UMaria Sharapova wayeyintombazane ehlakaniphile kakhulu futhi ehlakaniphile. Wambamba konke futhi waqonda ngokoqobo ngegama lokuqala. Akazange adingeke abonise okuthile kabili. Lapho eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, uShapopova angenza ukudla okupholile. Wayengabizwa kalula ngokuthi yinkosi encane yomsebenzi wakhe. UMaria wayenenhloso enhle kusukela esemncane futhi wayezama njalo ukwenza konke ngokuhlanganiswa okuyisihlanu kuphela. Kulo mpilo, uMaria wayengumntwana ozolile, onomusa futhi omnene. Lapho uSharapova eneminyaka engu-6 edlala noMartina Navratilova, ngesikhathi enika ekilasini eliyinhloko emateyiseni eMoscow. Mhlawumbe, yilokho okwakunjalo lapho i-biography yomdlali we-tennis omncane ishintshile ngokungazelelwe. Iqiniso liwukuthi iNavratilova ikhulume noyise futhi yamkhuthaza ukuba athuthukise ithalenta yendodakazi yakhe esikoleni se-tennis uNick Bolletieri, esiseFlorida. E-America, uShapopova wayenomqeqeshi ogama lakhe eligcwele igama elidumile njengabadlali be-tennis njengoPete Sampras, uLindsay Davenport noTracy Austin. Uthi njalo uMasha uvele ehlaselwa nge-tennis. Yiqiniso, kwakudingeka avele kumagazini, anikeze izingxoxo, kodwa konke lokhu kwakungabalulekile kuye njengomdlalo. Kwakusemdlalweni owawuvuliwe ngokuphelele. Wayengumqhawe wangempela ongasoze amshiya futhi uzohlala ekugcineni.
I-Sharapova yaqala emidlalweni emikhulu ngo-2001. Ngeshwa, ulahlekelwe okokuqala, kodwa akubanga yisizathu sokuba umdlali omncane we-tennis alahle. Ngokuphambene nalokho, wagxila ekuqeqeshweni futhi ngemva konyaka, eColumbus, ngokushesha wanqoba intombazane eyayibhekwa njengomunye wabadlali abangaphezu kuka-300 emhlabeni wonke. Emva kwalokhu, uMariya wathatha izinkomishi ngomunye futhi wanikela emidlalweni ehlukahlukene ye-tennis. Manje akekho owayengabaza ukuthi le ntombazane iyoba inkanyezi entsha yenkantolo yezintambo.
Ngo-2004, u-Masha waba omunye wabadlali abangamatshumi amabili abadlala phambili emhlabeni wonke. Ngempela waba ngumdlali ophumelelayo, owakwazi ukuwina umncintiswano eBirmingham emasontweni kanye nama-double, kanye namaviki amathathu kamuva, kanti uMasha wakwazi ukuhumusha iphupho lakhe libe yiqiniso. Yingaleso sikhathi lapho akwazi ukuwina iWimbledon. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uShapopova akagcini nje ukunqoba. Yilapho ephumelele ukunqoba kabili kulo mqhudelwano, uSerna Williams.
Ngemuva kwalokhu uMasha waba inkanyezi yangempela yezemidlalo ye-tennis. Yena, intombazana eyayisinikeza ithemba, yaba yindoda engakwazi ukuhumusha empeleni amaphupho akhe bese efaka enkundleni yezintambo lokho abaningi abangase baphuphe kuphela.
Kodwa, yebo, njengoba njalo ngemva kokuwina, kukhona ukulahleka. Ngakho-ke, emva kokuvuka okunjalo okuthakazelisayo, uShapopova walahlekile e-US Open. Ulahlekelwe nguMary Pierce engxenyeni yesithathu.
Ngemuva kwalokho, uMasha uphumelele emidlalweni. Kodwa, njenganoma yimuphi umdlali, wayekhathazekile ngokulimala ayithola enkantolo yezintambo. Ngezinye izikhathi uMasha wayengakwazi ukuphuma enkantolo ngenxa yobuhlungu bakhe emalungwini. Ngakho-ke, uMasha kwadingeka akhansele ukulwa. Kodwa, naphezu kwezinkinga zempilo, le ntombazane yaqhubeka isebenza kuye kanye nokuqeqesha. U-Masha waba omunye wabantu abadumile kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngemuva kweMelbourne, uMasha waba yi-racket yokuqala eRussia. Umqhudelwano wesigaba sokuqala eTokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open waba ngumqhudelwano wesishiyagalombili owawunqoba uMaria Sharapova. Kulo mqhudelwano u-Masha waba yi-racket yokuqala futhi wathola udumo lomhlaba, umdlali we-tennis, uLindsay Davenport.
U-Masha uthathe indawo yokuqala, bese wehla ekulinganisweni. Kweminye imiqhudelwano, wayengeke akwazi ukuphuma ngenxa yokulimala okwakumkhathaza kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, uMarie akanayo lutho, ngaphandle kokuthi angenza kanjani isimo sakhe sangokwenyama futhi okwesikhashana asuke emdlalweni.
Ngendlela, yilokho okwenzela imiphumela yalo, kanti le ntombazane yakwazi ukuphinde ifake isimo esibukeka ngayo ekuqaleni futhi ishintshe yonke into ibe ngcono. U-Sharapova uthathe umqhudelwano wesibili we-Grand Slam emsebenzini wakhe - US Open. Emasethini amabili wabonisa i-tennis engcono kakhulu futhi eqine ukuzethemba. Ngaleso sikhathi uMariya washaya uHenin-Ardennes - 6: 4, 6: 4! Emva kwalolu daba intombazane yathi lokhu okulandelayo: "Lokhu kuyinto engavamile neze. Ngaguqa ngamadolo futhi ngacabanga ngakho konke okwakusetshenzisiwe kulo mqhudelwano! Lokhu kuwufanele wonke umsebenzi wami kusukela ebuntwaneni, okuyinto eyayingabonga ngenxa yembewu yami emangalisayo. "
Njengomqhubi omkhulu we-Grand Slam, uMariya wabuyela eMoscow ukuze ahlanganyele kulo mqhudelwano njengeKremlin Cup. Kwakuyinhloko-dolobha yaseRashiya Federation ukuthi uMasha wayefuna ukubuyela emncintiswaneni ngemuva kokuwina i-Open Cup.
UMaria Sharapova uchitha isikhathi sakhe sonke samahhala. Yiqiniso, intombazane inesikhala somuntu siqu nokuphila komuntu siqu. Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nantathu ubona i-tennis njengengxenye ebaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe. Futhi, kunjalo. Omunye obaluleke kakhulu kuye ngumndeni. UMaria uyaqonda ukuthi kubonga abazali bakhe kuphela oye waphumelela kakhulu futhi uzokwazi ukufeza imigomo yakhe. Abazali bakhe abenza konke okwenzeka ngesikhathi esisodwa intombazane ingakwazi ukubhekana nomqeqeshi ongcono kakhulu futhi ifinyelele impela imiphumela ebonisa kulo mqhudelwano. Yiqiniso, njenganoma imuphi umdlali wezemidlalo, unezinkinobho ezisezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa bonke abalandeli baka-Masha bayazi kahle ukuthi uyithemba nenkanyezi yazo zonke izinkundla ze-tennis zaseRussia.