Tennis pin-up Maria Sharapova has forewarned her future husband
that he will literally have his hands full - once she finally
fulfills her ambition to find true love.
The 20-year-old Russian-born blond beauty, who recently won the
Australian Open and has picked up more than a million US dollars in
prize money already this year, is single, but says the man of her
dreams had better beware.
"If I ever love a man as much as my dog, the guy will have a
real problem, because I am all over that dog," the statuesque
Russian said in an interview set to be published in the German
edition of Vanity Fair.
"I have already had crushes during my career, but I don't
believe it was true love.
"Perhaps in five years I will be able to say for sure. I think
the trick is not to go looking for love."
While the future beau of the Russian may have to fight for her
affections with her pet dog Dolce, Sharapova is certainly the
darling of the tennis world having won all the Grand Slam titles
except Roland Garros.
When Sharapova, currently fifth in the WTA tour rankings, was
seven years old, her father Yuri took her to America so she could
follow her dream to be a tennis player.
But having won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2004,
at the tender age of 17, she has far out-weighed expectation.
"What I have achieved has far out-weighed my family's
expectation," she added.
"I would like to have children and I would like to do other
things which make me happy.
"But if I had my time over, I would do it all again."
(Agencies via China Daily February 1, 2008)
