Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakapumautia e te Russian Tennis Federation ka takaro a Maria Sharapova mo tana whenua ki a Tiamana i te whiringa toa o te Fed Cup i tenei marama. Kaore a Sharapova e takaro i te Fed Cup, e kii ana i te raarangi pukumahi, engari ka uru ia ki te kapa Ruhia e tu ana ki Tiamana i te Paenga-whawha 18-19 i Sochi. Mā te tākaro i te whakataetae kapa ka āhei ia ki te whai wāhi ki ngā Orimipia o te tau e whai ake nei. Ko te rangatira o Russia a Anastasia Myskina, he toa French Open o mua, kua kowhiria hoki a Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova me Elena Vesnina. Kua whakapumautia a Maria Sharapova ki te tākaro mō te kapa o Rūhia i te whiringa toa o te Fed Cup hei te wiki e whai ake nei. Ko Sharapova (matau) e ringihia ana te ringa ki a Dania Gavrilova i muri i tana hinganga i te Miami Open i te marama kua hipa. I kii te Federation Tennis Tiamana ko tana roopu ko Andrea Petkovic, Angelique Kerber, Sabine Lisicki me Julia Goerges. E wha nga wa o nga toa o Ruhia me nga toa e rua nga toa o Tiamana i tutaki i nga wa e rua i te Fed Cup mai i te hinganga o te Soviet Union, me te wikitoria o ia kapa i te wa kotahi, i te tau 2002. Ko Andrea Petkovic tētahi wāhanga o te kapa Fed Cup o Tiamana e haere ana ki Sochi hei te wiki e whai ake nei.
Ka tākaro a Maria Sharapova mō Rūhia i te whiringa toa o te Fed Cup. Ko Rūhia te kaihautū o Tiamana i te 2014 Winter Olympics host city o Sochi. Mā te tākaro e whai wāhi ai a Sharapova ki ngā hākinakina o te tau e whai ake nei.