Maria Sharapova Olympic Duty: Torch Bearing for Russia To Fuel Sharapova in Tennis Career and Rivalry With Serena Williams? [VIDEO] : TENNIS : Sports World News

Maria Sharapova escaped her drama-filled previous a number of months to hold out the task of a lifetime.

The query now’s whether or not she will feed off the feelings from that to take her tennis to the following stage.

Sharapova was one of many torch bearers in the course of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in her residence county of Russia on Friday night time.

“That was one of the best jog of my life! Working won’t ever really feel the identical. #OpeningCeremony,” she posted on her Twitter account. Extra pictures appeared via Sports Illustrated.

After the occasion, she shared a photograph with one other remark: “Did this actually occur!? #pinchme #OpeningCeremony #Sochi12014 pic.twitter.com/BjNKGaDpB9”

Her Olympic duties possible had been a welcome respite from her roller-coaster journey because the ultimate of the 2013 French Open, through which she misplaced to archrival Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4.

The 2 then had a confrontation about one another’s boyfriends on the eve of Wimbledon earlier than flaming out within the second spherical.

She fired coach Thomas Hogstedt and paired with Jimmy Connors as she ready for the WTA Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati in August. She collapsed in a three-set loss to Sloane Stephens, abruptly fired Connors after the one match.

In preparation for the U.S. Open, Sharapova meant to legally change her identify to “Sugarpova” to advertise her new sweet firm, however ended up dropping out of the event earlier than it began due to a lingering shoulder damage that ended her 2013 season prematurely.

Sharapova would later say her shoulder damage performed a giant think about her breakup with Connors as a result of she was not within the right way of thinking to obtain instruction.

She employed Sven Groeneveld in November and confronted Williams once more within the semifinals of the Brisbane Worldwide – her 14^th straight loss to the world’s No. 1 participant.

Sharapova then misplaced within the fourth spherical of the Australian Open to Dominka Cibulkova.

How the Olympic torch-bearing impacts her tennis transferring ahead stays to be seen, however based mostly on her Twitter response, she needs to be feeling fairly motivated proper about now.

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