The Russian tennis-player Maria Sharapova is in Top 20 of the most influential women in the sports field.
According to The Forbes magazine, Maria ranks 17th in this honourable rating.
Maria Sharapova is one of the world's ten tennis-players who managed to win all the Grand Slam tournaments in various years. Besides, the 28-year-old Russian is the silver prize-winner of the Olympic Games of 2012 and the winner of the 2004 final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association.
Presently Maria Sharapova ranks 4th in the WTA rating.
Sources: http://rsport.ru
Author: Vera Ivanova