Maria Sharapova 2014 Improvements? Former No. 1 Player Will ‘Train Smarter,’ And ‘Treat Body Better’ [VIDEO] : TENNIS : Sports World News

The Maria Sharapova makeover for 2014 consists of greater than a brand new coach.

The 26-year-old tennis star waxed philosophical on her Fb web page about one of many classes she discovered from the 2013 season.

“Ladies’s tennis is getting sooner and the women are getting extra athletic, so I have to push myself to grow to be a greater athlete,” Sharapova stated on her web page. “I believe 2013 confirmed me, like just a few different years how vital being wholesome is and the way I need to hearken to my physique. Throughout this off season I’ve been somewhat smarter on how I practice and the way I deal with my physique.”

Whether or not Sharapova’s new coach, Sven Groeneveld, had any enter in her discovery is unclear. Sharapova employed Groeneveld final month, placing to relaxation a 2013 yr of upheaval.

After trying sturdy early on the Australian Open, she misplaced to Li Na within the semifinals.

Sharapova rebounded with sturdy play, however her loss to nemesis Serena Williams within the closing of the French Open was particularly irritating – it was her 12^th straight loss to the world’s top-ranked participant.

The 2 exchanged a disagreement simply earlier than Wimbledon about boyfriends, and Sharapova suffered a second-round loss to Michelle Larcher de Brito at Wimbledon. Shortly after, she parted methods with coach Thomas Hogstedt.

Sharapova then made an unlikely teaching rent in former No. 1 males’s participant Jimmy Connors. That union lasted one match, a loss to Sloane Stephens in Cincinnati. Sharapova had a gained the primary set and was forward 2-0 within the second earlier than struggling a 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 loss.

She fired Connors after the loss, after which was planning a publicity stunt for the U.S. Open by altering her identify to “Sugarpova” to advertise her sweet enterprise. That concept was shot down, adopted by Sharapova’s withdrawal from the event due to a shoulder damage.

The drama will put her underneath the microscope for the 2014 season.

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