Nice snap: The tennis player takes her selfie
Standard Reporter13 January 2015
Russian tennis champ Maria Sharapova posed for a selfie with 380 ball boys at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.
Posing alongside Australian youth plater Thanasi Kokkinakis, 18, the 27-year-old used a selfie stick and mobile phone to snap the shot.
'I'm so happy to be back, you make our experience so much better,’ Maria said.
‘I appreciate everything you do. I know I don't want to run around for five hours picking up balls,’ Thanasi added.
Good shot: The result of the star's handiwork with the camera
A short while later she posted on Twitter: ‘Hello Melbourne. Hello Rod Laver Arena. Hello @AustralianOpen ballkids.’
The Australian Open begins on January 19 and runs until February 1.
She waves for the camera in a second selfie with hundreds of ball boys
