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Maria Sharapova joins Andy Roddick on the Served Podcast to talk her career, her business ventures post-retirement, and motherhood. Andy and Maria talk about her induction into the Hall of Fame coming up next week and take a look back at some of the iconic moments from her career/life: moving across the world at 7 years old for tennis, winning the French Open twice, battling injuries, and so much more.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Served
0:42 Winners & Errors Segment
1:50 Victoria Mboko wins 2025 Canadian Open
2:30 Cincinnati Open renovations
4:30 Frances Tiafoe helps out next generation
6:32 Tennis’ summer schedule struggles
9:47 Daniil Medvedev loses to Adam Walton at Cincinnati
12:35 Maria Sharapova joins the show
12:50 Life as a mother
18:00 Maria’s story about Andy’s restaurant recommendation
21:30 Moving to the USA from Russia at 7 years old to train
24:25 Maria talks about her dad Yuri
27:30 Sharapova talks about her expectations for her team
29:45 The power of “No” when it comes to brands
33:08 Winning Wimbledon at 17 years old
39:55 Battling expectations
42:40 2008 AO Open was peak Maria Sharapova
43:35 Preparing to play Lindsay Davenport
49:45 Sharapova shoulder injury was mis-diagnosed & coming back from injury
54:00 Winning Roland Garros twice after injury
1:02:20 Maria’s transition into business
1:09:30 Young athletes who take any deal that comes there way
1:14:00 What makes Maria Sharapova a great investor
1:20:20 Did tennis help shape Maria’s business mindset?
1:22:30 Maria talking about being inducted into the Hall of Fame
1:30:40 Maria wants to finish the interview…
1:34:32 Closing thoughts
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