Aimee
Dating in the spotlight is never easy—even when your fame stems from your athletic prowess.
Tennis star Maria Kirilenko and former fiancé Alex Ovechkin have split, according to multiple reports. The Russian-born beauty and the professional hockey player were first romantically linked in 2011, shortly after Kirilenko ended her relationship with fellow tennis player Igor Andreev.
R Sport Russia was the first to report the news, citing an official release from Kirilenko’s camp which was distributed by the Russian Tennis Federation. The blond beauty, who won her first WTA tour title in 2005, subsequently retweeted the story.
“I have made a decision to break up our engagement. There are many reasons but I would not want to go into detail,” she said. “I will just say that our relationship has ended but I respect Sasha as a person and an athlete, and I sincerely wish him athletic success in the future.”
