The Badge Chronicles Maria SharapovaNovember 2013 - March 2018 When a great friend decides to send you a Christmas care package from Beverly Hills with most of your old credentials from the time working with Maria Sharapova. This is when you must acknowledge and celebrate the time Maria and I worked together. Max Eisenbud must get full credit for putting … [Read more...] about Sven Groeneveld’s Badge Chronicles • The Maria Sharapova Years
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Maria Sharapova Retires From Tennis • The Sport Will Miss Her Superstardom
By Alix Ramsay Maria Sharapova certainly knows how to make an entrance. When she burst into the public conscience in 2004, she did it by doing the unthinkable: by beating Serena Williams to win the Wimbledon final. A lanky 17-year-old, she took two blistering sets to transform herself into a fully-fledged champion. And now, 15 years later, she knows how to make an … [Read more...] about Maria Sharapova Retires From Tennis • The Sport Will Miss Her Superstardom
Tennis News • Maria Sharapova Announces Her Retirement
By Ricky Dimon In a somewhat unforeseen but not exactly shocking development, Maria Sharapova announced her retirement from professional tennis on Wednesday. Sharapova broke the news by writing a piece for Vanity Fair and Vogue. The Russian, who is without question one of the most well-known players in the history of the sport, took to social media … [Read more...] about Tennis News • Maria Sharapova Announces Her Retirement
Maria Sharapova Loses To Donna Vekic • Bounces Out Of The 2020 Australian Open
By Aix Ramsay Maria Sharapova is good at keeping her cards close to her chest; she is an expert in giving nothing away. Win or lose, play well or play poorly, she takes her defeats on the chin and she accepts her victories with style and class (always pleased and enthusiastic, never gloating or over the top). In short, she is the ultimate pro. But somehow it was … [Read more...] about Maria Sharapova Loses To Donna Vekic • Bounces Out Of The 2020 Australian Open
Will Serena Be In Charge Of The Women’s Tennis Ecosystem?
By Alix Ramsay Popular wisdom has it that the women’s game is in the rudest of rude health – 10 different winners of the last 12 grand slams – while the men’s game is still struggling to break free of the grip of Messrs Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. In the past three years, only Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep have managed to win more than one major title. That, surely, … [Read more...] about Will Serena Be In Charge Of The Women’s Tennis Ecosystem?