Maria Sharapova on the Fed Cup scandal

Published: July 27, 2007, 7:27 pm

Tags: fed cup, maria sharapova, misquoted, shamil, criticized, invited, tarpishchev, country, russian, respect

Maria Sharapova was criticized a lot lately since she withdrew from the Fed Cup on two occasions in 2007; actually the 20-year-old is yet to make a Fed Cup appearance for her native country. Both times the highest-ranked Russian player pulled out because of injuries, but after the second withdrawal, which was at the last minute, Russian tennis officials accused her of putting her own interests ahead of her country. "I'm telling you, just forget about all these promises," said Russia's chief tennis coach Vladimir Kamelzon. "Her closest advisers are Americans and they would never allow her to play for Russia," he added. "Well, she never intended to play in the first place," said former national champion Anna Dmitrieva, who now works as a senior commentator for NTV television. "All she wanted was to be included in the Fed Cup team so she would be eligible to play at the 2008 Beijing Olympics." The culmination was the statement of the

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