Strawberries and cream are the unofficial snack food of the event. Members of the British royal family are not the only famous faces in the Wimbledon crowd. Movie stars, heads of state, and celebrity athletes from other sports can also be spotted. In the finals of that event, she defeated Aniko Kapros — of Hungary. A month later, she won an event in Quebec City, Canada, and in June beat Tatiana Golovin — , a fellow Russian player and former Bollettieri schoolmate, at a Birmingham, England tournament.
Two weeks later, Sharapova made her second appearance at Wimbledon. She had played it a year earlier, in , but lost in an early round to Svetlana Kuznetsova — , another emerging Russian player. When Sharapova began at Wimbledon in , she was "seeded," or ranked by the Wimbledon executive committee, as thirteenth among women players in the world. This meant that there were twelve other players with more wins, and more experience on the court, but she steadily advanced through the quarterfinals and semifinals.
She became the first Russian tennis player to reach a Wimbledon final since , when a woman named Olga Morosova did so. Of the four Grand Slam events, the Wimbledon tournament is the only one that is played on a grass court, not a clay one. At seventeen years and two months, Sharapova became the third youngest winner in the history of Wimbledon, which dated back to At the post-tournament press conference, she said that "it's always been my dream to come here and to win," the New York Times report quoted her as saying, "but it was never in my mind that I would do it this year.
Sharapova became an instant international celebrity. Sportswriters announced that she could be the next major women's star in tennis, and her win was notable for what some Maria Sharapova stretches to return a forehand from Venus Williams in their women's singles semi-final match at the Wimbledon Championships. Sports Illustrated put Sharapova on its July 19 cover, and a week later featured a lengthy article on her rise to the top of her game.
Writer L. Jon Wertheim called her "ebullient, bilingual and hyperconfident—not to mention tall, blonde and beautiful," and asserted she "had suddenly become, as Martina Navratilova put it, 'the best thing that could have happened' to women's tennis. The U. Open was the next Grand Slam event in the season. Anticipation among tennis lovers to see how Sharapova would do ran high as the event got underway.
She did poorly, however, losing to Mary Pierce — in the third round. Sharapova had spent some of the rain delays at Wimbledon studying for her high school diploma, which she earned with the help of an online curriculum program for home-schooled students.
In April she celebrated her eighteenth birthday in New York City at a trendy nightclub called Hiro. The bash was paid for by cell-phone maker Motorola, with whom she had signed an endorsement deal just after her Wimbledon victory the year before. It was one of several generous contracts that Sharapova's IMG agent negotiated for her.
These included a renewal of the Nike endorsement, a deal with camera-maker Canon, another with luxury-watch maker Tag Heuer, and one with personal-care products giant Colgate-Palmolive. There was even her own fragrance line in the works. She continued to train for more Grand Slam events over the winter. At Wimbledon a month later, she failed to keep her title, losing in the semifinals to Venus Williams. She also said that Williams had "hit a lot of hard, deep balls.
I am a life experience that I think back to and in general I was shaped according to the Russian culture when I was little, I am not referring only to the nation but also to the mentality and tenacity, I acquired the attitude of never giving up and for this reason I have decided to stay alone with Russian citizenship.
Maria is the only Russian tennis player and seventh in history to have completed the Career Slam. In addition to being a great champion, Sharapova has also made significant gains: she has been associated with several major brands throughout her career and has even launched her own company.
In fact, in Sharapova launched the candy company called Sugarpova and many have wondered the reason for this choice. Sugarpova currently has 12 different flavors of gummy candies and is one of the most successful brands in the world in this industry. Article continues below this ad.
Maria was born on April 19, , in Nyagan, Russia. She picked up a tennis racquet at the age of 4 and went on to practice very regularly receiving her first lesson from veteran coach Yuri Yudkin. When she was six, she attended a tennis clinic in Moscow, and there it was suggested that she move to the United States to train with Nick Bollettieri. She started her professional career in After several achievements, a rise in level and many titles, at the age of 17, in , she won her first Grand Prix title at Wimbledon.
In , she was ranked number one in the world. In , she won eight WTA titles and came close to reaching number one in the world. However, she has lost in five Grand Slam semifinals in that period.
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