Tennis Legend Maria Sharapova on the Secret to Winning, The Deal with Alex Rodriguez Jason Kelly
Maria Sharapova, the global tennis icon who spent her career defeating the sports best, is looking for some losers. On the premiere episode of The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, she tells us exactly what she means. For many, Sharapova is a figure frozen in time. It was 2004 when she stunned Serena Williams on Centre Court to win her first Wimbledon and first Grand Slam. Sharapova would go on to become (like Williams) one of the most recognized tennis players of her generation. These days, however, shes turned her laser focus to dealmaking. Even as she was climbing to the top of the tennis world, the Russianborn star was already building a business resumethese days shes reportedly worth in excess of 200 million. Now with her tennis career behind her, all of those offcourt projects have become a fulltime job. With an attitude forged in the highestpressure sporting arenas, she approaches a range of partnerships with a sly worldliness. One thing shes keen to find
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