‘Don’t Want My Dress Crooked’ – Roger Federer’s Wife Mirka Once Saved ‘Clueless’ Maria Sharapova at a Crucial Wimbledon Ritual

Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova have been two of the most iconic players in the sport for the past two decades. Although they have given fans some memorable moments on the tennis circuit, most fans have never seen the two interact cordially on or off the tennis court. However, the Swiss Maestro’s wife Mirka saved Maria Sharapova when she was 17 from embarrassment. The five-time Grand Slam champion, after she won her first Wimbledon title, was about to face a very unfortunate situation.

The then, 17-year-old Russian star won her first Wimbledon title in 2004 alongside the Swiss Maestro. 

When Federer’s wife saved Maria Sharapova from an embarrassment 

In the 20-time Grand Slam champion’s biography, ‘The Master’, published in 2021, there is an instance where the Russian tennis player explained how the former world number one’s wife helped her from falling into an embarrassing situation. It happend after winning her first Wimbledon title, when she attended the champions’ dinner alongside the Swiss Maestro and his wife. 

She said, “When I got up to get the trophy next to him at the ball. I remember Mirka telling me that my dress was crooked. And I was like, ‘Oh my God, I don’t want my dress crooked when I’m standing next to Roger Federer!’” 

“So I was like, ‘Thank you so much, Mirka.’ I was so clueless.” the Russian tennis player added.

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Further, the 35-year-old former tennis star also revealed that she was clueless about how she won Wimbledon at the age of 17. However, Mirka is not the only WTA star who has helped her to find her way on the tennis circuit. The tennis star is also grateful to the 59-time Grand Slam champion, Martina Navratilova, for her contribution to making her dream come true. 

Navratilova’s early advice played a big role in Sharapova’s tennis career 

Back when the former world number one was only 5 years old, she visited a tennis clinic in Moscow that was held by the American tennis legend. Subsequently, the five-year-old Sharapova’s dedication towards the game caught the eye of Martina Navratilova. 

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The 59-year-old advised her father to take her out of Russia, as the opportunities for an athlete in the US are better. Thus, the five-time Grand Slam champions’ father took the biggest chance to fly out of Russia. He came to Florida just to help her daughter achieve her dream and the rest as they say is history.