RainDog

(sportsbybrooks photo)


自從 Maria Sharapova 2006年在比賽中發球後右肩輕微的撕裂後，
今年3月該傷勢再次惡化，
使得她的法網和溫網戰績欠佳，
更因此缺席北京奧運會和美國網球公開賽。

之前大家已經預測莎娃之前恐怕無法再出賽了，
今天她在自己的官網上證實了這件事情：

"I’ve been progressing really well but its taking a lot longer than I had selfishly planned. Therefore my team and I decided to ’shut it down’ for the season." 

不過唯一值得欣慰的是，
莎娃下週就可以開始在為明年的比賽準備練習了：

"To be quite honest this whole experience has been quite the change to my usual yearly pace. On the weekends I have been able to go home and have a normal quiet life…which is so unusual because my days off during the year are so random. Next week I am going to finally hit my first tennis ball and a few weeks after that my first serves."