Maria Sharapova, 23 is now engaged to L.A Lakers shooting guard Sasha Vujacic. According to various reports, Maria Sharapova became Vujacic’s fiancé on Thursday night.

Sharapova is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She has won many titles, including 3 Grand Slam single titles, and 25 WTA singles and doubles titles during her young career. She became the Worlds No. 1 at the young age of 18, in 2005. Her career prize winnings total over $13 million.

Maria Sharapova defeated Serena Williams when she was only 17 years old, in the 2004 Wimbledon final. It was her first career Grand Slam title.

Sharapova was born in Siberia, Russia. Her parents, Yuri and Yelena were forced to move from Belarus after the infamous Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. Soon after, they gave birth to Maria.

The Russian Tennis star has been named to People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful celebrities in the world, as well as Maxim’s hottest athlete in the world for 4 years in a row.

Sharapova has been dating the L.A. Lakers shooting guard, Sasha Vujacic since 2009. The 26-year-old Vujacic is Slovenian, but is of Serbian descent. He has played for the Lakers since the 2004-2005 season, and has averaged 4.9 points per game over his career. Among Vujacic’s career achievements are the 2 NBA Championship Titles that he and the Lakers won in 2009 and 2010.