UMaria Sharapova wayeyintombazana ehlakaniphile kwaye iyingqondi. Wayebamba yonke into kwaye waqonda ngokucacileyo igama lokuqala. Akazange afune ukubonisa into kabini. Xa uneminyaka engama-7, uShapopova angenza ukutya okuphosakeleyo. Wayenokubizwa ngokulula ngokuba ngumphathi omncinci wakhe. UMaria wayenenjongo kakhulu ukususela ebuntwaneni kwaye wayesoloko ezama ukukwenza yonke into kuphela ezintlanu kunye. Kulo mphefumlo, uMaria wayengumntwana ozolile, onomusa kunye nobumnene. Xa wayeneminyaka emithandathu uShapopova wadlala noMartina Navratilova, xa wanikeza iklasi yamatennis kwi-tennis eMoscow. Mhlawumbi, yilapho leyo ngxelo yecala lomdlali we-tennis yatshintsha ngokukhawuleza. Inyaniso kukuba uNavratilova wayethetha noyise waza wamkholisa ukuba ahlakulele italente yakhe yintente kwisikolo se-tennis uNick Bolletieri, esiseFlorida. E-America, uShapopova wayenomqeqeshi ogama lakhe lizele ngamagama adumile njengabadlali be-tennis njengoPete Sampras, uLindsay Davenport noTracy Austin. Wayesoloko athi uMasha uqobo uyaduka nge-tennis. Ngokuqinisekileyo, kwakufuneka avele kumaphephancwadi, anike iidliwano-ndlebe, kodwa konke oku akubalulekanga kuye njengomdlalo. Kwakusemdlalweni owawuvule ngokupheleleyo. Wayeyindoda engumnqweno ongayi kuze amshiye kwaye uya kuhlala efikelela ekupheleni.
I-Sharapova yaqala kumatyelelo omdala ngo-2001. Ngelishwa, ulahlekelwe kwinqanaba lokuqala, kodwa akuzange kube isizathu sokuba umdlali osemdlaleni we-tennis anike. Ngokuphambene noko, wagxininisa ekuqeqeshweni kwaye emva konyaka, eColumbus, ngokukhawuleza wabetha intombazana eyayibhekwa njengowomnye wabadlali abaphezulu be-tennis kwihlabathi. Emva koko, uMariya wathabatha iikomityi enye kunye kwaye wawuthatha kwiintlobo zeethennti ezahlukeneyo. Ngoku akukho mntu wayenokungabaza ukuba le ntombazana iya kuba yinkwenkwezi entsha kwinkundla ye-tennis.
Ngo-2004, uMasha waba ngumdlali weentlanzi ezingamashumi amabini ehlabathini. Ngokuqinisekileyo waba ngumdlali ophumeleleyo, owakwazi ukuphumelela umdlalo kwiBirmingham kwiingqungquthela kunye nokuphindwe kabini kweeveki, kwaye uMas wakwazi ukuguqulela iphupha lakhe. Yingaloo ke ukuba wakwazi ukunqoba iWimbledon. Ngaphezu koko, uShapopova akazange aphumelele. Yilapho ephumelele ukuphumelela kabili kule ntambo, uSerena Williams.
Kwaye emva kwalokhu u-Masha waba yinkwenkwezi yangempela yemidlalo ye-tennis. Yena, intombazana leyo eyayinika ithemba, yaba ngumntu onokuguqulela amaphupha akhe kwaye enkundleni yentenethi into enokuyiphupha.
Kodwa, ewe, njalo njalo emva kwempumelelo, kukho ilahleko. Ngoko ke, emva kokunyuka okunomtsalane, uShapopova walahlekile kwi-US Open. Ulahlekelwe nguMary Pierce kwinqanaba lesithathu.
Emva koko, u-Masha uphinde wawuthatha kwii tournaments. Kodwa, njenganoma yimuphi umdlali, wayekhathazekile ngokulimala ayekufumene kwinkundla yentenethi. Ukususela ngamaxesha uMasha wayengenakuphuma enkundleni ngenxa yentlungu yakhe kumalungu. Ngako oko, uMas kwafuneka aphelise ukulwa. Kodwa, naphezu kweengxaki zempilo, intombazana yayisasebenza ngokuzimela kunye nokuqeqesha. Masha waba omnye wabantu abadumileyo abanomdla kakhulu kwihlabathi. Emva kweMelbourne, uMasha waba yiRussia yokuqala. Umqhubi weqela lokuqala kwiTokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open waba ngumqhudelwano wesibhozo owawunqoba nguMaria Sharapova. Kwakulo mqhudelwano u-Masha waba ngowokuqala kwaye wayinqoba umdlali wehlabathi, umdlali we-tennis, uLindsay Davenport.
U-Masha uthatha indawo yokuqala, kwaye ke wehla kwixabiso. Kwezinye iindwendwe, wayengenakukwazi ukuphuma ngenxa yokulimala okwamkhathaza ngakumbi. Ngoko ke, uMarie akananto engashiyileyo, ngaphandle kokuba enze njani isimo sakhe somzimba kunye nexesha elithile ahambe kude nemidlalo.
Ngendlela, yile nto eyanikezela iziphumo zayo, kwaye intombazana yakwazi ukuphinda ibuye ifom ebonakalayo eyayiqala kwaye yatshintsha yonke into ibe ngcono. U-Sharapova uzuze umqhubi wesibini we-Grand Slam kwi-career yakhe-US Open. Kwiiseti ezimbini wabonisa i-tennis yeyona ndlela kwaye uyabakhombisa ukuzithemba. Ngaloo ndlela uMariya wabetha uHenin-Ardennes - 6: 4, 6: 4! Emva kolu mdlalo intombazana yathi la ndelayo: "Oku kunzima kakhulu. Ndawa ngamadolo ndaza ndacinga ngento yonke ebekelwe imali kulo mqhudelwano! Oku kukubaluleka komsebenzi wam ukususela ebuntwaneni, oko kwakunokwenzeka ukubonga kwimbewu yam emangalisayo. "
NjengoMgogo uSlam ophumeleleyo, uMariya wabuyela eMoscow ukuba athathe inxaxheba kulo mdlalo njengeKremlin Cup. Kwakuyinhloko-dolophu yaseRussia Federation apho uMas wayefuna ukubuyela kumncintiswano emva kokuwina i-Open Cup.
UMaria Sharapova uchitha yonke ixesha lakhe elikhululekile kwi-tennis. Ewe, le ntombazana inendawo kunye nobomi bomntu. Kodwa ke, kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithathu ubona intenethi njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo ebomini bakhe. Kwaye, kunjalo. Enye into ebalulekileyo kuye yintsapho. UMaria uyaqonda ukuba kubabongi kuphela kubazali bakhe baye bafezekisa izinto ezinjalo kwaye baya kukwazi ukufezekisa injongo zakhe. Babengabazali bakhe abenza konke okwenziwe ngelo xesha elinye intombazana likwazi ukujongana nomqeqeshi obalaseleyo kwaye iphumelele imiphumo ebonayo kwimidlalo. Ewe, njengawe nawuphi na umfazi wezemidlalo, uhlasele kwaye uhla, kodwa onke ama-Masha awazi kakuhle kakuhle ukuba uyithemba kunye nenkwenkwezi yazo zonke i-tennis yaseRashiya.