Tennis star Maria Sharapova is to legally change her name to Miss Sugarpova as part of a promotion for her sweets company.
The former world number one has put in a formal request to Florida’s Supreme Court in the hope the name change will be legally recognised by the time she competes in the US Open later this year.
Sharapova, who is already the richest female athlete in the world, is believed to have already spent around £300,000 setting up the Sugarpova brand, which manufactures brightly-coloured sweets that come in flavours described as “Smitten Sour”, “Quirky” and “Sporty”.
