Marie Sharapova stops the costs. The Russian, who has been desperately trying to find a correct level since her return from suspension in 2017, announced on Wednesday that she was ending her career. "Tennis - I bid you farewell. After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, I'm ready to climb another mountain on a different terrain, ”she wrote in a column published by the magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair.
His last match against Vekic
Sharapova, who exploded at the age of 17 by winning Wimbledon, then gleaned the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008 and Roland Garros in 2012 and 2014. Tested positive for meldonium during the Australian Open 2016, she had to serve a 15 month suspension. She never really recovered, chaining injuries and missed appointments.
Reduced to 373rd in the world, the former number 1 remained on four consecutive defeats, including eliminations in the first rounds of the 2019 US Open against Serena Williams and the 2020 Australian Open against the Croatian Donna Vekic. His last game.
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