Maria Sharapova Retires At 32: 'Tennis —I'm Saying Goodbye'

, undergoing multiple surgeries. She lost both matches she's played this year, including the first round of the Australian Open, losing in straight sets to Donna Vekic of Croatia, 6-3, 6-4.

In her essay, Sharapova wrote that during a match the U.S. Open in August she had to have a procedure just to make it through play: "Behind closed doors, thirty minutes before taking the court, I had a procedure to numb my shoulder to get through the match. Shoulder injuries are nothing new for me — over time my tendons have frayed like a string."

Maria Sharapova, of Russia, returns the ball to Daria Gavrilova, of Australia, during the 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy tennis tournament match in St. Petersburg, Russia.Maria Sharapova, of Russia, returns the ball to Daria Gavrilova, of Australia, during the 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy tennis tournament match in St. Petersburg, Russia.Sharapova's essay did not mention the most controversial part of her tennis career — her 15-month ban for doping.

She tested positive in 2016 for the newly banned drug meldonium, a prescription heart medication that can improve blood flow. She was originally

She’s only 32?!?

Maybe now she'll have time for me.

It’s interesting that her complicated past with doping is not mentioned in the headlines. I just find it funny about who you deem gets a pass for their indiscretions and who has a “complex history”

Thought she retired years ago.

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Huge surprise (she’s ranked 373 in the world).

A bimbo who often says Sochi is my hometown. NO IT IS NOT. Sochi was taken by genocide. It does not belong to you or to any Russian jackass who believes official fake history pushed by the state

The last time she played geniebouchard she lost.

the sport does not need cheaters

Must be too hard to play without doping.

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Take care!

Love her.

Still looking great

because she has been playing it for 28 years. Let her be world.

You forgot to say she has nice tits 😁

I love how you used a picture that makes her look as tired as possible

Thank you, Maria, for being the wonderful athlete and role model for young women you have been for many years.

Before Serena?

I think, 'Later, Tennis!' would have sounded better

Cheater

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