Maria Sharapova is happy to hear that the now-retired Li Na is pregnant, and she hopes to have a child of her own someday.
“I think she'll be a great mom,” Sharapova. “I think it's a really exciting new chapter in her life. It's something that I believe she's wanted for a really long time. It's really nice to be able to settle down and focus on her family and her husband and her future child.”
The 27-year-old Russian says she would like to eventually become a mother herself. Sharapova has been dating Grigor Dimitrov over the past two years and has yet to decide how long she will play.
“Definitely,” she said about the prospect having kids. “I grew up being very close to -- my mom had me when she was very young, but I grew up having her as my best friend. It's a special -- I wish that hopefully one day I'll be able to have that type of relationship with my mom and with my parents, because I know when you're younger you're a bit more rebellious. But I've always enjoyed spending time with my parents, even though my dad was a coach of mine for many years. Still is when I'm home. I love having them around. I'm an only child, so they get to spoil me a little bit. But, yeah, it's a special feeling."