Maria Sharapova Biography

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was triumphant in double, sharing her winning with Tamarine Tanasugarn. Within 2 months, she added one more trophy as she beat Milagros Sequera in the final of WTA Championship held in Quebec City. This particular year also marked her first entry to Grand Slam, competing at Australian Open on January. She created sensation when she successfully went to the fourth round of the prestigious Wimbledon in July before lost to her compatriot, Svetlana Kuznetsova. This achievement certainly made her tennis rank rapidly ascended to the 32nd. She began the year of 2004 joining the Champions' Challenge exhibition-tournament in Hong Kong. Only a little bit close to be the winner, she was severely beaten by Venus Williams in the final.

After competing at Australian Open, Tokyo Pan Pacific Open, and WTA Championship in Memphis, Maria's rank quickly rose to 22nd. She afterwards entered French Open and was successful to strive to the quarterfinal, but sadly was forced to end her journey there in Paola Suarez's hand. However, her loss was paid off as she won the singles and doubles titles at WTA Championship in Birmingham. In July, she landed her feet at Wimbledon with her 15th rank. Placed on 13th seed, ...

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she convincingly made her way to final, facing Serena Williams who at that time was the 1st seed. Scoring 6-1 6-4, she gloriously won the reputable grand slam singles title. Not only became the third-youngest women's singles champion in Wimbledon history, she also was the lowest seed ever to win this title. In the meantime, her triumph boosted her career as she was placed in the 6th of WTA Singles Rankings at the end of the year.

Maria's tennis skills developed extremely well by 2005. From all the tournaments she was in, she was always successful to enter at least the quarterfinals. She added one more winning after defeating Alicia Molik in the final of WTA Championship in Doha, Qatar. In June, she was able to repeat her triumph at WTA Championship in Birmingham, but she failed to do the same at Wimbledon as she surrendered to Venus Williams in the semi-final. Reaching the 2nd rank, she was about to take over the number one place when she joined JPMorgan Chase Open in Los Angeles. Nevertheless, her right pectoral muscle injury had prevented her to proceed to the semifinal. It forced her to withdraw from the competition, letting her opponent, ...