‘Thought They Hated Each Other’ – Maria Sharapova’s Jaw-Dropping Moment With Serena Williams Sends Tennis Fans Into a Frenzy

Serena Williams has had intense rivalries with many players throughout her career. Jennifer Capriati, Victoria Azarenka and her sister Venus Williams were some of the players who were on the list. Serena has always been the dominant player in all of her rivalries. However, it can be safely said that Maria Sharapova was her most intense, if not the most challenging, rival in her career. With an incredible head-to-head record of 20-2 in Williams’ favor, people would expect a lot of bad blood to exist between the two. But over time, the two have become friends and recently reunited at an event which has fans delighted.

Maria Sharapova faced off against Serena Williams for the first time in the Miami Masters in 2004, with American star triumphing over the Russian. Ever since then, a scathing rivalry existed between the two, which was eventually resolved.

Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams reunite

Maria Sharapova recently attended a Moncler event as she is the board member of the company. The 23-time Grand Slam winner also attended the same event. Subsequently, the two clicked a picture that was later shared by the Russian tennis icon on her official Instagram account. Sharapova captioned the picture “Reunited” while tagging Williams.

After the picture went live, it made the fans happy after they saw that the two didn’t have any bad blood even after more than a decade of facing off against each other in highly-charged matches. They made their opinions well known on several platforms.

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The official account of Tennis on Twitter shared the news of how Maria Sharapova had shared one of the most sought-after selfies of the show.

One user was extremely excited at the two meeting again and said that the two know what they are doing now.

One fan said that they were happy to see the two together again.

Another fan called the two ‘BFFs’ after talking about their reunion.

One fan reminisced about how tennis used to be when the two of them were active players and couldn’t fathom their retirement.

Another fan wished that the two would comeback on the court.

Even Reddit fans of tennis weren’t far behind. One user uploaded a post of the picture on the page referring to the two as moms at cool parties.

 

Although one user was confused about the bond between the two as they thought that there was angst between the American and the Russian.

Comment from discussion raviddosov’s comment from discussion "Moms Serena and Maria spotted at the cool parties 😂".

Now that they have retired from the sport, Sharapova and Williams have set sights on the business aspect of the world. Williams with her venture capital firm and Sharapova with her several investments and her confectionary company ‘Sugarpova’.

Do you think there is rivalry brewing between the two in the business world as well?

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