Sharapova, a tall and intense Russian who punctuated her flat groundstrokes with piercing shrieks, won five Grand Slam singles titles, starting with Wimbledon at age 17 in 2004, when she beat the No. Yet Sharapova made an arguably more indelible mark off the court as the highest-earning women’s athlete for 11 straight years, according to Forbes. Sharapova said she had been taking it for 10 years because of a magnesium deficiency, dizziness and a family history of diabetes. At the Grand Slam tournaments, she made the 2018 French Open quarterfinal, then lost in the first round of her last three majors. “Maria is very smart, very savvy and very professional, probably the ultimate professional,” Steve Simon, chief executive of the Women’s Tennis Association, said in a recent interview.

Source: bd News24 February 26, 2020 14:48 UTC