Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, five times winner of an individual Grand Slam title, retires from professional tennis. Sharapova, 32, has announced his farewell this Wednesday in an article published in Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines with the title Tennis, I say goodbye! . "By giving my life to tennis, tennis gave me a life. I will miss it every day," he wrote.
The Russian Tennis Federation has not commented.
"Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain," explains the tennis player. "My path has been filled with valleys and detours, but the views from the top were incredible. However, after 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, I am ready to climb another mountain, to compete in another terrain."
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In his farewell to professional tennis Sharapova says he will continue to apply in his life what he has learned in his sports career. "No matter what lies ahead, I will apply the same approach, the same work ethic and all the lessons I learned along the way," he wrote.
Sharapova has won 36 individual titles, including five from the Grand Slam (two Roland Garros, an Australian Open, a Wimbledon and a United States Open). Throughout his career he has ranked number 1 in the classification of professional tennis players for 21 weeks. He had now dropped to 370, the lowest in his career.
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