Part 2
Maria Sharapova
Initial exercise of matching meanings ..
- Something disarming … Something that makes you feel friendly, taking away your suspiciousness
- Glamorous attire .. Attractive and exciting clothes
- In almost no time … Quickly, almost immediately
- Poised beyond her years .. More calm, confident, and in control than people of her age usually are
- Packed off.. ..Sent off
- Launched .. Started
- Heart wrenching .. Causing strong feelings of sadness
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Paragraph 1 ..Maria Sharapova became the No.1 tennis player of the world on Monday, 22 August 2005. Her rise to such fame was unimaginably quick. After her success, she faced the admirers with a soft, unassuming smile and the luxurious clothes she wore. Behind such a façade, she concealed the grueling training journey that virtually ripped her apart both physically and emotionally, but failed to break her determination to climb to the top at the earliest. In just four years, this modest Siberian girl smashed all barriers on her path to be crowned as the topmost woman tennis player of the world.
Paragraph 2 .. Maria was not reached the age of ten, when she was sent to Florida in the United States for being coached in tennis. Father Yuri accompanied her in this journey that would in later years prove to be so fateful, and so astonishingly successful. The demanding training scarred her body and mind, but resulted in Maria making long strides in the game of tennis. In the world stage, the game had already become mercilessly competitive for players aspiring to rise to the top. Maria picked up the gauntlet and honed her tennis skills with aplomb. Her mother Yelena was left behind in Siberia as she failed to get a visa to accompany Maria to the U.S. For two long years, Maria couldn’t see her mother. The pangs of separation was insufferable for the very young Maria. Melancholy bit the nine-year-old’s soul always, but she never wavered from her skill-building journey.
Paragraph 3 .. Separation from her mother was vdery painful for the young Maia. To add to her woes, her father used to be away from her for long hours as he had to do xsome work to earn money for their upkeep.
Paragraph 4. Her room mates often caused some difficulties for her. She used to fall asleep at about 8pm. The room mates often came in around 11pm. They woke her up demanding that she did up the room. It was quite unsettling, but she remained unruffled by such rough behaviour.