Maria Sharapova says it was her father and coach Yuri's choice to stop traveling with her after she won the 2008 Australian Open. Sharapova promoted Michael Joyce to be her head coach shortly ...

“All her life, Yuri (Sharapova, Maria’s father) has been in this girl's face, screaming how she has to fight, fight, fight. Well, that’s what she does and this is what it led her to.

The relationship between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova has not always been roses ... I was 16 years old and despite everything I shouted to my father that I had made a good match.