Maria Sharapova's fiancé Alexander Gilkes sends touching message to Russian on 38th birthday

Maria Sharapova's fiancé Alexander Gilkes sends touching message to Russian on 38th birthday

Maria Sharapova's fiancé, Alexander Gilkes, recently shared a heartfelt birthday wish for her. The former Russian tennis player turned 38 on April 19.

On April 19, 38 years ago, Maria Sharapova was born, destined to enter the annals of the history of women's tennis. Winner of 5 Grand Slam titles, 36 WTA tournaments in total, silver at the London 2012 Olympics and the first Russian player ever to reach first place in the world ranking. In 2004 she won Wimbledon at only 17 years old (only Martina Hingis was more precocious), and a few months later she became number 1 in the world for the first t…