Maria Sharapova Iourievna was born Sunday, April 19, 1987 at Niagan Russia (Siberia) is a Russian professional tennis player. His parents are originally from Gomel in Belarus, but were forced to flee Russia in 1986 after the Chernobyl disaster.
At the age of 4 years, a friend of his father, Yevgeny Kafelnikov's father, gave him his first racket. She was later introduced to the sport by Yuri Ioudkine. Two years later, she went to an exhibition given by Martina Navratilova in Moscow and has the opportunity to exchange some bullets with it. The grand champion, who sees great potential in Maria, advised his father to send him to Florida in the famous training camp of Nick Bollettieri. Finally she left the U.S. in 1995 and is supported by Robert Lansdorp, who is known for having collaborated with Tracy Austin, Lindsay Davenport and Pete Sampras among others.
Maria Sharapova is ambidextrous and played left hand until the age of 11 years. Even today, it happens very rarely indeed, run shots defense of his left hand.
She turned professional in 2001 when she was just 14 years old. After two years of apprenticeship, Maria takes off in 2003 by winning his first two tournaments (Tokyo and Quebec) at only 16 years. The following year, she confirmed the hopes placed in it by winning the tournament again in Tokyo, Seoul and then those of Birmingham. Maria takes the 13th place worldwide in late May 2004.
But his career took a different turn in early July 2004. At 17 and just under two months, she became the third youngest player in history, after Martina Hingis (16 years and 9 months in 1997) and Lottie Dod (15 years and 9 months in 1887), and the first Russian to win the famous tournament of Wimbledon. Maria suddenly takes on the status of a superstar of women's sports. Advertising contracts will follow but it does not lose its main objective: tennis.
On 22 August 2005, she became the first Russian women's tennis history to reach the top spot in world rankings.
advantage of his immense fame, Maria Sharapova sign advertising contracts with many large Marks and became one of the highest paid sports on the planet. It is, among others, the face of Nike, Prince, Land Rover, Sony Ericsson, Canon, Colgate-Palmolive, PepsiCo Parlux Fragrances or TAG Heuer. She has previously collaborated with Motorola. It also takes advantage of his good looks to pose in various magazines.
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