{"id":638218,"date":"2026-04-30T08:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638218\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:41:12","slug":"maria-sharapova-praises-tennis-as-the-most-beautiful-sport-during-var-island-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638218\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Sharapova praises tennis as \u2018the most beautiful sport\u2019 during Var island visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>         30 Apr 2026, 07:15 Updated: 3h ago        <\/p>\n<p class=\"_abstract_eo4rj_72\">Maria Sharapova visited Porquerolles in the Var, playing tennis on a local court and calling it \u201cthe most beautiful sport in the world\u201d in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p> 30 Apr 2026, 07:15  | Updated: 3h ago <\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony - Arrivals\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"810031\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/810031.webp\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony &#8211; Arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/license\/2272041319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\nGetty<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Former world number one Maria Sharapova has been spotted playing tennis on the island of Porquerolles in the Var, sharing a relaxed moment far from the world of professional tournaments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">During her stay on the Mediterranean island, the Russian former champion posted a video on Instagram showing her hitting balls on a modest local court with friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">In the caption, she described tennis as \u201cthe most beautiful sport in the world\u201d, adding that this feeling remains even when playing in simple surroundings like Porquerolles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The appearance offered a striking contrast to the Grand Slam stages where Sharapova built her career, highlighting her continued enjoyment of the game in a casual setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30 Apr 2026, 07:15 Updated: 3h ago Maria Sharapova visited Porquerolles in the Var, playing tennis on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-638218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}