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| Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова) (born
April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennisplayer and the current
World No. 1. At the end of 2006, she was theworld's
Sharapova's parents moved from Homyel, Belarus, to Siberia, Russia, in
1986, after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. She was born the following
year in Nyagan, Russia. Sharapova's father, Yuri Sharapov, brought Maria
to the United States to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in
Bradenton, Florida when she was 7 years old. Her mother, Yelena, who
could not come with them because of visa restrictions, followed a few
years later. Sharapova has lived in the United States since then but
retains her Russian citizenship. In 2002, Sharapova bought a beach home
in Manhattan Beach, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, but lives most
of the year near the IMG training facility in Bradenton. highest-paid female athlete. Sharapova has won two Grand Slam singles titles. She is the reigningU.S. Open champion, having defeated Justine Henin in the final of the2006 U.S. Open. Two years earlier, she defeated Serena Williams in thefinal at Wimbledon. More >> |
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