Grigor Dimitrov sought the famous tennis player at four in the morning
In New York, a presentation of the book by Maria SHARAPOVA "Unstoppable: my life so far" was held. The memoirs came out on English language, the Russian version will appear no earlier than October. But Express Gazeta was not accustomed to waiting. Do you want to know why Masha broke up with a basketball player from Slovenia, Sasha VUJACIC? And why does Serena WILLIAMS hate our tennis player so much? Then read on!
American tennis player Andy Roddick, son of a television mogul from the United States Charlie Ebersol, basketball player from Slovenia Sasha Vujacic, Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov- this is not a complete list of potential suitors Maria Sharapova. But at 30, Masha is still single.
They are all amazing. And, probably, that's why I'm alone now, not with them, - Sharapova subtly pricked her former lovers. And added that her heart is in this moment free. Perhaps the closest to becoming the husband of a tennis star was the two-meter basketball player Sasha Vujacic.
“I didn’t have a serious relationship until almost 22 years old,” Maria laments in the book. - At the end of 2009, a friend invited me to a barbecue. Called in advance and asked if I would mind if she invited someone else. I agreed, not understanding exactly what she meant.
For Sasha VUYACHICH, SHARAPOVA's success and fame have become a big problem
Vujacic entered her house when we were already having supper. His hair was still wet from the shower. On it was sport suit, both knees were wrapped in ice. I liked him right away. Saturday night and he just finished training? This is definitely my type. That evening we ate fried fish fillets, chatted, and then exchanged numbers.
We had a mutual understanding and closeness, which, as it seemed to me then, are possible only between two athletes. Sasha is from Slovenia and played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. He had a home in Los Angeles, he was a professional athlete, tall, with an Eastern European mentality. Everything looked great on paper.
But certain problems arose from the very beginning. For example, when we were in Los Angeles, he always insisted that we stay with him, although my house is much larger and cozier and located on the same street. It was purely male ego. He wanted to be in charge, to be in the center of everything, to control everything. He did not like to remember that I earn more than he does. That my house is bigger, that I have achieved more in tennis than he has in basketball. We never discussed it.
Sharapova admitted that Dimitrov's bold question took her by surprise About a year later we got engaged. Then I definitely was not yet ready for the wedding and did not even think about it. We got engaged to announce: I have only him, and he has only me. He gave me a ring with a huge stone, which I took off only during matches.
But over time, my success, my fame, my wealth became more and more of a problem for him. Eventually, I began to feel trapped. And gradually began to move away from him.
When Sharapova won the Roland Garros tournament in Paris in 2012, she called Vuyachich from the locker room.
“It was heard that he was in training,” the tennis player recalls. - Sasha congratulated me. I began to thank him for being with me in difficult moments, encouraging me when I lost heart, believing in me, pushing me forward. I was all emotional. It was felt that he was happy for me and touched. But when Sasha called in the evening, he was in a completely different mood. He was displeased, almost angry. I asked what happened? He replied that he had watched the match and the awards ceremony at home. I understood what happened. He got mad because I didn't thank him in my speech. And he couldn't think of anything else. I have been waiting for some sign from him for many months - and I got it. In one single sentence. Our relationship is over."
Let us add that when Marat Safin won the Australian Open in 2005, he thanked Daria Zhukova whom he called the bride. However, she soon went to Roman Abramovich. Perhaps Sharapova, remembering that story, did not want to run ahead of the locomotive.
Maria SHARAPOVA "I know that I want you"
Maria also told about the affair with the Bulgarian Dimitrov, who is four years younger than her. They were brought together by the agent of the Russian tennis player Max Eisenbud. Sharapova, who played at the tournament in Beijing, received a message from him: "Grigor Dimitrov wants to know your number." Max at that moment was in Miami, and there it was ... four in the morning!
“I asked why? He replied: are you fucking stupid? You do not understand?! I looked for information about Grigor on the Internet, about his age. Is he even an adult? Just now, he's 21. "Give him my mailbox," I wrote to Max. I remember at Wimbledon I saw a tall, thin boy with a slightly self-confident grin - he knows that he is quite attractive. I told the coach: “It’s good that there was no such player in my generation. This is fraught with my career, I would be distracted by it!” I gave Grigor my messenger number for BlackBerry. Then she gave me her mobile number.
My mom called these calls therapy sessions because I had a smile on my face after every conversation. We talked remotely, but at some point he was on the threshold of my apartment - with red roses and a huge teddy bear. We spent a lot of time together over the course of several weeks. Then Grigor asked if I wanted to be his girlfriend. He took me by surprise. I wasn't ready for something like this. He said he was willing to wait until I was ripe.
I asked myself: why would this handsome boy wait for a woman who is not ready for a relationship? And she said to him: “Okay, but I don’t know when I’ll be ready. Maybe in a couple of months." He replied: “Okay, I will wait. I know what I want and I want you." I watched him grow, win victories, then fall back, then start winning again. I really enjoyed watching him play. I remember watching Gregory practice on Christmas Day. It was just me, my best friend Estelle, him and his sparring partner. That sunny day in California was not at all associated with the approaching Christmas, ”recalls Sharapova.
Maria's main offender Serena WILLIAMS recently gave birth to a daughter and named her in a sporty way - Olympia. Photo: © Reuters
In 2015 they broke up. But, apparently, they maintained a rather warm relationship. At the tournament in Madrid, which took place in May, Maria and Grigor were photographed together. They sat on the podium and had a nice conversation about something.
Sharapova did not forget about her main offender - an American Serena Williams. After two victories back in 2004, Masha lost 19 matches in a row to her.
“When the 2004 Wimbledon final ended, Serena hugged me and congratulated me. She even smiled, but inside she had a different feeling. When I walked into the locker room, Williams was just sobbing. I tried to leave as soon as possible, but she noticed my presence. Serena soon told her friend, who then told me, "I'm never going to lose to that little bitch again." It seems to me that she hated me because I, being a little fragile girl, defeated her in the Wimbledon final, ”says Maria.
According to the former first racket of the world, many tennis players simply envy her. “Some girls were crazy that I often appeared in commercials. Elena Dementieva I went to tournaments with my mom. She always looked at me sideways, literally bored her eyes. Once, Dementieva's mother complained to my massage therapist: "Elena cannot conclude a single contract in Japan, because Maria took them all," says Sharapova's book.
The famous athlete Grigor Dimitrov (tennis) proves with his results that he is the best among the racket masters in Bulgaria. And his charm and external attractiveness, like a magnet, attract the attention of girls.
Biography of Grigor Dimitrov
The first racket of Bulgaria in the men's singles- Grigor Dimitrov - was born on May 16, 1991 in the city of Haskovo. He was brought up in sports family and therefore with early childhood got involved in sports. His father, Dimitar, is a well-known tennis coach in the country, he also became the first mentor for his son, with whom he started training from the age of 3. Grigor's mother, Maria, is currently a physical education teacher.
In 2006, Grigor achieved his first serious success in junior tennis- became the winner of the prestigious Orange Bowl tournament. In 2007, he scored a spot in the junior doubles final at the US Open. In 2008, he won 2 junior Grand Slam tournaments - Wimbledon and the US Open. In the same year, young Dimitrov topped the junior ranking in singles. For excellent results and the similarity of the technical side of the game with the style of the great Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, Grigor Dimitrov was called Baby Fed, or little Federer.
Achievements in professional tennis
Since 2008, Grigor Dimitrov has been playing tennis on a professional basis. For the period of his sports career he won 6 tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP): in Stockholm (Sweden, hard, 2013), Acapulco (Mexico, hard, 2014), Bucharest (Romania, clay, 2014), London (Great Britain, grass, 2014), Brisbane (Australia, hard, 2017), Sofia (Bulgaria, hard, 2017).
As can be seen from his results, Grigor is a versatile tennis player who has won victories in all major types of tennis. tennis surfaces. But he considers hard and grass to be his favorite surfaces. The best performance in the Grand Slam tournaments in adult tennis was reaching the semi-finals of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in 2014 and Open Championship Australia in 2017.
Grigor Dimitrov is currently ranked 11th in the ATP rankings. He had the highest rating in 2014, when he became the 8th racket of the world in singles. His working hand is the right one. The Bulgarian tennis player is currently coached by Daniel Vallverdu. As a prize, the athlete earned over $8.5 million.
Hobbies outside the tennis court
The Bulgarian athlete spends most of his time on tennis court- Trainings and competitions accompany him since childhood. Therefore, Grigor's hobbies are not related to sports: he likes to collect watches, play various computer games, ride with the breeze in sports cars. By the way, one of the cars, Porshe, was presented to him for his birthday by a former lover - the famous Russian tennis player, ex-first racket of the world Maria Sharapova.
This beautiful couple started dating in 2012. A small age difference did not become an obstacle to the relationship between the Russian prima and the Bulgarian heartthrob. Their star romance began in China in 2012. Once, while at a tournament in Shanghai, during lunch, Grigor saw on the TV screen a match with Maria Sharapova, who performed in Beijing. Of course, even to this day he knew who Sharapova was. At that moment, he wanted to get to know her personally, and Grigor sent an e-mail to Maria. Within a month, young people corresponded, and when the tennis season ended, they made a first date. At first, no one knew that famous tennis players were dating. Only in May 2013, the ubiquitous paparazzi were able to photograph them walking together through the streets of Madrid.
Grigor treated Maria with great tenderness, and she somehow admitted that this man was the best thing that had ever happened to her. Once, when the Russian woman was at a tournament in Stuttgart, he sent her a magnificent bouquet of 500 roses.
Unfortunately for the fans of Maria and Grigor, in the summer of 2015 they announced their separation. Perhaps it played a role that professional tennis, which they both play, requires constant participation in tournaments from January to November. Therefore, the lovers did not have the opportunity to be together, with the exception of participating in combined tournaments, which are not so many in the tennis calendar. According to some reports, Maria could not forgive Grigor for his betrayal - phone sex with a stranger.
After Dimitrov officially confirmed the information about the break with Maria Sharapova, he said that he wants to fully concentrate on his game. At that time, he was one of the 30 strongest tennis players in the world and since then he has really improved his position, becoming the 11th racket of the world.
At various times, the Bulgarian athlete was fond of other girls. Several of his novels are known. At the age of 17, he dated Slovak tennis player Romana Karolin Tabak. A year later, a girl from Bulgaria Simona Stefanova became his girlfriend, with whom he maintained a romantic relationship until 2012.
In 2012, there were rumors that Grigor Dimitrov was dating an American tennis player, the famous Serena Williams, who is 10 years older than him. But there was not a single photo in the press that would clearly indicate the romance of tennis players. After Dimitrov began dating Sharapova, he confirmed that there was still an affair between him and Serena. But the relationship did not work out, and they broke up.
After an affair with Maria Sharapova in 2016, Grigor began to be associated with the name of sexy Nicole Scherzinger, an American singer and dancer. In this pair, a noticeable difference in age is striking - Nicole is 13 years older than her partner. In mid-May 2017, insiders reported that Grigor and Nicole had taken a break in their relationship. According to the singer's entourage, the couple is close to breaking up. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Grigor again began to communicate with Maria Sharapova. During her disqualification, he strongly supported Maria through the media, and in May 2017, at a tournament in Madrid, they were again seen laughing.
She broke up with her boyfriend, a Bulgarian tennis player, whom she had been dating since the end of 2012.
“Rumors about the breakup of Maria Sharapova and Grigor Dimitrov have been confirmed,”
ESPN columnist Darren Rovel tweeted. So far, representatives of the athletes have not confirmed or denied the information.
In September last year, the couple's separation was already reported, but later a refutation followed.
“I understand your interest,” Maria said then. Thank you for being so interested in my life. Gregory and I are fine."
Note that in February 2015, the athletes were planning a wedding, but postponed it for unknown reasons.
Nevertheless, the Bulgarian throughout recent months More than once he spoke in the press about his strong relationship with Sharapova, and therefore it was quite difficult to predict a split in this pair.
In June of this year, he told how he met Maria.
“We were both in China - I was in Shanghai, and she was in Beijing,” Grigor recalled. - I sat down to dinner and watched a match with her participation on TV. Then I decided to send her an email. We began to correspond, and at the end of the season we met. Many are afraid to even approach her, considering Maria impregnable, but I felt confident thanks to communication via the Internet. I understand why people call us the "golden" couple, but to me, she's just Maria. I perceive it differently than others. I care about her human qualities. We spend our free time in the same way as other couples: we walk, have dinner, go shopping.
Sometimes I send her flowers just like that, for no reason. My record is a bouquet of 500 roses.”
At the recent Wimbledon tournament, Dimitrov said that the Russian woman sometimes gives him professional tennis advice.
“What exactly are the words she says to me? I'll probably keep this to myself. But in principle, it's great that my girlfriend is a tennis player. One piece of advice can have a big impact on my game. So this is a plus in our relationship. I always appreciate everything that she tells me, ”said the Bulgarian.
True, Sharapova's advice, apparently, did not help the tennis player much. In terms of sports results, Dimitrov was noticeably inferior to his girlfriend. Throughout his career, he won only four ATP singles tournaments (Sharapova has 35 WTA singles titles) and once reached the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournament (Maria won such trophies five times).
Previously, Sharapova met with another athlete - Slovenian basketball player Sasha Vujacic, who played in the NBA with the Lakers, Clippers and New Jersey, and now plays in the Turkish championship.
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