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Maria Sharapova was born on 19 April 1987 in a small town in the Siberian region of Russia. In1989, the family moved to the Black Searesort town of Sochi. When she was 4 years old, she met with a very famous tennis coach, and he gave he r a recket. Form that moment, Maria started hitting tennis balls.Two years later, Maria Sharapova was performing at a tennis clinic, when tennis champion Martina Navratilova saw the little girl. She was so surprised at the talent of the 6—year—old.She told the little girl’s father that he should take his daughter to the world—famous Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, America. In 2004,Sharapova stunned Wimbledon audinences when she beat champion player Serena Williams. She baeame the first Russian to win a Wimbiedon women’s single title. She was also the third—youngest women’s champion in history