CLASS 9
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To pursue her education
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To pursue her music
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To pursue her dream for tennis
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To be the richest tennis player in the world
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Detailed explanation-1: -To pursue her dream of becoming a tennis star. Maria Sharapova was the first Russian female tennis player who topped the single ranking. According to her biography, she had to face a lot of criticism and negativity from the people around her.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maria put up all the humiliations and insults during her training period to *(a) To pursue her education.
Detailed explanation-3: -Instead of giving up, when Maria Sharapova was insulted during her training at Florida, USA. She became more determined and mentally tough. She learnt how to take care of herself because she knew what she wanted.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though her father had accompanied her to the U.S., he too could not frequently visit her as he had to spend a lot of time to earn money to be paid for Maria’s tennis training. Apart from it, the other co-trainees used to bully, humiliate and insult her. They were inconsiderate to Maria who was much younger to them.
Detailed explanation-5: -This is what she has to say about her monetary gains from tennis: “Of course, money is a motivation. Tennis is a business and a sport, but the most important thing is to become number one in the world. That’s the dream that kept me going.”