She may have lost out on winning Wimbledon this year, but Maria Sharapova scored a grand-slam as she flaunted her stunning athletic figure on the beach on Sunday.
The 28-year-old Russian tennis star looked the epitome of a bikini-clad babe as she flaunted her trim and toned body in a dark maroon bathing suit whilst soaking up the sun on King Beach, St. Stephens Island, Montenegro.
The tennis player – who is the current holder of the loudest grunt in the world of women’s tennis, at 101 decibels – looked to be enjoying her chance to relax in the sun, just a week after crashing out of the semi-finals at Wimbledon last weekend – when she was beaten by bitter rival, Serena Williams.
Reading a magazine and applying some all important sunscreen, it wasn’t long before the active sports star had to check-in with the outside world by checking her smart-phone.
Growing restless in the blazing heat, the naturally pale beauty took a paddle in the gently lapping waves of the sea.
Encouraged by her friends playful antics, the statuesque sports star – used to being photographed at matches and on endorsement shoots – took a turn behind the camera, and snapped some shots of her posing pal.
The businesswoman and candy entrepreneur made sure keep her bronzing body safe, applying sunscreen to her enviable body throughout her visit – whilst she also made sure to keep hydrated, with a stack of drinks occupying her beach-side table.
Taking to her Instagram the day before, Maria revealed that she was loving her spot of down-time to her 545,000 followers.
Posting a cheeky picture of her face scrunched up and half hidden, the tennis supremo simply wrote: ‘#Mood!!!’
While in another picture the trim and toned star was snapped smiling, as she enjoyed the last few rays of light at sunset on the beach.
But while Maria and her friend soaked up the rays, her tennis-pro boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov, was nowhere to be seen.
And while the Russian star lost out to Serena in their latest showdown she seems to have won a personal war, bagging Grigor, who is rumoured to have been romantically involved with Serena, in 2013.
