Outside tennis
Sharapova has lived in the United States since moving there at the age of seven. She has a home in Manhattan Beach, California. Sharapova lists fashion, movies, music and reading theSherlock Holmes and Pippi Longstocking series as among her off-court interests,while she has also talked in the past about how she takes hip-hop dance classes. Sharapova has a Pomeranian named Dolce, which means "sweet" in Italian.
At the 2004 US Open, Sharapova, along with several other Russian female tennis players, wore a black ribbon in observance of the tragedy after the Beslan school hostage crisis, which took place only days before. In 2005, she donated around US$50,000 to those affected by the crisis.]On February 14, 2007, Sharapova was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and donated US$210,000 to UNDP Chernobyl-recovery projects. She stated at the time that she was planning to travel back to the area after Wimbledon in 2008,[90] though it didn't happen as she had to travel back to the US because of shoulder injury.[91] She fulfilled the trip in late June � early July 2010. With Haynes, Kirilenko, Vaidi�ov�, Stubbs, Governor Bush and Capriati, Sharapova participated in an exhibition in Tampa in December 2004, raising money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund.
In July 2008, Sharapova sent a message on DVD to the memorial service of Emily Bailes, who had performed the coin toss ahead of the 2004 Wimbledon final that Sharapova had gone on to win.[92]
Sharapova helped promote the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Sharapova has often implied that she desires an early retirement. Following the retirement of 25-year-old Justine Henin, Sharapova said, "If I was 25 and I'd won so many Grand Slams, I'd quit too."[93] In an interview after the 2008 Australian Open, she balked at the idea of playing for another ten years, saying that she hoped to have a "nice husband and a few kids" by then.[94]
Sharapova is engaged to Slovenian born professional basketball player Sasha Vujacic, who plays for the New Jersey Nets.[95][96] The two have been dating since 2009.[97]
Sharapova is a stamp collector and has a "huge collection" compiled since she was a child.[98]
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