Tennis Beauty Sharapova is engaged! Fiancé giant handsome also pet, immortal rich woman life 700 dollars into Florida "arrogant" lion roar girl from the stadium to the mall to the love field

On Thursday, Maria Sharapova, a well-known Russian tennis player who has retired, announced that she was engaged to her British boyfriend of two years, Alexander Gilkes.

Since she came out as a dark horse in 2004 and beat Serena Williams to win wimbledon at the age of 17, Sharapova has had the title of "Beautiful Girl in Tennis".

Her height of 188 cm, blonde hair and blue eyes, coupled with her fiery figure, and the representative "lion roar" on the field are the characteristics of her career that have been mentioned many times.

Tough, tenacious, arrogant, fierce, Sharapova's personality inside and outside the field has always been enjoyed by the melon-eating masses. The girl from the fighting nation has written the spirit of "the old woman is the most cattle x".

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When Sharapova's mother was pregnant with her, she lived in Gomel, now part of Belarus, less than 200 kilometers from Chernobyl. After the April 1986 nuclear leak, the family fled to Nyagan in the northwest. In April of the following year, Sharapova was born, and when she was less than two years old, she moved with her parents to a warmer Sochi.

In Sochi, Sharapova's father met the father of Yevgeni Kafernikov, Russia's first singles champion to win a grand slam in the region. The latter saw that the young Sharapova had a talent for tennis and gave her a pair of rackets.

After having a racket, the 4-year-old began practicing playing with his father on a simple cement tennis court, and was evaluated by the enlightenment coach "Her hands and eyes are very good".

By the time Sharapova was 6 years old, the training environment could no longer meet her talent, and the coach recommended her to study at the IMG Sports Boarding School in Florida.

(The academy trained famous tennis players such as Agassi, Cerres, and Kurnikova.) ）

In order to get the best education for his daughter, his father, who did not speak English at all, took the $700 he had pieced together and moved to the United States with his baby to accompany him.

At that time, the school had not yet fully recognized Sharapova's strength, so it did not provide scholarships. Because of this, in order to have a stable life, Dad worked all kinds of odd jobs to earn money and stayed up for three full years. It wasn't until 1996, when Sharapova received a $35,000 scholarship, that it wasn't so hard.

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Going to the United States at the age of 6, Sharapova can be said to be a "fake Russian" who grew up under the tennis system and culture in the United States. But she never joined the U.S., and in one visit she said: "I will always be Russian, and I love our character of never giving up and never backing down." ”

Followed by a father who did not speak English at all and carried $700 to the United States, Sharapova, who was an outsider, was trained to be a strong athlete from an early age.

13-year-old junior champion, 15-year-old shortlisted Australian Open and Wimbledon, from an outsider to a bully flower, she is fierce, strong, every time she uses all her strength to respond to the ball, she will issue a roar that shocks the whole field, which has also become a hallmark of her career.

By the 2004 Australian Open, Sharapova had gone all the way through the barriers, and she had caught Serena Williams off guard and won her first Grand Slam. The lion roaring girl became popular, coupled with her appearance, the sport of tennis has become more popular than ever.

After becoming famous at the Australian Open, she won many Grand Slam titles and endorsements in the following decade, becoming the world's most valuable female athlete for 11 consecutive years.

However, outside of the rapid ball style and momentum, because of her beautiful appearance and toned figure, Sharapova's every move and life in the world are put under a magnifying glass.

When she fights on the field, the camera always deliberately shoots the skirt from her toes up. When the roar was too loud, not only the opponent protested, but the audience also had a collective after "Sharapova shut up!" Boos.

And she publicly said that in order to remain competitive, she refused to get along with her opponents and "did not come to make friends" remarks, which were also criticized as too utilitarian and arrogant.

(After winning Serena Williams that year, Sharapova once said, "I saw her crying in the lounge.") ）

A beautiful and ambitious woman, the absolute advantage in strength, sometimes becomes her "spray point" that is repeatedly provoked.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last year, Sharapova asked: "People always say that your achievements are all because you are beautiful?" Sharapova smiled, "Then good luck to them." No matter what I do, say, or wear, there will always be people who are dissatisfied. ”

The reporter went on to ask: "What do you say to women who want to be liked by everyone?" She replied: "Of course, you must be honest with yourself, and understand that it is impossible to be friends with everyone along the way." Not everyone in today's society will like what you wear and say. Do those matter? If you're convinced of what you're going to do, those are floating clouds. ”

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Sharapova's strong way of being a person and her business ability is not smooth sailing. Later in her career, she suffered repeated surgeries on her shoulder injuries, dropped her rankings, and was banned for 15 months in 2016 for taking genetic disease treatment drugs containing banned ingredients.

(Russia's sports minister has said Sharapova's ban was also related to the tensions between the United States and Russia at the time.) ）

After returning to the field in 2017, the deteriorating Sharapova peak on her shoulders was no longer there, but she still chose to endure for three years and did not give up lightly. Until February 26 this year, she finally published an open letter in Vanity Fair, announcing her retirement.

She wrote: "How do you give up the only life you know? How do you say goodbye to something that has shed countless tears and experienced countless joys over the past 28 years? It's time to say goodbye. ... Since 2008, I've had so many surgeries and treatments that my body has started to get distracted. ”

The announcement of her retirement did not come suddenly, after all, the genius girl had lost her former state. A tennis era that belonged to Sharapova came to an end, and she said at the end of her farewell letter: "Tennis allows me to see the world, to see myself, to see how I exercise myself, how I grow." No matter what the new chapter is like, what the next mountain to climb, I will continue to fight, continue to climb, continue to grow. ”

In fact, in addition to being an outstanding athlete, Sharapova is also a very business-minded money maker. In addition to many big-name endorsements, in 2013, she set up her own candy company, personally supervising the design, publicity and marketing of the platform, and last year's sales totaled $20 million.

The cost of endorsement plus her own business, Sharapova, 33, is worth nearly $200 million. Relying on their own sports achievements to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in the rich national women, buying luxury houses and farms, they are not only celebrities in the tennis world, but also the darlings of the fashion circle.

(Show with Anna Winthur)

Sharapova's private life is also often concerned, in addition to her engagement with Slovenian player Sasha, she also once spent 3 years with her 4-year-old Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.

The first two stable and lasting relationships ended sadly. In 2018, after a round trip, Sharapova, who loves architecture and art, and Alexander Gilx, a British businessman who is 8 years older than herself, have a public affair and announced their engagement a few days ago.

In addition to being a well-known art dealer worth hundreds of millions, the fiancé is also a graduate of Eton College, an alumnus of Prince William and Prince Harry, and a good friend of Princess Eugenie.

(Princess Eugenie)

Alexander was once named on the List of Best Dressed Men by the New York Press.

When she was photographed with Sharapova, the temperament and dress were really good, very eye-catching.

(The newspaper sister feels a little bit of Hugh Grant's taste when he was young~)

In the past two years of interaction, there have been many scenes of love between the two.

Spend Christmas together

Rwanda looks at the silverback gorilla

Travel around and take part in activities

Be funny and have fun together

Generous open love, mature and stable exchanges, Sharapova after retirement, shines with happiness. However, it is worth mentioning that Alexander was married once, and when he held a wedding with his ex-wife Misha Nonoo, he invited many members of the royal family to attend. The ex-wife is Meghan's best friend, the matchmaker who introduced Harry and Megan to each other.

(Harry Meghan attending Misha Nonoo's remarriage)

Imagine that when Sharapova and Alexander got married, it must have been another big gathering of the British royal family and celebrities from all walks of life. This circle is really small and small.

Sharapova's career along the way, full of ambition and concentration of money, love career with both hands to grasp the courage, really respond to her own said spirit of infinite effort.

From a 6-year-old girl from a family of only $700, supported by the firm love of her parents, to a rich woman worth $200 million, a beautiful woman with brains and strength, she is invincible.