Maria Sharapova is considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time
The five-time Grand Slam champion announced the news Wednesday in a guest column for“I’ll miss it every day,” she continued. “I’ll miss the training and my daily routine: Waking up at dawn, lacing my left shoe before my right, and closing the court’s gate before I hit my first ball of the day. I’ll miss my team, my coaches. I’ll miss the moments sitting with my father on the practice court bench.”
The Russian athlete added: “Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain. My path has been filled with valleys and detours, but the views from its peak were incredible. After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I’m ready to scale another mountain—to compete on a different type of terrain.”
Sharapova’s final match of her career came at the 2020 Australian Open, where she was defeated in the first round by Donna Vekić. The athlete has also been plagued with numerous shoulder injuries throughout her career, and even had to get surgery in early 2019.
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