Maria Sharapova Retires - Our Reaction, With Chris Clarey
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Maria Sharapova, who beat Serena Williams to win Wimbledon aged 17, completed the career Grand Slam, and then failed an anti-doping test, has retired.
In a special edition of The Tennis Podcast, Catherine Whitaker and David Law are joined by the man that broke the news of her retirement, Chris Clarey of the New York Times, to react to the announcement.
Why did she stop now? How will her career be remembered? Could she have done more? Is she legacy tainted by the positive test? And what will she do next? All answered on the show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Mary and Bartori. |
| 0:02.0 | This is Martina and an Avertel over. |
| 0:03.5 | I'm Matt Villander. |
| 0:04.5 | This is Mary Carrillo. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm Stan Roenka. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Lighten Ewitt. |
| 0:07.6 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:08.5 | And you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:21.2 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:22.2 | This is a tennis podcast we weren't expecting to do |
| 0:24.8 | because it's Wednesday. |
| 0:25.8 | We normally do them on Mondays and that's where it grams slams. |
| 0:29.8 | But a little bit like when Maria Schaupover told the world |
| 0:33.6 | that she had a big announcement to make |
| 0:35.4 | and we all watched a live internet stream |
| 0:39.2 | with a countdown until she stood in front of some curtains |
| 0:43.3 | to tell us that she'd tested positive for Maldonium four years ago. |
| 0:47.2 | Almost of the day, in fact, four years ago, |
| 0:49.4 | it was in the first week of March in 2016. |
| 0:53.4 | We have out of the blue discovered today |
| 0:56.8 | that Maria Schaupover is announcing her retirement. |
| 1:00.6 | Now four years ago, that's what we thought she was about to do. |
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