Celebrity Love

Maria Sharapova Is Engaged To A Basketball Player

By Margeaux Baulch Klein. Posted on Oct 22nd 2010.

The Grand Slam champ is set to marry LA Lakers player Sasha Vujacic.

The tennis star and the basketball player: It's a match made in sports-playing heaven.

According to US Magazine, LA Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic, 26, popped the question to the 23-year-old, Russian-born tennis star in his Manhattan Beach home on the one-year-anniversary of their meeting at a friend's BBQ, and Maria Sharapova gladly said "Yes!"

"I had to do it like a gentlemen…We are both really happy," Sasha told the LA Times about his "old-school" proposal. (And in case you're wondering, Maria's ring is said to be "ginormous," as expected.)

The couple, who have been dating for little over a year, first stepped out together at a U2 concert last November and seemed to have bonded over their similar high-profile athletic careers. Maria Sharapova Takes Boyfriend To The U.S. Open

"As two pro athletes - in different sports - we both understand what the other is doing and going through, and what it takes to do well in what we do," the Slovenia-born Sasha stated in the past about their relationship. "She's working hard. I'm working hard. It's good together.'' (Plus, 6'2 Maria must love the fact that she can wear heels while out with her 6'7 basketball player beau and still not be taller than him!)

Our congrats to the couple! We don't know what it is about the Lakers players (Is is just their sheer proximity to LA-based celebrities?), but Maria should have no problem hob-nobbing with the other player's wives, who include Khloe Kardashian (married to power forward Lamar Odom) and singer Monica, who, just this week, announced her engagement to guard Shannon Brown. Singer Monica Is Engaged To A Laker

An LA Lakers WAG calendar, anyone?

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