Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has shared his expectations of the tournament the Women’s tennis Association (WTA) in St. Petersburg — St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
- Reuters
“I’ve always been the main task is winning, I’m always striving for. I not only want to win, but working for it every day, preparing for this. Rarely it happens that I play the tournament for the first time, so for me it is a great miracle. I know that the audience in St. Petersburg is waiting for me”, — quotes Sharapova a press-service of the tournament.
She noted that in the past it failed to act in St.-Petersburg due to a very tight schedule.
“But this year I decided that I need to get to this tournament. I don’t know how many more years I will play, so I decided to take advantage of the unique opportunity to speak here,” added the tennis player.
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy will be held from 28 January to 3 February 2019.
Earlier it was reported that Shamil Tarpischev called the speech Sharapova at the Australian Open is completely normal.