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How Tennis Convinced New Mom Maria Sharapova to Keep Her Baby on a Schedule


Maria Sharapova is the queen of discipline. But when it comes to raising a toddler, she's realizing schedules sometimes go right out the window.

Maria Sharapova didn't get to be the Wimbledon champion and the number one ranked tennis player in the world without knowing a lot about discipline, focus, and yes, the power of a schedule. So when the former tennis champion, who won Wimbledon in 2004 at age 17, welcomed her son Theo in 2022 with her fiancé Alexander Gilkes, she understood how helpful it can be to stick to a routine. Sharapova, who had been playing competitive tennis since she was four and is now a highly successful entrepreneur and brand ambassador, decided to retire from the sport in 2020, after dealing with constant shoulder pain.

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