Hollywood, FL 10/22/2010 11:28:01 PM
Maria Sharapova Gets Engaged
Tennis Star to Wed Basketball Star
On Thursday, Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic announced that he is engaged to Russian tennis great Maria Sharapova. ''We are engaged and are both really happy,'' Vujacic said on Thursday
night before an exhibition game. ''It's
good and now we can focus on other things.''
Vujacic said he proposed to the Wimbledon, U.S. Open, and Australian Open champion on the one-year anniversary of the pair's first meeting. ''It's was probably old school,'' said Vujacic. ''I had to do it like a gentlemen.''
Vujacic is an accomplished NBA guard, who has played with the Lakers during two of their championship-winning years (2009 and 2010). Sharapova is a precocious tennis great who won her first Grand Slam title at at the age of 17 (Wimbledon).
(Sources: FoxSports.com, Associated Press)
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