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Maria Sharapova retires from tennis after 19-year pro career
ESPN ^
| February 26, 2020
| ESPN News Service
Posted on 02/29/2020 7:22:35 AM PST by L.A.Justice
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement.
"Tennis -- I'm saying goodbye," she wrote in an essay that appeared Wednesday in Vogue and Vanity Fair.
Sharapova turned pro in 2001 at age 14. She won Wimbledon in 2004, the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008 and the French Open in 2012 and 2014. She is one of only six women in the professional era to win each major tennis title at least once. She made 10 Grand Slam finals in all, going 5-5.
For a while, Sharapova was as big a star as her sport had, earning many more millions of dollars in sponsorship deals than she did on the court.
The 32-year-old Russian reached No. 1 in the WTA rankings in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2012, but she has dropped to No. 373. She lost in the first round of this year's Australian Open to Croatia's Donna Vekic in straight sets. She played only two matches this season and lost both.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: sharapova; sports; tennis
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I wish her the best in her retirement...
To: L.A.Justice
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:25:43 AM PST
by
Howie66
("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
To: L.A.Justice
My favorite Russian of all-time
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:28:24 AM PST
by
RonnG
(')
To: Howie66
Huh. Never heard of her.You must never have seen her, either, or you wouldn't forget. Watching her play was actually mesmerizing.
To: L.A.Justice
Ate some of her Sharipova Candy a few years ago.
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:33:39 AM PST
by
sanjuanbob
(Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
To: RonnG
I preferred Anna Kournikova.
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:34:26 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Operation Chaos is in play. Repeat, Operation Chaos is in play)
To: RonnG
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:34:31 AM PST
by
Timmy
To: gloryblaze
This thread was worthless without pictures.
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:34:47 AM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: gloryblaze
Had to mute the audio, though.
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:34:56 AM PST
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: gloryblaze
Worked hard. Looked good doing it, too. Worthy champion.
To: L.A.Justice
My favorite womens tennis player will always be Anna Kournikova. I consider her the greatest of all time.
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:35:41 AM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: Howie66
This thread is useless without pictures.
To: L.A.Justice
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:38:38 AM PST
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FXRP
(Cogito, ergo Spam!)
To: L.A.Justice
She was on
Shark Tank last night as an investor.
-PJ
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02/29/2020 7:41:35 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
To: Menehune56
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posted on
02/29/2020 7:42:42 AM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: Howie66
>>Huh. Never heard of her.<<
Hottest player ever. And unlike Anna Kornikova, Sharpova could PLAY and WIN!
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02/29/2020 7:48:02 AM PST
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freedumb2003
("DonÂ’t mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Why not enjoy both?
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02/29/2020 8:03:45 AM PST
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wardaddy
(I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
To: Menehune56
That is their female tennis players. Why do ours look so horrifying or like trannies.
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02/29/2020 8:05:42 AM PST
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DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
02/29/2020 8:06:50 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Fascism and socialism are cousins. They both disarm their citizens.)
To: numberonepal
Shes obviously guilty and needs to be placed into my custody immediately for therapeutic rehabilitation.
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02/29/2020 8:08:40 AM PST
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semaj
(We are the People)
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