Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova Injured
Tokyo - Petra Kvitova do not bother to advance to the semifinal round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2011. Maria Sharapova, who became his opponent back in the first set due to injury.
Compete at Ariake Colosseum on Thursday (29 / 9), Sharapova suffered an ankle injury while performing serivs left leg in the eighth game. As a result of this beautiful tennis player was forced to resign when the abandonment of Kvitova 3-4.
After feeling his leg problems, Sharapova was seen limping toward his chair. He was then rushed to the hospital to undergo a scan.
"I served and my left foot landed awkwardly," Sharapova said in Yahoosport. "I feel sick and the next thing I knew I was on the floor. My feet were swollen and I instantly knew this could not continue."
Injury Sharapova 2011 Wimbledon champion automatically bring this to the semifinals and will meet fourth seed from Russia, Vera Zvonareva.
Personal life
At the age of 7 years, Sharapova brought to the United States by her father, Yuri Sharapov, to learn tennis at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Career
2004 and 2005
In 2004, Sharapova won Wimbledon as the third-youngest winner in history. He defeated Ai Sugiyama (5 - 7, 7 - 5, 6 - 1) in the quarterfinals, Lindsay Davenport (2 - 6, 7 - 6, 6 - 1) in the semifinals, and Serena Williams (6 - 1, 6 - 4 ) in the final. He also became the first Russian to win the tournament. At the U.S. Open a few months later, he lost to French player and two time Grand Slam champion Mary Pierce. Sharapova ended the year 2004 with a victory at the season-ending, WTA Championships, defeating Serena Williams (4 - 6, 6 - 2, 6 - 4).
From June 2004 until the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2005, Sharapova won 22 matches without stopping on grass, including winning the tournament in Birmingham and Wimbledon.
Sharapova reaches Australian Open semifinals in 2005. He was defeated by Serena Williams ( 4 - 6, 6 - 2, 6 - 4 ). He could not defend her Wimbledon title. He was defeated by Venus Williams ( 7 - 6, 6 - 1 ). He was ranked first in the WTA tennis rankings, although only 1 week. Sharapova also lost in semifinals 2005 U.S. Open. He surrendered to Kim Clijsters.
That way, at the Grand Slam tournament of 2005, he was always losing in the tournament winner: Australian Open, semifinals, Serena Williams, French Open, Justine Henin quarter-finals, semi-Wimbledon-Venus Williams, U.S. Open-semi-Kim Clijsters.
2006
At the 2006 Australian Open, she lost to Justine Henin 4 - 6, 6 - 1, 6 - 4.
Sharapova earned her first in 2006 and his 11th title in his career at the Tier 1 tournament, the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California where he is seeded to-3. Sharapova and fourth seed Elena Dementieva became the first Russian who reached the final in the tournament. At the next tournament, the Nasdaq-100 Open (now the Sony Ericsson Open), she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final with a 6 - 4, 6 - 3.
Sharapova's French Open 2006 tournament without following tournaments are played on clay before. He stopped in the fourth round with a defeat by Dinara Safina 7 - 5, 2 - 6, 7 - 5.
Sharapova welcomed the grass court season with a tournament following the DFS Classic in Birmingham, but he lost in the semifinals of the Jamea Jackson. For the second time, at Wimbledon 2006, she defeated Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals by a score of 6 - 3, 3 - 6, 6 - 2.
Sharapova earned her second in 2006 at the Tier 1 tournament, the Acura Classic in San Diego as the second seed, defeated top seed Kim Clijsters, 7 - 5, 7 - 5. This was Sharapova's first victory of Clijsters in five meetings.
Sharapova followed the 2006 U.S. Open as the third seed. He defeated world number one, Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals with a score of 6 - 0, 4 - 6, 6 - 0. Sharapova later beat Justine Henin in the final 6 - 4, 6 - 4.
Sharapova also won the Zurich Open tournament, defeating Daniela Hantuchova 6 -1, 4 - 6, 6 - 3 in the final. Sharapova then won the Tier 2 tournament, Generali Ladies Linz, defeating fellow Russian and previous winners, Nadia Petrova 7 - 5, 6 - 2.
Until he lost at the end of the year tournament, the WTA Tour Championships, Sharapova had won 19 games without stopping. He ended 2006 with a 59 - 9 record and won the Tier 1 tournament more than any other tennis player.
Sharapova also announced that he would strengthen Russia's Fed Cup team for the first time in 2007.
2007
Sharapova started 2007 by reaching the final at the exhibition tournament and warm-up for Australian Open 2007, Watson's Water Champions Challenge, where he was defeated by Kim Clijters, 6 - 3, 7 - 6 .
At the Australian Open, top seed Maria Sharapova defeated the 62nd-ranked Camille Pin in the second half with the score 6 - 3, 4 - 6, 9 - 7. The match was played in very hot air temperature, 40 ° C (104 ° F). In the fourth round, Sharapova defeated compatriot Vera Zvonareva, 7 - 5, 6 - 4. In the quarterfinals, Sharapova defeated 12th-seeded Anna Chakvetadze 7 - 6 , 7 - 5. She then defeated fourth seed Kim Clijsters, 6 - 4, 6 - 2 in the semifinals to advance to the final. However, Serena Williams, ranked 81st of the world, won easily, 6 - 1, 6 - 2.
Sharapova then follow the Toray Pan Pacific Open, a Tier 1 tournament in Tokyo, Japan. He became the first seed. In the semifinals, he surrendered to Ana Ivanovic through injury, 6 - 1, 1 - 0.
The next tournament is the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, where he was the previous champion and the top seed. However, she lost to Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round with a score of 4 - 6, 7 - 5, 6 - 1.
At the tournament Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Sharapova again lost easily from Serena Williams, this time in the fourth round with a score of 6 - 1, 6 - 1. In the previous round, he defeated Yung-Jan Chan and Venus Williams.
Sharapova is scheduled to play in the tournament the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, but a shoulder injury made him unable to follow his tennis tour for 5 or 6 weeks, which also means he will not play in the Russian Fed Cup team against Spain.
On March 29, 2007
* Sharapova has a 3 - 5 record in Grand Slam semifinals.
* Sharapova has a 6 - 12 record against the top players of the world ( 2 - 5 against Justine Henin, 3 - 3 against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Amelie Mauresmo and 1- 4 against ). Sharapova has a 2-4 record against Serena Williams, and 3-4 against Kim Clijsters, who is also a former world number one tennis player.
appreciation
2003
* Womens Tennis Association (WTA) Newcomer of the Year (WTA Newcomer of 2003)
* Hottest female athlete of the year (Maxim)
2004
* WTA Player of the Year (WTA tennis player in 2004)
* WTA Most Improved Player of the Year (the most developed WTA tennis player)
* WTA Player Service
* Hottest female athlete of the year (Maxim)
2005
* Espy Best Female Tennis Player (version Espy best female tennis player)
* The best Russian by the Russian Tennis Federation
* Master of Sports of Russia
* Hottest female athlete of the year (Maxim)
* Prix de Citron Roland Garros
2006
* Hottest female athlete of the year (Maxim)
* The best Russian by the Russian Tennis Federation
