- The previous Wimbledon champion made a particular return to Centre Court docket
- She appeared unrecognisable because the tennis icon was welcomed again to SW19
- The Russian made an look on the iconic membership forward of first spherical video games
A former ladies’s Wimbledon champion appeared unrecognisable as she made a return to the enduring tennis membership forward of this 12 months’s first-round event getting underway on July 1.
Now the newly-styled star is again at Wimbledon in a non-playing capability and was welcomed again at SW19 for a day that concerned loads of posing out on centre court docket.
The participant in query rocketed to fame when she beat high seed and defending champion Serena Williams on Centre Court docket to win her first Grand Slam at simply 17 in 2004 and turn into recognized for her trademark lengthy blonde hair.
However after retiring in 2020, she has favoured a extra pure look along with her earlier blonde coiffure now gone.
Throughout her storied time on court docket, she turned the primary Russian participant to finish the profession Grand Slam after wins in Melbourne, New York, Paris and London and the third-youngest lady to triumph at Wimbledon. The participant in query? Maria Sharapova.
Ex-Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova appeared virtually unrecognisable as she appeared on the iconic membership
She rocketed to fame when she gained her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon aged simply 17 in 2004
The primary spherical of Wimbledon will get began on Monday, with Emma Raducanu amongst Britain’s ladies gamers trying to trigger an upset on the event.
Sharapova retired from taking part in 4 years in the past after battling with accidents, however had the ultimate years of her time within the sport marred by a failed medication take a look at.
A 2016 take a look at noticed Sharapova suspended for 2 years after she was discovered to have ingested meldonium, a substance which had been banned initially of that 12 months, forward of the Australian Open.
Her suspension was later decreased to fifteen months after she was discovered to have taken the drug as per her physician’s recommendation.
Catching the attention with the glowing blonde hair that Sharapova donned for almost all of her stellar profession, she has now resorted to a brunette have a look at the age of 37.
The 37-year-old Russian retired from taking part in 4 years in the past after battling with accidents
Sharapova opted for a close to all-black ensemble for the journey again to Wimbledon
She opted for a close to all-black ensemble for the journey again to Wimbledon – a putting change to the whites beforehand worn by Sharapova on the well-known grass tennis membership.
Her final look as a participant at Wimbledon got here in 2010 when Sharapova retired from her first spherical contest towards Pauline Parmentier with an damage.
