Russia tennis beauty Maria Sharapova has said that it was during her 15-month doping ban (after testing positive for meldonium, which was added to the list of banned substances at the start of 2016), that she learnt about vulnerability and opening up.

When Fortune magazine's Pattie Sellers asked Sharapova what was her low point in her career, she replied: "The suspension definitely. I was always so determined and focused. That phase was a learning lesson for me. Everyone saw me as a person who had a tough shield around me. During the ban, I learnt about vulnerability and opening up. It was during that time I learnt what sharing your feelings is like and how it connects you in a completely different level than you imagine yourself to go through."