Maria Sharapova insists, I want to end career on my terms

Maria Sharapova said she fought for the truth so she can end her career on her terms. The former world number one was initially banned for two years after failing a doping test before having it reduced to 15 months

Maria Sharapova

London: Maria Sharapova said she fought for the truth so she can end her career on her terms. The former world number one was initially banned for two years after failing a doping test before having it reduced to 15 months on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

"You want to end your career or a chapter in your life on your terms and in your voice, and to be in a moment where you felt like it could have ended on someone else’s terms was difficult to accept. And that's why I fought for the truth. You don’t realise how much you love something and how much something means to you until you lose it," Sharapova said.

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