in junior tournaments, where she reached the finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2002. She was the youngest girl ever to reach the final of the Australian Open junior championship at 14 years and 9 months. Thailand against Venus Williams and won 6–4, 6–3. Sharapova then played another exhibition, the team event Hong Kong Tennis Classic where she represented and was Captain of Team Russia. She won her first singles match against Zheng Jie 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–2 and then teamed up with Yevgeny Kafelnikov to win the doubles match 6–4, 7–5 against Ayumi Morita and Paradorn Srichaphan of Team Asia Pacific. Sharapova then defeated World No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3 in the final against Team Europe.
After playing two exhibition tournaments in Asia, Sharapova officially began her season at the Australian Open, where she was upset in her first round match that lasted more than 3 hours, losing 6–7(4), 6–3, 4–6 to Maria Kirilenko. The loss meant that for the first time since 2003, Sharapova had lost her opening match at a Grand Slam event.
Immediately bouncing back, she competed in the Cellular South Cup. She defeated Shenay Perry 6–0, 6–2; Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–1, 6–1; 8th seed Elena Baltacha 6–2, 7–5 and 5th seed Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–3 to reach the final where she beat Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 6–1 to win her 21st career WTA title and first of the year.
At the BNP Paribas Open, Sharapova came back from 4–6, 2–5 down to defeat Vera Dushevina 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 in the second round, but then lost in the third round 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 to Zheng Jie, aggravating a bruised bone on her right elbow in the process, which resulted in her eventual withdrawal from the Sony Ericsson Open and the Family Circle Cup.
Returning at the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Sharapova lost in the first round 4–6, 3–6 to Lucie Šafářová.

maria sharapova

maria sharapova

maria sharapova

maria sharapova

maria sharapova