Fed Cup: Maria Sharapova soon back in the Russian team?

At the moment Maria Sharapova is calm and sporty.However, the head of the Russian federation is sure that the 30-year-old will soon be playing for her country of birth again.

Maria Sharapova has been holding back on sports over the past few days, concentrating more on advertising her book, while no TV station in the USA feels left out.This has put the Russian on the New York Times’ current bestseller list, finishing seventh, while Hillary Clinton, the top rider, still has a few sold copies missing.

Compared to the world’s top tennis players, there is even less lack of the impression that Sharapova left behind during her appearances in Flushing Meadows.Especially the victory in Rune One against Simona Halep showed that world rankings 103 does not correspond to the actual playing strength of the fivefold Grand Slam winner.What has not been hidden from the energetic and controversial Russian head of the federation Shamil Tarpischev.

With Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Vesnina, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Daria Kasatkina, Ekaterina Makarova, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Evgeniya Rodina there are eight countrywomen ahead of Sharapova, but Tarpischev has Maria Sharapova at the top of his personal list.

Whether this is really Sharapova’s intention to do so will become clear next year, as only the Belarusians and Americans will be allowed to enter the Bütt in 2017: at the Fed Cup final in Minsk.

Of course, Maria wants to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,”said the functionary,” she will be ready for this,”and the player herself has not been heard in this regard.