In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time and in March 2012 was named one of the " 100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel. Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme. She has appeared in many advertisements, including those for Nike, Prince, and Canon, and has been the face of several fashion houses, most notably Cole Haan. Sharapova has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She returned to the WTA Tour on 26 April 2017 at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
On 4 October 2016, the suspension was reduced to 15 months, starting from the date of the failed test, as the Court of Arbitration for Sport found that she had committed "no significant fault" and that she had taken the substance "based on a doctor's recommendation… with good faith belief that it was appropriate and compliant with the relevant rules". On 8 June 2016, she was suspended from playing tennis for two years by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Sharapova failed a drug test at the 2016 Australian Open, testing positive for meldonium, a substance that had been banned (effective January 1, 2016) by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Although she played under the banner of Russia with the WTA, she has lived in and been a United States permanent resident since 1994. She won 36 titles in total, including the year-end championships in her debut in 2004. She won five major titles - two at the French Open and one each at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. 1 for the first time on 22 August 2005 at the age of 18, becoming the first Russian woman to top the singles rankings, and last held the position for a fifth time for four weeks from 11 June 2012 to 8 July 2012. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in women's singles at the 2012 London Olympics.
She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to achieve the career Grand Slam. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks.
She competed on the WTA Tour from 2001 to 2020 and was ranked world No. Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( Russian: Мария Юрьевна Шарапова, pronounced ( listen) born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. In 2008 Maria Sharapova won her third Slam title at the Australian Open making her number one in the world again.Īfter this success everything changed with Maria who contracted a tear in the tendon of the shoulder, the second serious injury there and was forced to undergo surgery.Right-handed (two-handed backhand), born left-handed Sugarpova currently has 12 different flavors of gummy candies and is one of the most successful brands in the world in this industry. In fact, in 2013 Sharapova launched the candy company called Sugarpova and many have wondered the reason for this choice. In addition to being a great champion, Sharapova has also made significant gains: she has been associated with several major brands throughout her career and has even launched her own company. I am a life experience that I think back to and in general I was shaped according to the Russian culture when I was little, I am not referring only to the nation but also to the mentality and tenacity, I acquired the attitude of never giving up and for this reason I have decided to stay alone with Russian citizenship." Maria is the only Russian tennis player and seventh in history to have completed the Career Slam. In the end it is a matter of the family environment and the rich culture one has.
Here are her words about the topic: " Surely I would have taken American citizenship if I really wanted it, but in reality I have never asked myself this problem, talking to my family and my team. Maria Sharapova: "That's why I never took US citizenship"ĭespite this, she never took citizenship and recently she tried to answer this question by explaining the reasons for this decision. This is the main reason why Maria Sharapova moved to Florida in 1994 and she has lived there as a resident ever since. When she was only 6 years-old she then went to a tennis school in Russia, but she was then suggested to move to the United States to train with the well known and famous coach Nick Bollettieri.
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