Julia Lemigova, the wife of tennis legend Martina Navratilova, has spent a significant amount of time working in the modeling and entertainment industry. She established herself as a model before making a name for herself as an actor. With respect to modeling, the 50-year-old actress recently offered her thoughts on which tennis players she would like to see on the cover of a magazine.

Additionally, being a former tennis legend’s wife, the Real Housewives of Miami star is quite familiar with the tennis world. And recently, the 50-year-old actress had a confession to make which was also backed by the Czech-American tennis player.

Martina Navratilova’s wife has a confession to make 

The Russian model was recently requested to appear on a podcast show called ‘Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino’ following the release of The Real Housewives of Miami season 5 where she talked about her time in the show.

As the show progressed, the host asked the 50-year-old actress to pick a famous person who she would like to see on the cover of People magazine.

She said, “Well, I remember staring at the tennis player. He is not playing anymore, he is a Russian tennis player called Marat Safin. He was so hot so hot. Oh my god he was like the hottest guy. Even Martina says like he is like wow. He would be probably my hottest guy. And other is Maria, Oh my god, I know.”

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The tennis legend’s wife chose Marat Safin as the male model she would like to see on the magazine cover. And she also took the Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s name as the hottest female tennis player who could feature in her magazine.

Apart from Lemigova being stunned by the five-time Grand Slam champion’s beauty, her wife, Navratilova met the legendary Russian tennis player before she became a star. There was a time when Navratilova shared a key piece of advice with Sharapova’s father back when the latter was just a kid.

When Navratilova saw a rising star in Sharapova 

Back when Sharapova, was just 5 years old, she got an opportunity to meet the 59-time Grand Slam champion tennis star in Russia. Even today, the Russian tennis player recalls that one piece of advice the Czech-American tennis player gave her father to have a better future in the sport.

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Navratilova told her father to move out of Russia as the circumstances for athletes are better in the US. And after that, she grew out to be one of the most prominent tennis giants seen on the tennis court.