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Like any number of teenaged sensations, Maria Sharapova lists fashion,
singing and dancing as her hobbies. She loves reading the novels of Arthur
Conan Doyle. Her fondness for sophisticated evening gowns appears at odds
with her love of pancakes with chocolate spread and fizzy orange drinks.

Sophisticated: fashionable
At odds with: in disagreement with
Fizzy: aerated

Like other teenagers her age, Maria’s favourite pastimes are fashion, singing
and dancing. She likes to read novels written by Arthur Conan Doyle, the
creator of Sherlock Holmes. She likes to wear fashionable evening gowns.
Looking at her fit body, it is unbelievable that she likes to eat pancakes with
chocolate spread and drinks aerated orange flavoured drinks.
Maria Sharapova cannot be pigeon-holed or categorised. Her talent,
unwavering desire to succeed and readiness to sacrifice have lifted her to the
top of the world. Few would grudge her the riches she is now reaping. This is
what she has to say about her monetary gains from tennis: “Of course, money
is a motivation. Tennis is a business and a sport, but the most important thing
is to become number one in the world. That’s the dream that kept me going.”
Pigeon-holed: classified, categorized
Unwavering: steady, firm
Grudge: oppose, mind

Maria cannot be put into a particular category. Her talent, urge to succeed and
sacrificing nature helped her reach the top position in women’s tennis. No one
will oppose the benefits that she is getting now because she made many
sacrifices to get them. She says that money does motivate her to work hard.
Tennis is both a sport and a business but the most important aspect for her
was to reach the top spot in women’s tennis. It was this dream that kept her
working further.

Summary (to be written in class work notebook)

This write up about Maria Sharapova inspires us to remain determined and
make sacrifices in order to fulfil our dreams. On 22 August 2005, Maria
became the top seeded player in the world women’s tennis player rankings.
She made great sacrifices to achieve her goal.

At the tender age of nine, she left her home in Siberia, Russia to get training
in tennis. She went to Florida in USA with her father. Maria suffered a painful
separation from her mother for a period of two years. She could not see her
father too as he remained busy working, arranging funds for all her needs.
She was bullied by her seniors and being a foreigner, she had to suffer all
that patiently. Maria did not feel depressed, rather she was prepared for