◆Name: Maria Sharapova

姓名：瑪利亞·莎拉波娃

◆Date of Birth: April 19， 1987

出生日期：1987年4月19日

◆Birthplace: Nyagan， Russia

出生地點(diǎn)：俄羅斯的亞甘市

◆WTA Ranking: 4

世界排名：第四位

◆Nationality: Russian

國(guó)籍：俄羅斯

◆Height: 188cm

身高：1.88米

◆Weight: 59 kg

體重：59公斤

◆Plays: Right-handed

擊球方式：右手

On April 19， 1987， Maria Sharapova was born to parents Yuri and Yelena Sharapova， in western Siberia. When Maria was two years old， her family moved from her birthplace in Nyagan and settled in Sochilihis was yet another move for her parents， who had moved to Ngygen from Belarus the year before Maria was born in order to escape radiation from Chernobyl. Sochi was home to Russian tennis great Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the time and would soon be the home of another tennis star.

1987年4月19日，一對(duì)夫婦尤里和耶蓮娜在寒冷的西西伯利亞地區(qū)生下了瑪利亞·莎拉波娃。在瑪利亞兩歲的時(shí)候，她家從她的出生地亞甘搬到了索切利西斯，這是他們第二次搬家，上一次是在瑪利亞出生之前，他們從貝拉魯斯搬遷到了亞甘，原因是為了躲避切爾諾貝利的核輻射。索切利西斯是俄羅斯著名網(wǎng)球手耶夫里尼·卡費(fèi)爾尼科夫的出生地，現(xiàn)在這里即將誕生另一位俄羅斯的網(wǎng)壇明星。

When Sharapova was four years old， she began to develop an interest in tennis. Kafelnikov's father， who was a friend of the family， gave young Maria one of his son's old tennis racquets， and she began to fall in love with the game. She was naturally drawn to the fundamentals of tennis even as a child， and possessed a desire to be the best. Every day， she practiced her tennis skills by hitting tennis balls against the side of the house.

4歲時(shí)，莎拉波娃開始對(duì)網(wǎng)球產(chǎn)生了濃厚的興趣?？ㄙM(fèi)爾尼科夫的父親是他們家的朋友，給了莎拉波娃一個(gè)他兒子用過的網(wǎng)球拍之后，莎拉波娃更加熱衷于這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)了。她在很小的時(shí)候就開始練習(xí)網(wǎng)球的基本動(dòng)作，而且力爭(zhēng)做到最好。每天，她都對(duì)著家里的墻練習(xí)網(wǎng)球技術(shù)。

In 2001， Sharapova's professional tennis career officially began， when she joined the junior circuit. She won twenty-five matches that year， lost only three. The following year， she did even better， maintaining her record of only three losses， and claiming twenty-six victories. In 2002， she was also permitted to play a number of matches on the professional tour， which was quite an accomplishment for such a young player.

2001年，莎拉波娃的職業(yè)網(wǎng)球生涯開始了，因?yàn)樗齾⒓恿耸澜缜嗄昃W(wǎng)球巡回賽。在那一年，她共贏得了25場(chǎng)比賽，只輸?shù)袅?場(chǎng)。第二年，她做得更加出色了，保持了一年只輸3場(chǎng)的記錄，而且贏得了26場(chǎng)比賽的勝利。2002年，她開始參加一些場(chǎng)次的職業(yè)比賽，這對(duì)于一個(gè)年輕選手來說是一個(gè)很大的成就。

By 2004， Sharapova was as strong as ever，she wowed Wimbledon audience by defeating champion player Serena Williams. This victory made Sharapova the first Russian to win a Wimbledon singles， and the third youngest women's champion in the history of the game.

2004年，莎拉波娃開始走向顛峰，她在戰(zhàn)勝小威廉姆斯之后獲得了溫布爾頓網(wǎng)球公開賽的冠軍。這次勝利使莎拉波娃成為了俄羅斯第一位獲得溫布爾頓網(wǎng)球公開賽冠軍的人，而且是獲得溫布爾頓網(wǎng)球公開賽冠軍第三個(gè)年輕的選手。

Winning at Madrid would have offered Maria the chance to end the year at Number 1; however that was not to be and she went down to Henin in the semis. Henin won 6：2 ， 7：5. Sharapova is still on the recovery path from the foot injury that she had a month ago.

在馬德里的捧杯表明莎拉波娃有機(jī)會(huì)在這一年年末攀升到國(guó)際排名的第一位，但是，她沒有做到，在最后的一場(chǎng)比賽中輸給了同樣出色的海寧。海寧以6：2和7：5直落兩盤擊敗了莎拉波娃。當(dāng)時(shí)，莎拉波娃還在腳傷的恢復(fù)階段中。

Sharapova has had a dazzling year so far in which she has won five tournaments that includes three-in-a-row in her last three tournaments. She hasn't done too badly financially either and has accumulated a cool $24 million in the last year. Maria was named the world's richest female athlete by Forbes for the year 2005.

莎拉波娃的2005年是一個(gè)夢(mèng)幻的賽季。她贏得了5個(gè)巡回賽的冠軍，包括她在最后3個(gè)巡回賽上連奪3個(gè)冠軍，這簡(jiǎn)直是個(gè)奇跡。她也因此獲得了不斐的收入，在那年他的總收入已經(jīng)達(dá)到了2 400萬美元。但是她還是沒有被福布斯收錄進(jìn)世界上收入最高的10名女運(yùn)動(dòng)員的行列。

The 2007 Wimbledon did not turn out as the ace tennis player Maria Sharapova had dreamt. Sharapova， the 2004 champion lost in the semifinals against Amelie Mauresmo. This was a great shock to her. The 19 years old found it difficult to lift her spirits after her defeat. But soon she found solace in retail therapy. Sharapova told her fans that positive thinking and retail therapy is of great help at times.She said that is definitely not a setback.\" I take every loss as a new beginning. It teaches me a lot. I am going to be back on the court and I am going to keep working until I get better at those things.\" She added， \"sometimes talk is cheap. It is a matter of going out and doing it. In a few days I will be back on the practice courts and that is what it is all about.\"

2007年的溫布爾頓網(wǎng)球公開賽沒有像莎拉波娃這名發(fā)球高手想象的那么順利，莎拉波娃這名2004年此項(xiàng)賽事的冠軍在半決賽上被阿米爾·毛銳斯莫擊敗，止步4強(qiáng)。這對(duì)于她來說是一個(gè)很大的打擊。19歲的莎拉波娃發(fā)現(xiàn)她在這次失敗之后就很難再找回自己的狀態(tài)。但是不久后，他就學(xué)會(huì)用自我療法給自己找回自信。莎拉波娃告訴她的球迷說：積極的思想和自我安慰在那個(gè)時(shí)候?qū)λ浅Ｓ袔椭Ｋ罱K沒有灰心。“我把每一次失敗當(dāng)作一個(gè)新的開始” 沙拉波娃說，“這教會(huì)我許多東西，現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)找回自己的信心，我將繼續(xù)努力工作，爭(zhēng)取在我的網(wǎng)球事業(yè)上做得更好，”她補(bǔ)充說道：“有時(shí)光說不做是沒用的，在不久的將來我將回到我的訓(xùn)練場(chǎng)，開始我新的征程?！?/p>

◆編輯：Nina