How old is Maria Sharapova?

Maria Sharapova is a famous female tennis player of Russian origin, who became the first Russian woman to win Wimbledon and the Grand Slam tournament. She was born in Nyagan, Russia, in 1987. Her family moved to the US in the early 1990s and there Maria started training in the Tennis Academy of Nick Bollettieri. Sharapova became a professional tennis player when she was only 14 years old, and quite soon she began winning international competitions like AIG Japan Open, etc. In 2004 Maria won Wimbledon tournament, and the following year she won the US Open, becoming the first Russian to do so as well. In 2007-2008 she suffered a shoulder injury, and in 2010 ranking lowered to No 4. 2012 Olympic Games became one more success in her career when she managed to win silver losing to Serena Williams in the finals. Maria continued winning the Grand Slam tournaments by becoming the first in Australia Open and the US Open. In 2016 she was suspended after failing medical tests. Maria Sharapova earned a lot as a member of various commercial campaigns with such companies as Nike, Tiffany, Evian, Avon, and many more. She has her own candy line. Sharapova was dating a number of sportsmen like a basketball player Sasha Vujacic, a Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov, and even there were rumors about her briefly dating Cristiano Ronaldo.

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