Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova announces her retirement from tennis in an emotional interview with Vanity Fair – three years after coming back from a drugs ban
Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis at just the age of 32 after winning five Grand Slam titles during her career.
She has announced she will be quitting her beloved sport in an emotional interview with Vanity Fair on Wednesday, in which she claimed her ‘body has become a distraction’ due to injury problems haunting her career.
The 32-year-old Russian said: ‘I’m new to this, so please forgive me. Tennis —I’m saying goodbye.’
Maria Sharapova announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 32 on Wednesday
During her career, Sharapova won Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the US Open once, while clinching the French Open twice.
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