World’s former number-one Maria Sharapova revealed a surprising connection between her successful tennis career and motherhood. Last year in July, Sharapova gave birth to her son Theo with her partner Alexander Gilkes. It was almost two years after she retired from her professional tennis career. However, her motherhood journey brought Sharapova back the memories of her on-court days.

Sharapova has been truly overwhelmed whenever she was asked about her motherhood journey. However, the connection that she recently expressed to her fans, surprised the entire tennis community. Want to know what connection this former Russian tennis legend discovered between her motherhood and professional tennis?

Maria Sharapova opened up about tennis days helping her in motherhood journey

Recently in a podcast, Sharapova revealed some surprising things about her motherhood struggles. She said- “I was joking from the beginning. Because as I was cleaning milk bottles, I just looked back at my career and thinking you sports drink bottles that I would clean after a day of practice. And I was like, it is as if my previous life has set me up for success. I’ve got this down.”

She expressed how while cleaning her son’s feeding bottles, she remembered her tennis days. During her professional tennis days, Sharapova used to clean her sports drink bottles after a day of price. That is when this Russian tennis star realized that her professional tennis journey already taught her the means to do great with her motherhood.

Now fans know that Sharapova’s indomitable attitude has brought her 5x Grand Slams. Her similar attitude to motherhood assures fans that she will do great in this challenge as well.

How is former Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s motherhood journey?

Sharapova spoke about her motherhood journey many times to the public. One time she hilariously mentioned repurposing her son, Theo’s stroller as a farmer’s market basket. She posted a picture of the stroller used as a veggie basket on her Instagram and surprised fans with her creativity. Sharapova also mentioned the anxiousness she feels about leaving her son for work sometimes.

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However, in all ways, Sharapova expresses the joy and eagerness in experiencing her motherhood journey. She once commented about Theo- “He observes everything. You see it in their eyes, like, Wow, this bird or this leaf. They’re discovering things in life for the first time.” 

Sharapova’s interesting motherhood revelations inspired many people about her strength and resilience in whatever she does. Not just that but this tennis legend also made motherhood quite interesting with her innovative ideas. What do you think about Sharapova’s surprising connection between tennis and motherhood?

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