No return announced for now, but after 5 slams, a disqualification, retreat and motherhood, the Russian leaves the door open to tennis
In the heart things never end. Maria Sharapova has returned to the field for a documented training on social networks. No announcements, at least for now, of a possible return, but his words for tennis are always of love: “First workout in two years: I did not find tennis shoes, to grant the racket cost me 78 dollars: is it normal? The shop clerk told me that if the tension of my ropes is 61-59 I don’t have to be so bad and I will accept the compliment. The best 30 minutes of my day: no phone. ball”.
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The most winning Siberian of tennis has slipped earwess of earliness. He won Wimbledon at 17, he became number 1 in the world at 18. After conquering 5 Slam titles and after a disqualification for doping he surrendered in 2020 to physical problems, the objective difficulty of returning to the top and announced the retreat. “I will miss tennis every day, I will miss training and my daily routine,” he wrote in the farewell letter. On 1 July 2022 he became Theodore’s mother, born from the relationship with the English entrepreneur Alexander Gilkes who has been alongside her from 2018. During the last Slam of the season, on August 25, Maria Sharapova was included in the Hall of Fame, presented by rival and friend Serena Williams, but at 38 the story could start again..
How Venus?
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The Venus Williams Exploit, again at play in singular and double at the Us Open 2025 of Venus Williams, at 45, opens new scenarios. Mary for 11 years in a row was the most paid athlete in the Forbes ranking, the earnings for the successes joined the much richer revenues of contracts with sports brands and beyond. “I didn’t need to return, it was not a necessity. I did it because I wanted it, because I understood that I was not ready to say enough,” Venus admitted. It is certainly not a necessity even for Sharapova, who has an estimated assets of 203 million euros and a series of sponsorship contracts that the current stars of WTA dream. If it were just to rewrite the ending, seeing it on the field would be a nice story.
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