indoors. Sharapova has already amassed a fortune on the tennis court (almost $12 million so far) and millions more annually through off-court endorsements yet she continues to work hard on her tennis game and improve. As a sign of her growing maturity and independence, Sharapova has also started to travel without her father in the past year. As a very high-profile international tennis celebrity, Sharapova deals with the limelight every day. So far, Maria has managed to balance her off-court responsibilities and fun with her on-court career. In a sense, Sharapova is "middle-aged" for a tennis pro since she started competing so successfully in her teenage years. Maria has already accomplished a career's worth of trophies and accolades. Therefore, the next several years will be telling in terms of Sharapova's ultimate place in tennis history.

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