Maria Sharapova was born April 19, 1987, Nyagan, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen oblast, Soviet Union. She is a professional Russian tennis player. Only among Russians (both women and men), who's 6 times in the finals of a Grand Slam singles title.
Masha's parents came from Gomel. A few months before the birth of daughters they moved to Siberia due to unfavourable environmental situation due to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, located in Ukraine, only 100 km from the Centre of Gomel region. Maria started tennis at 4 years, by the time her family already lived in Sochi. Interestingly, the father of Masha, Yuri Viktorovich Sharapov, was friends with Alexander Nikodimovičem Kafel′nikovym, father of Yevgeny Kafelnikov and gave her first racket Eugene. In 6 years, Sharapova had a chance to play with Martina Navratilovoj, when she gave a model lesson of tennis in Moscow. Navratilova, after talent in young tennis player, still quite strongly advised the father to give Masha in American tennis Academy of Nick Bolletteri.
Adult tournaments, held under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation, Masha debuted in 2001, in Sarasota, where, however, lost in the first round. But in a year in Columbus, even without being in the women's Tennis Association, won the start of rival was then among the 300 best in the world. Coach Mary was then her father. Father of Mary, which sought to develop tennis talent, daughter of the great Council of gods, and in 1995, the world moved with Mary in the United States.
Having achieved considerable success during the games at various Tennis Championships, July 3, 2004, Maria won Wimbledon. She beat in the final of the women's single level double winner of this tournament, pool Serena Williams. As Sharapova became the first rossiânkoj to win Wimbledon. This victory allowed her to become world no. 1-8.
In January 2008, Sharapova became the face of Sony Ericsson signed an exclusive contract for four years. From August 2008 to March 2009, due to a shoulder injury (eventually leading to surgery) from appearing on the superficial Sharapova. Trial return took place in Indian Wells, where she played one match dual discharge (together with Elena Vesninoj). However, the next tournament, and the final return to the tour, was played only in the middle of may in Warsaw, where she reached the 1/4 finals, yielding Alëne Bondarenko of Ukraine.
October 3, 2009, Maria won her first tournament after a break due to injury — Toray Pan Pacific Open, becoming the first in the history of the premier WTA tennis player neseânnoj hit right away in the second round next tournament is the Chinese Tennis Open Championship.
In 2010, Sharapova had been conquered by 21 and 22 3rd tituty WTA at Memphis and Strasbourg, respectively. Relatively fortunate was summer season, during which She twice travelled to the finals on grass in Birmingham, then the hard in Stanford University (lost to Victoria Azarenka) and Cincinnati (hard trehset match – 6-2 6-7 2-6 — was defeated by Kim Clijsters).
2011 year in sports career by Maria Sharapova began with relatively good performance at the Australian Open is a professional tennis player was able to go out in the fourth round, which easily gave way to a young German tennis player Andrea Petkovic (2-6 3-6). Then after a small break (tennis player withdrew the February tournament in Paris), Sharapova successfully participated at the major tournaments of the American series in Indian Wells, she reached the semi-finals, losing the first rocket world Carolina Wozniacki (1-6 2-6), Miami reached the final, where it lost to Victoria Azarenka had garnered a good form (1-6 4-6). A great success was the victory at a major tournament in Rome the uppermost; win during the tournament, Wozniacki and Azarenka in the final, Sharapova defeated 6-th was avstralijke to Samantha Stosur (6-2 6-4). The end of the season also was a good ground for Mary; the courts of Roland-Gaross it for the second time in his career has reached the semifinals, losing only the future winner of the tournament of the tennis player Li Na (4-6 5-7). Next after French Open tournament Maria became Wimbledon, statement which also proved to be successful: for the first time since 2004, she performed in the final of this tournament, but unlike last Wimbledon finals to take the title.
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