Maria Sharapova announces her retirement at 32

The Russian won five Grand Slams and was number 1 in the world.

In an article published in the magazines “Vogue” and “Vanity Fair, Maria Sharapova said goodbye to tennis at 32 years of age. “By giving my life to tennis, tennis has given me life. I miss it every day,” he summarizes.

After his parents moved to Russia from Belarus in 87 for fear of the effects of the nuclear power plant accident of Chernbil, started playing tennis in Sochi thanks to your to, the former russian tennis player Yevgeni Kafelnikov.

Martina Navratilova He discovered her and convinced her parents to move her residence to the United States, where she began to progress.

In 2004, at 17, she became the third youngest woman to win Wimbledon after beating Serena Williams in the end. It will be his only triumph at the All England Club. I will get four Grand Slams ms in 2006 (US Open), 2008 (Australia), 2012 and 2014 (double in Roland Garros). In addition, he was a finalist five times: three in Australia (2007, 2012 and 2015), one in Wimbledon (2011) and another in Pars (2013). Three of those defeats, against Serena, his great rival, who also super in the final of the London 2012 Olympics.

In total, Sharapova, who became world number 1, has won 36 individual titles, 22 in hard, three in grass and eleven in clay. And he has achieved more than 37 million dollars in his tense career.