Maria Sharapova and her future husband Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Sasha Vujacic were spotted walking hand in hand while out for lunch in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 23. It is the first time we get to see the 23-year-old Sharapova's engagement ring, and as you can notice, it’s huge!

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Although I've been following the relationship of tennis superstar Maria Sharapova and LA Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic since the very beginning, I have to say that headlines about their engagement came as quite of a shock. The news is most likely true, as many credible sources are reporting it. However, Sharapova's official website is still saying nothing about it.

Here's what Vujacic said Thursday night before the Lakers' exhibition game against the Golden State Warriors:

We are engaged and are both really happy. It's good and now we can focus on other things.

The story is that Vujacic met Sharapova a year ago at a friend's barbecue and now he decided to propose to her on the anniversary of the day they first met. Sharapova is 23 years old and Vujacic is 26.

Here's a little retrospective of Maria and Sasha together:

• couple first seen holding hands – last November
• spotted relaxing in Los Angeles – in February
• Maria brought Sasha with her to Indian Wells
• strolling the streets of Udine together – in July.

Maria Sharapova joined evian at an event to support their "Live young Month" campaign at the Openhouse Gallery in New York City on Tuesday. Tennis blogger Rich from Down the Line was right there providing us with some extensive coverage from the event. Read more »

Maria Sharapova and her boyfriend Sasha Vujacic had a vacation in a small town of Udine, Italy. They attended the wedding of Sasha’s friend and were also spotted walking the streets of the town in northeastern Italy.

The world No.15 Sharapova is back to work now:

Just had an amazing vacation in Italy, now I am back on the hard courts and ready to work. Changing things up a little this year and will stay in Europe to start my training and my next tournament will be at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford at the end of the month.

Sasha started his professional basketball career playing for Snaidero Udine. (source: Great Tennis Photos)

Here’s our monthly update on Maria Sharapova’s relationship with Sasha Vujacic. In February the couple was spotted enjoying a casual day in Los Angeles, and now Sasha is following Maria in her career obligations, accompanying his Russian girlfriend in Indian Wells. These photos were taken on March 13.

Maria is seeded 10th at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. She had a bye in the first round, while in the second round she defeated Vera Dushevina in three sets. Right now Masha is playing her third-round match against seed No.18 Zheng Jie of China. (source: Great Tennis Photos)