Reach for The Top
By– Maria Sharapova
Value Points
- Maria Sharapova was born in Siberia, Russia, in 1987. She led a charge of Russian players who came to achieve great success in the women’s game.
- She has brought her own brand of glamour to tennis by designing her own unique tennis outfits.
- At the 2007 US Open, she wore a dress with over 600 crystals sewn into it.
- She got her first tennis racket when she was four from the father of Grand Slam winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
- At the age of six, she attended a tennis clinic in Moscow run by Martina Navratilova, who recognized her talent and recommended that she should go to the USA to study at a famous tennis academy in Florida.
- She moved to the USA with her father in 1994. Neither of them could speak English. They had very little money and went to the tennis academy by bicycle every day.
- She turned professional in 2001 and a year later became the youngest girl ever to reach the junior final at Wimbledon.
- She won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon when she was 17. She is one of several top players who are known for loud on-court grunting. She has been the world’s highest-paid sportswoman and the women’s number one several times.
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Reach for the Top Part-II-Introduction
Reach for the Top Part-II- Theme, Title & Message
Reach for the Top Part-II- Main Characters of the Chapter
Reach for the Top Part-II- Important Word-Meanings of difficult words
Reach for the Top Part-II- Short & Detailed Summary
Reach for the Top Part-II- Summary in Hindi – Full Text
Reach for the Top Part-II- Comprehension Passages
Reach for the Top Part-II- Extract Based comprehension test Questions
Reach for the Top Part-II- Important Extra Questions- Very Short Answer Type
Reach for the Top Part-II- Important Extra Questions- Short Answer Type
Reach for the Top Part-II- Important Extra Questions- Long Answer Type
Reach for the Top Part-II- Quick Review of the Chapter
