‘That’s What I Loved About Maria Sharapova’- Serena Williams’ Childhood Coach Revisits ‘Scary’ Memories of an Excellent Pupil

Maria Sharapova is not only a former world number one but also a badass woman who changed the course of women’s tennis. Her tremendous mental strength against any pressure points on the court is highly talked about among fans. Now, Serena Williams‘s childhood coach Rick Macci dropped an exclusive opinion about this. Revealing more about this great trait of the world’s former number-one, Macci explained his own surprise seeing Sharapova’s brilliance.

Now, it is not just the pressure on the court, tennis players like Naomi Osaka or Elina Svitolina spoke about their mental health issues while balancing motherhood, family, and tennis. However, the way Sharapova dealt with both her attraction to the glamour world and tennis is nothing less than a great inspiration for the new generation.

Rick Macci reveals his surprise watching Sharapova’s unparalleled strength in tennis

Serena Williams’ childhood coach, Rick Macci recently dropped some exclusive statements in a podcast while speaking about the Djokovic and Alcaraz match following Alcaraz’s unfamiliar gesture. In this context, Macci brings the reference to Maria Sharapova, the world’s former number-one female tennis star, whom he coached during her childhood.

Sharapova also received her early training from Macci during her teenage days. While speaking about the mental factor, Macci reveals- “So I start with the mental early on. And I talk to the kids about going into the fence, taking the towel 20 seconds, flip it in your mind, it happened 20 years ago.”

 This is the moment when he mentioned- “that’s what I loved about Sharapova, I’m telling you, it freaked me out. To this day. I never had a young player, right, there every point, even though there were holes in the movement and the forehand. It was scary.” 

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Now Macci’s statement surely brought back a lot of memories for fans when they witnessed Sharapova in her greatest forms. In fact, her remarkable achievements in tennis are also quite proof of that.

What are the remarkable achievements of Maria Sharapova?

Sharapova is truly a known name for tennis lovers. This 36-year-old tennis star remained the world’s number-one female tennis player for twenty-one weeks consecutively. Not only she was the first Russian woman tennis player to achieve the number-one spot by she was eighteen, but she was also a silver Olympic medalist in the 2012 London Olympics.

Maria Sharapova’s groundbreaking career started when she became the first Russian woman to bag the Grand Slam title. Along with this, there are four major titles that she won including one each at the US Open,  Australian Open, and two at the French Open.

Two years after Sharapova’s reference by Rick Macci surely gave fans a tour of nostalgia. Following Macci’s statement, fans know how Sharapova ruled the court like a queen. What is your take on Rick Macci’s opinion about Sharapova?

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