{"id":106871,"date":"2025-08-24T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/106871\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T15:50:08","slug":"maria-sharapova-has-advice-for-any-fans-who-are-going-to-watch-the-us-open-for-the-first-time-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/106871\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Sharapova has advice for any fans who are going to watch the US Open for the first time this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before the US Open gets underway, one of its past winners received a special honour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/maria-sharapova\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Sharapova<\/a> retired from tennis in 2020 and five years later she has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian claimed five Grand Slam titles in her career and in 2004, she stunned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/serena-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serena Williams<\/a> to become the third-youngest woman to win <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon<\/a>, at the age of just 17.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Williams, she gave a touching speech at the ceremony of her former rival, who Sharapova defeated to win the 2004 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta-finals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA Finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-150694319-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Sharapova hits a serve during practice at the 2012 US Open\" \/>Photo by Mike Stobe\/Getty Images for USTAMaria Sharapova urged fans to watch the players practice when they attend the US Open<\/p>\n<p>While at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, Maria Sharapova spoke to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>She was asked what advice she would share with fans who are going to watch a Grand Slam for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Sharapova, who made 58 appearances in the main draw of Grand Slam events, urged fans to go and watch the players practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo watch them practice. I think practices are just so interesting to learn about kind of the process, right, and then also the dynamic with the team,\u201d the former world number one said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the few times where you can actually see how the player interacts with the team and what\u2019s their \u2014 because now teams are larger and a lot more people are involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe when I played, the coach was the main voice, right, and everyone else did their thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the physio treated after. You did fitness with whoever. But now it\u2019s all very collaborative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has something to say, whether it\u2019s good or bad, but that\u2019s something that I\u2019ve seen shift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think to watch the dynamic, and that\u2019s where \u2014 I think that\u2019s where victories are built. I would say, yeah, spend a lot of time there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-71836858-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Sharapova speaks to the media after winning the 2006 U.S. Open Tennis\" \/>Photo by Michael Heiman\/Getty ImagesWhat is Maria Sharapova\u2019s US Open record?<\/p>\n<p>Sharapova made 13 appearances at the US Open between 2003 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The former world number one won 38 matches and lost 12, which gives her a win percentage of 76%.<\/p>\n<p>Her best result came in 2006, when she claimed her lone US Open title as the third-highest seeded player in the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Sharapova was dominant in New York that year, as she went on to lift the trophy after dropping just one set through the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Sharapova defeated Justin Henin 6-4, 6-4 to seal what was her first Grand Slam win on a hard court. Two years later, she claimed her second by capturing the Australian Open title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the US Open gets underway, one of its past winners received a special honour. 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