テニをはまるまるムし: Maria Sharapova appears on Japanese TV, visiting Harajuku Part 4 マリア・シャラポワ『炎の体育会TV』出演＆原宿へ行くの巻(その4)

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese) : Kei! Both Kei and I are from the same academy.

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese) : He’s had such a great year and it definitely has a positive influence on the future of Japanese tennis. His focus and ideas are really amazing and I’m sure he’ll have more successful results in the future.

Man: You made a trip to Japan in 2011, just half a year after The Great East Japan Earthquake, and had a tennis clinic for kids from disaster-hit cities, didn’t you?

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese) : I had a similar experience myself. My mother was pregnant with me when Chernobyl disaster happened.

Voice-over: Maria’s parents lived near the nuclear power plant then.

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese) : For 4 months after the accident, they found out they were going to have a baby. They worried about the radiation affecting me and escaped to Russia.

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese): One year later, my mother gave birth to me. So I understand the horror of nuclear accident. I wanted to help people in Japan.

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese): I played tennis with the kids who experienced a hardship, because I just wanted to cheer them up. That’s why I made a visit to Japan.

Man: Your visit must’ve encouraged kids.
Maria (female voice-over in Japanese): I hope so.

Man: Some of those kids might play against you someday.
Maria (female voice-over in Japanese): That would be great.

Man: Please say a few words for Japanese kids.
Maria (female voice-over in Japanese) : Do your best, tennis or other sports, whatever you do. If you try your best, good results will follow.

Maria (female voice-over in Japanese) : Thank people around you and listen to your parents.

(Japanese caption says the man is Maria’s father, Yuri Sharapov but it’s obviously her current coach, Sven Groeneveld.)