Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Russian Tennis Federation yakasimbisa kuti Maria Sharapova achatambira nyika yake vachipesana neGermany mumutambo weFed Cup semi-finals mwedzi uno. Nhamba yechipiri pasi rose Sharapova haawanzo kutamba Fed Cup, achitaura nezve hurongwa hwakabatikana, asi achave chikamu chechikwata cheRussia chinotarisana neGerman musi waApril 18-19 muSochi. Kutamba mumutambo wechikwata kunomubatsira kuva akakodzera nokuda kweMitambo yeOlympic yegore rinouya. Mutungamiriri weRussia Anastasia Myskina, aimbova shasha yeFrench Open, akasarudzawo Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova naElena Vesnina. Maria Sharapova asimbiswa kuti achatambira chikwata cheRussia mumasemi-fainari eFed Cup svondo rinouya. Sharapova (kuruboshwe) anobata Dania Gavrilova maoko pashure pokurasikirwa paMiami Open mwedzi wapfuura. Sangano reGerman Tennis Federation rakati chikwata charo chaizosanganisira Andrea Petkovic, Angelique Kerber, Sabine Lisicki naJulia Goerges. Makwikwi mana eRussia neakahwina kaviri Germany akambosangana kaviri chete muFed Cup kubvira pakaparara Soviet Union, nechikwata chimwe nechimwe chichihwina kamwe chete, ichangobva kuitika muna 2002. Andrea Petkovic chikamu chechikwata cheGermany Fed Cup chinoenda kuSochi svondo rinouya.
Maria Sharapova achatambira Russia mumasemi-fainari eFed Cup. Russia ichagamuchira Germany muguta reSochi muna 2014 uko kuchaitirwa Mitambo yeOlympic yechando. Kutamba kunobetsera Sharapova kuva anokodzera nokuda kweMitambo yeOlympic yezhizha yegore rinouya.