The 2020 season in the world of tennis leaves us with the retirement of one of the great players of the last 20 years, the Russian Maria Sharapova, winner of the four Grand Slam and number 1 in the world, who announced that he was hanging up his racket last February.
In a talk with Inc, the former Russian tennis player reviewed the reasons that led her to consider her retirement, a question that she had already been considering for several months. “It is a question that I asked myself several times in the last months before announcing my retirement. You have to look inside yourself and see what you feel, what your body tells you and also what your mind says “
Sharapova confessed that she has had great advice during her career but that the final decision had to be made by her. “You are influenced by people who are close to you and who want to guide you in the right direction, but in the end it is you who decides about your career and you must be one hundred percent sure of the decision you make. “
Finally, Sharapova confessed that in the final stretch of her career she did not have the same enthusiasm for playing tennis tournaments. “I realized that he was still showing me but not as a tennis player and that he had lost sight of the competition. It was a difficult process to manage but, together with my team, I realized that it was necessary to continue with it. For many years I have focused only on sport and have given everything to get results. “