Los Angeles: Former tennis world number one Maria Sharapova will be holding a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday to make “a major announcement”, though no other details were given by her manager on Sunday.
Sharapova’s management company, IMG, declined to tell Reuters via email what topic had prompted the news conference but added: “It will be very big news.”
Monday’s announcement will come just four days after Sharapova said she was withdrawing from this month’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in California due to a persistent arm injury.
The five-time Grand Slam champion has been troubled by her left forearm since the start of the year when she pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up tournament in Brisbane.
Sharapova lost to Serena Williams in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and has not competed since then.
