Maria Sharapova; Beauty and Wits - The rare combination
The Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova rocked the tennis scene in 2001 at the age of 14. She made her professional breakthrough in 2004 when she defeated two-time defending champion Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Maria was only 17 years old when she got her hands on the Grand Title. Since the start of her career, she has performed in a consistent way and tennis observers have tagged her as a baseliner. Her ground-strokes are known for excellent power, depth and amazing angles. She can hit the most court-pounding double-handed backhand shots.
In addition to her good knowledge of tennis, she has got a great sense of fashion. Since the start of her career, Maria has gained good recognition as a talented and fashionable tennis player. Beauty and wits are a rare combination and she has got both. Maria has been quite popular with the media for her great personality and clothing choice. Whether it is the French Open, Australian Open, or Wimbledon, she has worn the most beautiful and eye-catching outfits and that is how, she has made a huge number of fans around the world.
Maria has really promoted the style of women’s tennis after the formal white skirts and polo shirts. In fact it was Maria who set the trend of wearing the day and night outfits for the tournaments. The former world number 1 proved to be a fascinating athlete on and off the court.
A nice dress is the distinct feature of her personality. Maria has done very extra-ordinary things during her career. She wore the gold tennis shoes in Wimbledon 2005 which left a mark in the fashion world and it will also be remembered in the tennis history.
Maria has confessed that tennis has opened many doors for her and the fashion is one of them. She intends to take up this profession after her tennis career.
Nike is one of the best producers of tennis dresses and apparels and it has come a long way to sponsor Maria in the game of tennis. Nike was the official sponsor for Sharapova’s dress in the last Grand Slam tournament of 2010. After Wimbledon, the next Grand tournament, U.S Open will start at the end of August and sponsors have a lot of tedious work ahead of them in order to match a dress with the striking looks of Maria.
In 2006, Maria entered the centre court at U.S. Open in a dim-black cocktail dress, complete with beaded crystals and white Nike swoosh added more value to her dress. She wore a Swan dress in Wimbledon 2007, which was considered very obscure and criticized by some of people. It surprisingly looked very good on her though and proved that anything fits her body in an amazing way.
In the year 2009, Maria was dressed up in a dusty rose day dress at the U.S. Open championship. This special dress was produced by the renowned Nike brand.
At the Australian Open 2010, Maria wore the two-layer blue dress which again made her the centre of attention for the world. Like the previous years, it was also sponsored by Nike.
Although Maria is the leading fashion icon in the tennis industry but her performance has somewhat suffered badly in the recent years. The fashion icon of tennis, Maria Sharapova who is often nicknamed Masha could not perform well in the French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. She was up in contest with world number one Serena Williams in the Wimbledon matches. Serena outplayed Maria in the match before quarterfinals.
No matter what the result of her match is, but she has always brought something very contemporary to the tennis courts. She is always classy and never fails to make an impression on peoples’ minds with her wonderful dress line. Good luck Masha!
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