Emotional maria
China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-09 07:32
Maria Sharapova reached her first French Open final and regained the world No 1 ranking on Thursday, but admitted she feared she'd never return to the top after a shoulder injury almost wrecked her career.
The Russian last held the top spot four years ago, having already won three Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon in 2004, the US Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008.
But shoulder surgery put her out of tennis for 10 months when her ranking slumped to No 126.
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