A French Open 2012 : Grand Slam for Sharapova
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the newyork times.....Tennis
Ever since shoulder surgery nearly forced Maria Sharapova into early retirement, she occupied an odd, conflicted space in both tennis and the wider world of sports.
She remained among the most marketable female athletes on the planet, tall and blond and famous, a superstar in every sense except the most important one.
That recent gap between her game and her fame closed considerably on Saturday, closed by virtue of another one-sided affair that sent Sharapova knees first onto the clay, then bounding into the stands, where she kissed not one but two babies.
After Sharapova dismantled Sara Errani of Italy, 6-3, 6-2, she held aloft the silver French Open championship trophy, for her the most elusive of the major championships.
For Sharapova, the triumph at once completed a career Grand Slam and her comeback to the highest level of her sport,
two notions that seemed improbable as recently as two years ago. After all the millions earned and tournaments won and magazine covers graced,
Sharapova said she knew the instant her knees hit clay Saturday that this title meant more to her than any other.
“It’s the most unique moment I’ve experienced in my career,” she said. “I never thought I would have that.”
It can be hard to believe that Sharapova is 25 years old now, eight years removed from the Wimbledon triumph at 17 that announced her prodigious talent,
four years removed from the shoulder surgery that nearly prematurely buried it.
Sharapova has been praised and dismissed, lauded and ridiculed, and she swore Saturday that, through all that, she never listened to any voice except her own.
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Ever since shoulder surgery nearly forced Maria Sharapova into early retirement, she occupied an odd, conflicted space in both tennis and the wider world of sports.
She remained among the most marketable female athletes on the planet, tall and blond and famous, a superstar in every sense except the most important one.
That recent gap between her game and her fame closed considerably on Saturday, closed by virtue of another one-sided affair that sent Sharapova knees first onto the clay, then bounding into the stands, where she kissed not one but two babies.
After Sharapova dismantled Sara Errani of Italy, 6-3, 6-2, she held aloft the silver French Open championship trophy, for her the most elusive of the major championships.
For Sharapova, the triumph at once completed a career Grand Slam and her comeback to the highest level of her sport,
two notions that seemed improbable as recently as two years ago. After all the millions earned and tournaments won and magazine covers graced,
Sharapova said she knew the instant her knees hit clay Saturday that this title meant more to her than any other.
“It’s the most unique moment I’ve experienced in my career,” she said. “I never thought I would have that.”
It can be hard to believe that Sharapova is 25 years old now, eight years removed from the Wimbledon triumph at 17 that announced her prodigious talent,
four years removed from the shoulder surgery that nearly prematurely buried it.
Sharapova has been praised and dismissed, lauded and ridiculed, and she swore Saturday that, through all that, she never listened to any voice except her own.
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