(Tennis news) Sharapova is captivated by millions of male fans, but she was once “in love” with a Spanish tennis player.
Maria Sharapova, after a career filled with success and captivating many hearts, is now married and has children. But there was a time when she was “crazy” with someone just like her male fans were crazy about her, and that person is now the coach of Carlos Alcaraz.
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Maria Sharapova
At the age of 16, Sharapova is a rising young tennis player in the world of women’s tennis, and meanwhile Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are also taking their first steps in their professional careers.
But in a short period of time, Juan Carlos Ferrero rose up and temporarily pushed aside two future superstars. According to Sharapova in her autobiography “Unstoppable: My Life So Far”, it is Juan Carlos Ferrero who reigns in the heart of young Russian tennis player Sharapova, 7 years his junior.
Sharapova has spoken about her feelings for Ferrero, saying that she briefly stayed at Ferrero’s academy in Spain and fell in love with Ferrero. “During the weeks there, watching Ferrero practice, walk, talk, even the way he stroked his hair, I really fell in love. The heart wants what the heart tells me, I don’t pay attention to the age difference,” Sharapova wrote.
However, Sharapova unconsciously imitated a few things from Ferrero, the Spanish tennis player who won the Roland Garros championship in 2003, and the image of him celebrating was imprinted in her mind. “Juan knelt down and looked up at the sky as if thanking whoever was up there. I have imitated that celebration many times in my career,” Sharapova said.
