China News Network, February 26. According to the Russian satellite network, on the 26th local time, Russian tennis player Sharapova, 32, announced the end of her career.

Vanity Fair quoted Sharapova as saying, "Tennis, I want to say goodbye!"

The picture shows the 2004 Wimbledon Tennis Open. Sharapova won the championship.

According to reports, Sharapova currently ranks 373th in the ranking of the International Women's Tennis Association.

In January 2020, before the Australian Open began, Sharapova said she would not retire and will continue to play.

Data sheet: Sharapova.

In 2004, Sharapova, 17, won her career's first Grand Slam title. Since then, she has won the US Open and the Australian Open in 2006 and 2008, and won the French Open twice in 2012 and 2014.

Data map: Russian player Sharapova shows the trophy at the awards ceremony. Photo by Xiong Ran from China News Agency

In early 2016, Sharapova was suspended for 15 months for taking a banned drug. At the end of April 2017, she returned from the ban in Stuttgart, thus starting a difficult second half of her career.