Early in her career, Maria Sharapova strived hard to achieve success in tennis. She moved to the United States along with her father at a very young age to take her game to the next level. The move proved to be a good one as the Russian star went on to dominate the women’s circuit. During her illustrious career, the 35-year-old has managed to win an impressive five Grand Slam singles titles.

While she was at the peak of her career, Sharapova was also active in the business world. She founded her candy company, Sugarpova. Additionally, she has invested in numerous other companies. She once shared a hilarious secret told by legendary architect Frank Gehry.

Maria Sharapova reveals how Frank Gehry described a little collection

During an interview, the former World Number 1 revealed her love for architecture. She said, “I love architecture, that’s kind of the design area that I was really fascinated by… I would photograph his different buildings all around the world and I’d send them to my mom as a souvenir because she wasn’t traveling with me when I was on tour and it became like my little thing to do when I was in a different city.”

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Further, she added, “I would hunt down a Frank Gehry building, and then when I started working with Tiffany, he had a collection with them and I got to go to his studio and we worked on a pair of earrings together and he shared a secret with me. And he had this little collection of what looked like hearts as part of the collection and he says, let me tell you a secret and I was like, oh my god, Frank Gehry’s telling me a secret and he’s like those are not hearts, they’re b**ts.”

Sharapova’s retirement

The Russian tennis star called it quits after the Australian Open in 2020. Bidding adieu to tennis after an illustrious 19-year career, Sharapova achieved many highs on the court.

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Her last match was at the Australian Open in 2020, where she lost in the first round against Donna Vekic. Recently, Sharapova gave birth to her first child, Theodore.