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First a boy, now a girl: Maria Kirilenko gives birth to second child

surprised us all when she abruptly got married to businessman Alexei Stepanov in January 2015, just months after calling off her engagement with long-time partner, hockey player Alex Ovechkin, and now less than two years into her marriage, the beautiful Russian is already a mother of two. In July 2015, the winner of six WTA titles gave birth to son Mikhail, while now her family has welcomed a baby daughter.

First birthday of Maria’s son, July 2016

The news about Kirilenko’s second child was shared by R-Sport, based on the information received from Kirilenko’s friend Sofya Tartakova.