Maria Sharapova is a known legend. One cannot speak about the game of tennis without mentioning her name at some point in the story. From making her professional debut in 2001 at the young age of fourteen to becoming the youngest female tennis player to reach the finals at the 2002 Australian Open Junior championships event, the Russian former professional tennis player was known to create waves and cause a stir in almost every room she walked into.

A proud winner of thirty-six WTA titles including five major titles won at the French Open, the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon combined, Maria’s success on the WTA tour was a phenomenal one. She soon became the rule by which the success of most young and promising female players were measured for years after her debut.

However, not too long after her career had gathered enough momentum, cracks began to unfold and a once splendid success story slowly began to turn sour, causing fans of tennis worldwide to begin to wonder, what really happened to Maria Sharapova?

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