Sharapova Us Open 2006

Champion at flushing meadows in 2006 the russian great marked her absence from the heavily restricted edition of this year s tournament by taking a photo of a box full of large yellow balls with smiley faces inked onto them adding.

Sharapova us open 2006. And it was a wonderful conclusion for sharapova although as she lifted the us open trophy for the first time the lid fell on to the floor. Wednesday february 26 2020 2006 us open champion maria sharapova has announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis closing the book on a competitive career that spanned nearly two decades. Sharapova dropped just one set the entire tournament to world no 1 amélie mauresmo in the semifinals. Sharapova entered the us open as the third seed.

New york ny usa maria sharapova hoisted the us open trophy back in 2006 and despite a 6 1 6 1 defeat to 23 time grand slam champion serena williams the former world no 1 remains optimistic that she has room to grow after a shoulder injury stunted her season. Then maria struck a service winner and a forehand winner and then justine netted the ball twice to finish the match making maria sharapova the 2006 us open champion. Maria sharapova born 19 april 1987 is a professional tennis player of russian descent. By reaching the final henin hardenne became the eighth woman after maureen connolly margaret court chris evert.

In the lead up to the us open sharapova captured her second title of the season by defeating kim clijsters in the final of the acura classic in san diego and in doing so claimed her first victory over the belgian in five attempts. I thought typical maria she said. It s not an easy road she said on monday night.