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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova was born on 19 April 1987, in Nyagan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her parents, Yuri Sharapov and Yelena, are from Gomel , Byelorussian SSR. Concerned about the regional effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident , they left their hometown shortly before Maria was born.
After breaking onto the professional tennis scene at just 14 years old in 2001, Maria Sharapova quickly became one of the sport’s biggest stars. In between, the 6-foot-2 Russia-born star reached ...
Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion known for plenty of on-court grit and off-court attention, and Bob and Mike Bryan, twins who won a record 16 major titles in men's doubles ...
On August 22, 2005, Sharapova became the World No. 1 for the first time in her career, and thus became the first Russian female player to ascend to the top of the WTA rankings. [12] Sharapova at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
A new kind of love! Tennis star Maria Sharapova announced that she and fiancé Alexander Gilkes welcomed their 1st child together, baby boy Theodore, on Thursday, July 1. Celebrity Babies of 2022 ...
Sharapova qualified for the year-end WTA Tour Championships for the second year in a row, having picked up three titles during the season. She was drawn in the Green Group along with Lindsay Davenport, Patty Schnyder and Nadia Petrova. Sharapova won two of her three matches, the only loss coming to Petrova in the last match.
The post Look: Maria Sharapova’s Best Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Photos appeared first on The Spun. The legendary tennis player revealed that she is pregnant. Sharapova, 35, made the ...
Sharapova started her grass court season at Birmingham, where she had won her first grass court title five years earlier. Unseeded, she defeated Stéphanie Dubois , Alexa Glatch , seventh seed and future Wimbledon quarter-finalist Francesca Schiavone and Yanina Wickmayer to reach the semi-finals, before being defeated by Li Na there.