Pickleball Slam 2: Maria Sharapova Refuses to Hide Admiration for Steffi Graf in a Candid Confession

The upcoming Pickleball Slam’s second edition has brought a hell of excitement among fans since the world’s former number one tennis star Maria Sharapova will feature in it. However, Sharapova added some more fuel to this excitement by revealing her actual interest in attending this Pickleball Slam. Want to know what is it?

Maria Sharapova will be pairing up with legendary John McEnroe to face off against previous winner Andre Agassi and his partner, Steffi Graf. The line-up of the match has already fuelled fans’ excitement to the peak. Now Sharapova brought some more craziness to the reaction by revealing her interest behind attending the slam.

Maria Sharapova candidly opened up about her true interest behind the Pickleball Slam

In a recent interview, Sharapova spoke about her Pickleball interest in detail. Despite being a former tennis icon, Sharapova seemed relatively nervous about this new sport. She called pickleball a “new territory.” However, the main reason behind still choosing to play this sport was her opponent and legendary Steffi Graf. Sharapova will be playing against Graf which is truly a lifetime opportunity for the Russian tennis icon. Sharapova further added- “The main reason I wanted to participate in this event was to play against Steffi Graf, who I admired for so many years,”

Now Steffi Graf has been truly iconic in tennis as she was the last tennis star to grab a career Grand Slam in 1988. Sharapova ended her response by saying- “It’ll be great to compete against (Graf) and Andre with John—all of us playing this sport that’s having such a moment,”