Russian professionalTennis star Maria Yuryevna Sharapova may have been slowed down by her shoulder surgery, but any doubts she may have had about her career are long gone now. On Tuesday, Sharapova defeated 24th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova, reaching the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time since she was forced to undergo surgery to repair damage in her right shoulder in 2006.Sharapova, who won the Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2004 when she was just 17, played as well as she did when she was a teenager. "I would have loved for it not to have taken that long, but I'm not complaining," she says. "It's the road that you sometimes have to take. It's not always straight; there are a lot of zigzags. A lot of time, you feel like it's a dead end."On Thursday, Sharapova will play against Sabine Lisicki. "I've worked really hard to get in this stage, but I'm not saying this is where I want to end," she says. "I want to keep going."

Gigi Goyette sets the record straight with Extra's Jerry Penacoli about her alleged secret love affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stories and rumors have been swirling for years about Arnold's philandering ways and his affairs with many women, including Gigi. Jerry Penacoli about her alleged secret love affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stories and rumors have been swirling for years about Arnold's philandering ways and his affairs with many women, including Gigi.The pair first met on a Malibu beach in the late '70s before his marriage to Maria. Gigi was only 16 years old and an aspiring actress, while Arnold, at 27, was a bodybuilding legend on his way to being a box office superstar. Goyette recounts her time with Arnold, that he was very charming and had a special way with women.He has this overpowering way with women that you get weak.Gigi also reveals that because of his smooth ways she felt comfortable with him, revealing, It's pretty much the first time I had sex with anybody in my life."The pair parted ways, but reconnected nearly 10 years later, after his marriage to Maria, and as Gigi began working at his Annual Fitness Convention in Ohio. Gigi tells Extra they rekindled their secret relationship and experienced many intimate encounters. Gigi says they would meet for secret romps and there were times that Maria and his children would be staying at the same hotel.Gigi suspects there may have been other women at the time of their relationship. "Arnold is a very physical and sexual man, with a voracious appetite that likes a lot of physical attention. Gigi does have regrets... and has this apology for Maria: "I am very sorry for the mistakes I made in the past and for being intimate with your husband, and I would hope that you would forgive me for that."According to the former child star, the pair met on a Malibu beach in the late 1970s, when Arnold was best known as an oiled-up muscleman in a thong. He was 27 at the time, and Gigi was 16 and an aspiring actress. "He has this overpowering way with women that you get weak," said Gigi, making Arnold sound like a roofie. But Arnold wasn't just overpowering, he had a sensitive side and made Gigi feel comfortable.It's pretty much the first time I had sex with anybody in my life, she said, although Tattle remains unsure how one could be pretty much a virgin. Like most beach flings, it didn't last, but the pair began seeing each other again nearly 10 years later, when Gigi began working at now-married Arnold's Annual Fitness Convention, in Ohio, and once again flexed his muscle.Arnold is a very physical and sexual man," she said, "with a voracious appetite that likes a lot of physical attention.Seeking forgiveness on "Extra," Gigi said to Maria and the world: "I am very sorry for the mistakes I made in the past and for being intimate with your husband, and I would hope that you would forgive me for that.Gigi landed in the hospital because Arnold liked his romps rough. A  source said after one "Raw Deal," Gigi said she was left "hurt and embarrassed.