Alex Eala tells Sharapova she has ‘capacity to suffer’ as she chases ‘crush’

Alex Eala sat wide-eyed in front of her idol, the tennis star she had admired since childhood. “This is a dream. This is a dream for me,” Eala told Maria Sharapova as she guested in the tennis legend’s podcast, Pretty Tough. “It’s very, very mutual,” Sharapova replied. “I’ve been following you for several years now.”