Maria Sharapova reveals intense struggles with mental health following doping ban

Former tennis star Maria Sharapova has done it all. From flashes of brilliance to impressive victories, to career Grand Slam, and slump in form, injuries, a doping ban and an early retirement, Sharapova's career has witnessed everything. Russian tennis ace opened up on her tennis career in her documentary, which released on Movistar+ this month. documentary covers Maria Sharapova retirement, Sharapova ban and or unpublished material from her stellar tennis career.

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Maria Sharapova retirement: Tennis ace reveals how Sharapova ban affected her mental health  

In her documentary, Maria Sharapova opened up on emotional moments before her 2016 press conference where she was to publicly announce results of her doping test. Sharapova ban came in after she h unintentionally used a banned substance, Meldonium. An emotional Sharapova said that before press conference she felt like she was preparing for a game, and said that it was very difficult to face world and say that she h me a mistake.

A two-year Sharapova ban came in after her announcement, however, it was reduced to 15 months after it was found that she couldn't be termed as an ‘intentional doper’. According to puntodebreak.com, Maria Sharapova spoke on her mental health battles and revealed that she deleted all social networks from her phone, to keep her sanity and protect herself from opinions and judgments. 33-year-old said that he was never concerned with what people think of her but after Sharapova ban, she cared about what people thought of her and what y knew about situation. 

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two-time French Open champion said that her family, especially her mor played a significant role during her darkest days. Maria Sharapova said her mor told her nothing would happen if she stopped playing tennis after ban. 33-year-old said that her mor spent weeks sleeping with her just so that she could feel accompanied. Maria Sharapova recalled that her far was also a massive pillar of support who accompanied her a lot to make sure nothing went wrong. former Russian tennis ace ded that her far did not blame ors and told her that she h to take control and know that she screwed up. 

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Maria Sharapova retirement: Russian ace shocked fans after announcing surprise retirement 

Speaking to Vanity Fair earlier this year, Russian tennis ace broke news of Maria Sharapova retirement. two-time French Open champion's retirement was fueled by a continued struggle with multiple shoulder injuries. She claimed that her body h become a distraction. Sharapova revealed that she would miss training and spending time on court. She also ded that she would miss her coaches and her team. Sharapova’s poor form and recurring shoulder injuries saw her drop as low as 373 in WTA World rankings.  former Wimbledon champion's retirement came as a shock to entire tennis community. 

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