Maria Sharapova retires: Five-time Grand Slam champion 'says goodbye' to tennis at 32

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Source: BBC Sport, linking to Vogue and Vanity Fair

Maria Sharapova retires: Five-time Grand Slam champion 'says goodbye' to tennis at 32

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Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is "saying goodbye" to tennis at the age of 32.

In an article written for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Sharapova said her body "had become a distraction" after a struggle with shoulder injuries.

The Russian won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam - all four major titles - by winning the French Open in 2012.

In 2016, she served a 15-month ban after testing positive for meldonium.

After returning from her ban in 2017, Sharapova struggled to recapture her best form and suffered from a number of injuries.

She has dropped to 373 in the world, her lowest ranking since August 2002, and has lost in the first round of her past three Grand Slam tournaments.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/51647687

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"Tennis showed me the world - and it showed me what I was made of."

After a career spanning 28 years, and after winning five Grand Slams, Maria Sharapova has had her final "game, set and match".

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Vogue and Vanity Fair are still two different magazines, right? They must have the same owner, Conde Nast.

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/02/maria-sharapova-steps-away-from-the-game

[beachbumbob]

1. she might have made 100x more money as a model but did what she loved to do with

playing tennis

[Raftergirl]

7. She made gazillions ore money

In just endorsements than from tennis.

[yaesu]

2. I don't follow tennis but wish her a good retirement. nt

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[Botany]

3. No more grunting?

Great player but the grunting got old quickly.

[MissMillie]

9. grunt? who are we kidding

those were screams

And Serena still does it.

So does Nadal on the men's side.


I HATE IT

[Raftergirl]

10. Have you heard some on the younger women on tour?

Sabalenka is one of the worse. And don’t forget Azaranka.

The women scream and shrie; the men just grunt. It’s not ear piercing like the ladies.

[Polybius]

12. Monica Seles was the Queen of Grunting

She started it all.

[a kennedy]

4. Yes.....and finally, I always had to watch her matches on mute.

Ugh, that screaming is just so annoying........am so glad the young ones coming up are taught to play without any noise.

[Javaman]

5. good on her. :)

although I wish I could have retired at 32.

[dhill926]

6. very gritty player...

always gave her all. Will miss her....

[maxsolomon]

8. 32 with a 28 year career?

I don't think it was a "career" when she was 4.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. With her father pushing her, it probably felt like a full-time job at age 4.

Now she can retire to golf, pickleball, and bingo.