July without Masha. Sharapova was the star of the next tournament – Tennis News

Thus, the world's first old racket, the owner of a career " Grand Slam "and five-time winner of" majors "had to return to the court after the first round failure of Wimbledon at the competitions of the American San Jose, which will begin July 30th. But that will not happen – the Russian, who now ranks 21st in the WTA rankings, refused to speak

– It's a pity I miss the start in San José – leads press service words of the tournament Sharapova. "But I need to take care of my body and take care of my health." I have to make difficult decisions at this stage of my career.

And this despite the fact that the tournament in California is the only one in July that has the Premier category. There, for example, will be the two sisters Williams, Madison Keys, and Sharapova herself in the grid will be replaced by Victoria Azarenka. By the way, Maria was not the only Russian woman who did not go to San Jose – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also refused to participate at this beginning

After three and a half months, Maria has only played three official matches. First, in February, in the first round of the representative tournament in Doha, she lost in the three sets to the qualified Romanian Monica Niculescu. Then, in early March, she did not cross the barrier in [Indian-Wells] in the person of the representative of Japan, Naomi Osaka. As a result of this failure, Sharapova decided not to perform at another great tournament in Miami and attracted the wrath of fans. One of them wrote on Twitter that for the second time in his life he was buying tickets specifically for Maria, and she refused to participate in competitions. Sharapova read – and answered.

– For 30 minutes before the first match in Indian Wells my forearm numb, – she wrote. "In addition, I had problems with my lungs, and the doctors did not allow me to fly for three weeks." So in order to play in Indian wells I had to go through magnetic resonance tomography of various other tests and injections. For a month, I have been examined by five different specialists. I can badure you that you are wrong when you say that I decided to withdraw from one of my favorite tournaments.

At the same time, a series of failures of Maria did not stop there. At the end of April, she arrived at one of her favorites. tournaments in Stuttgart and lost in the first round of Caroline Garcia de France

Despite this, the season of dirt Sharapova was very good. In May, she reached the quarterfinals in Madrid, where she lost to Dutchman Kiki Bertens and then – to the semi-finals in Rome. There, she was stopped only by Simone Halep, while the Romanian was and remains the current leader of the world ranking. Ended this segment of quarter-final shock "Roland Garros" – having pbaded in this stage without a fight after the refusal of Serena Williams, Maria, according to all estimates, was to fight against Garbinje Mugurus. But she only took three games from the Spaniard.

Sharapova turf tournaments have not been complementary in principle for a long time, and since 2010 she has never paused between the French and English "majors". She did not change the tradition and this time, preferring to rest and retire from another tournament – in Birmingham. But already in the first round of Wimbledon, Maria lost to compatriot Vitaly Dyachenko. She had a reason to say that she was ill prepared for the tournament, too often distracted by unsporting events.

And now, after another refusal, it is clear that even after Wimbledon, the Russian takes a break of more than a month. Throughout the summer, she spent an official match against Dyachenko. And after San Jose in the calendar there is only three competitive weeks before the start of the last "Slam" of the year – US Open. They will host tournaments in Montreal, Cincinnati and New Haven, one more representative

At the same time, it can not be said that Sharapova exceeds the generally accepted framework. It is clear that none of the tennis players do not play all the tournaments in a row. In addition, we often hear from the athletes themselves that the global calendar is oversaturated. Highly ranked generally choose the most advantageous option for themselves and take breaks, experienced players can usually go to court one or two times times a month. But in the case of Maria, there is also a disadvantage to the medal – jump a lot, she is forced time and again to recruit the form. And for that, you just need a game practice. Before "Roland Garros" Sharapova received it – and the result came. At Wimbledon, we saw the opposite image. How will he be in New York ?