Maria Sharapova
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Maria Sharapova is a tennis player. She was born in Tyumen oblast, Western Siberia in Russia on April 19, 1987. They soon moved from Belarus[citation needed] to protect themselves from the dangerous Chernobyl nuclear accident[citation needed]. The Sharapov family moved again in 1989, when Maria became interested in tennis[citation needed], when watching her father play, and played tennis with a second-hand racquet. She would practise tennis by hitting the tennis ball against the wall everyday, and her dad soon noticed that she was very good at the sport.
Maria's tennis coaches told the Sharapovs that they should move to Moscow[citation needed], Russia, to get better training. The Sharapovs move again, from Moscow, to follow Maria's coach, Martina Navratilova's advice, to move to the United States.
There was a problem, though. Maria's mother, Yelena, could not get a visa to go to the United States[citation needed]. Meanwhile, Maria and her dad tried to get Maria to go to a famous sports school, and they also had to learn English. Maria showed so much talent that soon, she got a full scholarship to attend the school. At first though, Maria's dad had pay for Maria to stay at the famous school, doing all sorts of jobs so that they could be able to pay for the fee.
Maria's trained harder and harder. She was videotaped when practising, and recorded her every move[citation needed]. Then, she would watch the videos with her coaches to watch her form, emotions, and expressions.
Maria began to win tournaments and many people started to notice her. Her games improved, and Maria got more and more fans.
