Maria is one successful girl : she's been the highest-paid female athlete in the world for over 10 years, she's got over 14 million Facebook fans and she's also won 5 Grand Slam titles.
What intrigues us about Maria is her shadiness. That's right ! Maria is one shady girl... and we love her for that !
We countdown her Top 5 shadiest moments* :
*not including her cat fights with Serena
#5 Is her last name Jankovic?Location : Beijing
Year: 2009
Opponent: Guestoria Azarenka
#4 Run! Run!
Well, this one was a little mean !
Location : Istanbul, the YEC
Year : 2012
Opponent : Slamlesswanska
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#3 This is my home !Location : Indian Wells
Year : 2008
Opponent : Hantuchova
Background story : In a pre-tournament press conference, D. Hantuchova, the defending champion stated that she feels right at home in Indian Wells... Well, Maria (dis)respectfully disagreed !
#2 Check her blood pressure !Location : Cincinatti
Year : 2014
Opponent : Ana Ivanovic
Background story : This video captures everything you need to know about the 'incident' :
#1 This one was pretty shadyyy - Maria and Aga don't like each other very much and they'd like us to know that !
Location : Australian Open
Year : 2012 (yeah, that was probably Masha's shadiest year )
Opponent : Radwanska
Background story : Aga started the cat fight by questioning Maria's sportsmanship in a press conference. They didn't even play each other during the tournament !
Masha hits back at Aga's comments !
Apparently, Aga isn't 'important enough for someone like Maria !
Quotes :
''Isn't she back in Poland already?''
''No one important enough has told me to change or do something different.''
Sadly, there's no video of this, but everything you need to know about it is in this article :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/9039640/Australian-Open-2012-Maria-Sharapova-hits-back-at-Agnieszka-Radwanska-after-grunting-jibe.htmlHere's another article that focuses more on the shade of it all!
http://www.inquisitr.com/186152/sharapova-on-radwanska-isnt-she-back-in-poland-already/
Honorable mentions & other memorable quotes :
- Masha isn't really good friends with Azarenka either :
On her multiple retirements back in 2012 : "She is probably injured more than any other player [...]"
Full article and explanations here :
http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2012/5/19/3030210/maria-sharapova-not-happy-victoria-azarenkas-injury
''Extremely injured''
- The ''Check her blood pressure'' thing didn't end on the tennis court . Here are some shady excerpts from the press conference :
http://en.espn.co.uk/blogs/sport/story/337603.html
- Apparently, Masha isn't very fond of Andrea Petkovic's dancing either :
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/sharapova-digs- petkovic-court-dance-153732372.html
Maria's beef with Serena is greater than all of this and that is why it deserves a special thread ! See you soon !
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