Three-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova is engaged to los angeles lakers basketball star Sasha Vujacic
Three-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova is engaged to los angeles lakers basketball star Sasha Vujacic
For Maria Sharapova fans, this news will be heartbreaking. The three-time Grand Slam tennis champ is engaged to LA Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
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The 26-year-old NBA star made the announcement just before the Lakers took on the Golden State Warriors in an exhibition game on Thursday night in San Diego.The report said that Vujacic popped the big question to Sharapova at his Manhattan Beach, California home with a diamond ring.According to Vujacic, Sharapova said "yes" to his "old-school" proposal."I had to do it like a gentleman ufffdWe are engaged and are both really happy. It's good and now we can focus on other things," he told the paper. A wedding date has not been set.u00a0 The couple have been dating for a year after first going public with their relationship last November at a U2 concert at the Los Angeles Staples Centre. Sasha spoke about why their relationship works so well. "As two pro athletes -- in different sports -- we both understand what the other is doing and going through, and what it takes to do well in what we do," he told NBA Fan House."She's working hard. I'm working hard. It's good together," he signed off.
Who is Sasha Vujacic?
>> He is a Slovenian basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers
>> His father Vaso Vuja is a Serbian basketball coach
>> In the 2007-08 season, Vujacis recorded a career-high 22 points in a win over the Denver Nuggets
>> Vujacic made 118 of his 270 three point field goal attempts, setting the LA Lakers single-season record for the best three point field goal percentage in 2008-09
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