Maria Sharapova
Have you heard Maria Sharapova play tennis before? If you haven’t, it sounds like a beast grunting loudly with every swing she takes. What else would you expect from a 6-foot-2 woman who looks like she would become a ruler of an Amazonian tribe? Did you know that Maria became the second-youngest female player to win the single’s tournament in the Open era?
At 32 years old, the five-time Grand Slam title holder decided to hang up her racket for good. Her retirement announcement was an emotional one, where she described how it was nearly impossible for her to give up something that had been such a huge part of her life.