The tennis ace, five-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova on Wednesday announced her retirement from tennis.
One of the world’s most recognisable sportswomen from Russia hanged her boots and bid the goodbye to the tennis court.
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“Tennis – I’m saying goodbye,” Sharapova said in an article for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines.
“After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I’m ready to scale another mountain – to compete on a different type of terrain,” she added.