Sharapova was banned in 2016 after failing a drug test.
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Became famous in China after upsetting Serena Williams to win the 2004 Wimbledon at 17. Her on-court shrieks earned her the nickname 尖叫女王 (Screaming Queen) in Chinese tennis coverage.
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The 娃 ending is the standard Chinese rendering of the Russian feminine suffix -ова (-ova). Male Russian names drop it: 莎拉波夫 would be the masculine form.
