| |
|
Slide 1 :
|
MARIA SHARAPOVA “MASHA”: THE INCREDIBLE TENNIS PLAYER Divya Shree Rathore,
Bhuvaneshwari,
Dr. K. S. Rathore
kamalsrathore@gmail.com
+919828325713(M) |
|
|
Slide 2 :
|
MARIA SHARAPOVA BORN ON:-April19,1987 Parents: Yuri and Elena, are from Gomel, Belarus than shifted to Sochi, Siberia in 1987 |
|
|
Slide 3 :
|
Early training of Maria primal to princess of tennis First guide byAleksandr Kafelnikov- whose son Yevgeny would go on to win two Grand Slam singles titles and become Russia's first Number One world-ranked tennis player. Billy Jean King Martina Navratilova “I remember when I met her when she was 13, she always told me she wanted to be No.1. First she said, I want to be star, I said , ‘ whoa, what does it mean? Does that mean you want to make lot of money?’ ‘No, no, no,’ she said, ’I want to be No.1.That’s what a star is.’ she was emphatic about being No.1 Enter into Tennis Clinic of MN at age 10 |
|
|
Slide 4 :
|
Grand Slam Titles of Masha Wimbledon 2004 Australian Open 2008 US Open 2006 French open2012 |
|
|
Slide 5 :
|
When this is going to end? I have to fight back, I want to be No.1 again …She said when she was suffering hard-to-diagnose shoulder injury She suffered for 3 years by severe pain in shoulder |
|
|
Slide 6 :
|
I feel like “a cow on ice” |
|
|
Slide 7 :
|
“People were saying I had inflammation which was really frustrating, because I knew there was something more to it, then after that, it wasn’t getting better as soon as everyone thought it would. That was the frustrating thing, because it was like, when it is going to end?” |
|
|
Slide 8 :
|
I have to work hard, I have to climb from ranking 126 to again No.1, I have to keep me mentally fit, have to think positive during this 10-months rehab period |
|
|
Slide 9 :
|
I love my work, I love playing tennis |
|
|
Slide 10 :
|
I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself. |
|
|
Slide 11 :
|
Ten women tennis players who achieved a career Grand Slam (A,F,W,U) 1) Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA)1,2,3,3 2) Doris Hart (USA)1,5,4,4 3) Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) 1,1,1,1 4) Margaret Court (Australia)11,5,3,5 5) Billie Jean King (USA)1,1,6,4 6) Chris Evert (USA)2,7,3,6 7) Martina Navratilova (Czech)3,2,9,4 8) Steffi Graf (Germany)4,6,7,5 9) Serena Williams (USA)5,1,4,3 10) Maria Sharapova (Russia)1,1,1,1 A:Australian Open
F:French Open
W:Wimbledon
U:US Open |
|
|
Slide 12 :
|
I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends. |
|
|
Slide 13 :
|
First Grand slam at 17 at grass court of Wimbledon |
|
|
Slide 14 :
|
I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience. |
|
|
Slide 15 :
|
“I thought when I won Wimbledon at 17, that would be the most treasured moment in my career, but when I fell down on my knees at Roland Garros today on winning French Open on clay, I realized this is the extremely special, even more so.” |
|
|
Slide 16 :
|
Wimbledon 2004 US Open 2006 Australian Open 2008 French Open 2012 |
|
|
Slide 17 :
|
I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova. I now have two titles (singles and doubles) under my belt and it feels great, ... I think with these things, it is a matter of time. If you put in the hard work - and I have worked so hard . |
|
|
Slide 18 :
|
“I never thought that something would be sweeter than the first one I won,”
“But I felt like I really deserve this one because I’ve worked so hard. I was grumpy and I had my tough days and I yelled at people. But I never, never put my head down.”
|
|
|
Slide 19 :
|
I love you very much I have so many outs and I could have said, I don’t need this. I have money, I have fame, I have victories; I have Grand Slams.’ but your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when it’s freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief some times isn’t there from the outside world, and you seem so small.” |
|
|
|
|
Slide 21 :
|
My next dream is to win a gold in Olympics |
|
|
Slide 22 :
|
UN Goodwill Ambassador, and has donated heavily to Chernobyl-related projects. the top earner in female sports |
|
|
Slide 23 :
|
I will retire the day I wake up and don’t believe I can be a better player. |
|
|
Slide 24 :
|
Keep going. Keep improving. That’s always my goal, whether I win or loss |
|
|
Slide 25 :
|
Career Grand Slam,
Champion and all-time great |
|
|
Slide 26 :
|
"It probably is the most special moment in my career," "When I looked at that trophy today, I never felt this happy. It's really incredible.“ - |
|
|
Slide 27 :
|
Maria have reached the peak which was conquered earlier only by the world’s strongest and legendary tennis players-the winning of all four Grand Slam events. She deserved award for her talent and outstanding work. She showed magnificent play there. All of Russia, millions of her fans across the country supported her and wished her to win there. President Russia
V. Putin Russian PM Medvedev |
|
|
Slide 28 :
|
How much she loved tennis |
|
|
Slide 29 :
|
Tennis is my life, tennis is in my blood, tennis is in my dreams, I’m living for tennis. |
|
|
|
|
Slide 31 :
|
I am happy about my small town girl background and proud to be a Russian. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Slide 35 :
|
Masha allah….. |
|
|
|
|
Slide 37 :
|
I’m not satisfied yet, this is just the beginning |
|
|
|