Maria Sharapova Knihy

Maria Šarapovová, jedna z nejvýraznějších sportovkyň, přináší fascinující a upřímný příběh o svém vzestupu na tenisový vrchol a neustálém boji o udržení se na něm. V roce 2004 šokovala svět vítězstvím ve Wimbledonu nad Serenou Williamsovou, čímž se z ní stala globální senzace. Z anonymity se dostala na mezinárodní scénu a zrodila se „Maria mánie“. Šarapovová se stala jménem známým po celém světě, několikrát dosáhla postu světové jedničky a vyhrála další čtyři grandslamy, čímž se stala jednou z nejlépe placených sportovkyň. Na vrcholu kariéry však čelila nejtěžší výzvě, když byla v roce 2016 obviněna z užití meldonia, zakázané látky. Toto obvinění vedlo k patnáctiměsíčnímu pozastavení činnosti, což bylo pro sportovce obrovskou zkouškou. Její příběh nezačíná vítězstvím, ale v ruském městečku, kde jako pětiletá začínala na opuštěných kurtech. Otec riskoval všechno, aby ji dostal na Floridu, a s pouhými sedmi sty dolary a minimální znalostí angličtiny začali nový život. V knize se poprvé dozvídáme celý příběh jejími vlastními slovy. Šarapovová se vrací na profesionální okruh, a její touha po vítězství, která ji dovedla z ruských kurtů na wimbledonské trávníky, zůstává neochvějná. Tento příběh je oslavou odhodlání a vůle překonávat překážky.

In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right. This is Maria Sharapova's gripping and fearless autobiography, telling her story from her roots in the small Siberian town her parents had fled to after the Chernobyl disaster, through her arrival in the US and her phenomenal rise to success - winning Wimbledon aged just seventeen - to the disasters that threatened her career and her fight back. Here the five-time Grand Slam winner gives us candid insights into her relationship with her father, who gave up his job and life in Russia to dedicate himself to his daughter; the truth behind her famous rivalry with Serena Williams; the injuries and suspension controversy that threatened to end it all. It's a story of of crazy luck, mistakes, rivalries, sacrifice, survival and, above all, the constant, unwavering determination to win.

The fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria SharapovaIn the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right.This is Maria Sharapova's gripping and fearless autobiography, telling her story from her roots in the small Siberian town her parents fled to after the Chernobyl disaster, through her arrival in the US with nothing and her phenomenal rise to success - winning Wimbledon aged just seventeen - to the disasters that threatened her career and her fight back. Here the five-time Grand Slam winner gives us candid insights into her relationship with her father, who gave up his job and life in Russia to dedicate himself to his daughter; the truth behind her famous rivalry with Serena Williams; the injuries and suspension controversy that threatened to end it all; and her recent battle to get back on court. Told with the same combative, no-holds-barred attitude as her game, it's a story of crazy luck, mistakes, rivalries, sacrifice, survival and, above all, the constant, unwavering determination to win.