Maria Sharapova once spoke about why she refused to retire after her serious shoulder injury in 2008. She told The Guardian in 2010 that her family built her career from nothing and that she stayed in the sport only because of her love for tennis. The Russian star missed the Beijing Olympics, the US Open, and the WTA Finals that year after tearing her rotator cuff. But she made a comeback in 2009 and quickly proved that she could rise again. In 2008, Maria Sharapova ended her season early due to a shoulder injury and rotator cuff tear. She had surgery and missed almost ten months on tour, which dropped her ranking outside the world’s top 100. She returned in March 2009 at Indian Wells in doubles, testing her recovery. Later that year, she reached the quarterfinals of the Warsaw Op

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