When a right shoulder injury required surgery in 2008, putting her tennis career in jeopardy, Maria Sharapova decided to utilise the downtime to learn a new language, the one spoken at the one Grand Slam tournament she had yet to win. Maria Sharapova won the women's singles tennis championship at the 2012 French Open by defeating Sara Errani in the final, 6–3, 6–2. Sharapova won her maiden French Open victory, completing her career Grand Slam.
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