Maria Sharapova Reveals A Surprising Career Detail After Retirement

The Russian tennis sensation Maria Sharapova had a long and illustrious career. Breaking onto the big stage at a young age, Maria was head and shoulders above her contemporaries for the majority of her career.

Post her retirement, people are talking about interesting details from her career. One such detail was revealed by a fan on Twitter. Surprisingly, Maria corroborated the same with a reply.

What was the detail and how did the interaction ensue? Let’s find out.

What did Maria Sharapova reveal?

Sharapova has been showered with love from her fans who have been shocked ever since she announced her retirement.

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One fan revealed on Twitter that Maria has never broken a racquet on the court in her career. This is what the fan wrote –

“Can we also talk about the fact that Maria hasn’t broken a racquet in 18 years of career? Tennis is so frustrating and she’s always managed to control herself so well.”

Maria went on to reply to the said tweet. She confirmed that she hadn’t broken any racquet on the court ever! In a sport, where breaking your racquet is the most common means of expressing anger, Maria’s amazing restraint certainly comes as a welcome surprise.

However, Sharapova revealed that she had let her anger get the better of herself in practice. The only place that she’s ever resorted to breaking racquets was during warm-up. In fact, Maria added that it actually felt good to break racquets.

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Well, this is another reason that you need to respect Sharapova for. In a sport that works so much on marginal differences, being emotionally composed is one of the greatest challenges for a player. However, Sharapova has managed to lead by example for all these years.

Let’s hope that this tremendous quality helps her in her post-retirement life too.