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Maria Sharapova is a mother! The 35-year-old former No. 1 tennis professional introduced on July 15 that she welcomed a child boy together with her fiancé Alexander Gilkes, 42, making them each first-time mother and father. Alongside a candy picture of her and Alexander wanting down at their toddler, who was swaddled in a white blanket, she revealed his identify is Theodore and he was born on the primary of the month. “Probably the most stunning, difficult, and rewarding reward our little household might ask for,” she wrote.
Maria celebrated her thirty fifth birthday on April 19 by saying her being pregnant with a stunning picture of herself holding her rising bump on the seashore. Within the picture, she turned to the facet and held her child bump as she shocked in a light-weight brown bandeau bikini prime and lengthy brown pants. “Valuable beginnings!!!” she wrote on the prime of her announcement. “Consuming birthday cake for 2 has all the time been my specialty.”
The Russian athlete has been with the British businessman since 2018 they usually made their official debut as a pair on the 2019 Met Gala in New York Metropolis. Alexander popped the query to Maria in Dec. 2020 simply months after Maria retired from tennis. “I mentioned sure from the primary day we met,” she penned in her announcement publish, which included a carousel of selfies and movies of the pair collectively. “This was our little secret, wasn’t it.” Alexander additionally shared the thrilling information on his Instagram account. “Thanks for making me a really very comfortable boy. I stay up for a lifetime of loving you, and studying from you @mariasharapova,” he wrote with a hoop emoji.
Maria beforehand famous she wasn’t in a rush to get married or plan a marriage as a result of “uncertainties” that include the coronavirus pandemic. “I feel with right now’s atmosphere, there’s so many uncertainties, we haven’t set a date,” she advised Mid-day in Sept. 2021. “We really haven’t mentioned it but as a result of we would like our family and friends to be comfy in an atmosphere and never really feel like they must attend one thing.”
It seems Maria and Alexander selected to prioritize beginning a household collectively, as a substitute. Congratulations to the brand new mother and father!