The Maria Sharapova Interview | Served with Andy Roddick

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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