Maria Sharapova, the Russian tennis ace, retired from professional tennis in the year 2020. She made her name when the Williams duo had the entire sport in the palm of their hand, winning 5 Grand slams and a silver in Olympics 2012.

Though Sharapova faced more than enough hardships while in tennis, she still loves the sport. Therefore, with the grass swing on the rise, she shared a picture of herself playing in the greens.

Sharapova’s Wimbledon look

The former World no.1 shared a picture of herself from the 2005 Wimbledon championship. In the image, she can be seen wearing a white outfit with golden lining and a pair of Nike shoes with golden detailing as well. And wrote, “Not your typical Monday. Happy Flash back.”

In the grass-based Grand Slam of 2005, Sharapova, the defending champion, made a run to the semifinals and lost her seat in the finals against the seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams in a straight set. Williams later defeated Lindsay Davenport in three sets, 4–6, 7–6, 9–7, to claim the trophy.

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Following that, in the year 2006, she claimed her first US Open and second Grand Slam trophy. The Russian defeated the seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin in straight sets of 6-4, 6-4.

Some noteworthy records of Maria Sharapova

Sharapova is one of the six women tennis players in the open era to complete a Career Grand Slam. At the age of 18, she became the fifth youngest World No.1. Further, she has a record of holding a rank in the top 10 of WTA for 10 seasons.

Speaking of ranking, the five-time Grand Slam champion has held the rank of world No.1 for a record of 21 weeks in total. She was crowned five times in the years 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2015, respectively.

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In addition, the Russian at least claimed one WTA title for 13 years, from 2003 to 2015, which is the fourth-longest streak in WTA’s history. The first three are Martina Navratilova’s 21 years, Chris Evert’s 18 years, and Steffi Graf’s 14 years streak.