For the fans who have been following the game for the last decade, it is next to impossible not to know the ups and downs faced by Maria Sharapova. Besides a glorious career of earning titles and great endorsement opportunities, one thing that constructed the dark side of her career was the doping case imposed on her back in 2016.

Months before the messed up days of her doping allegation began, Sharapova was having a whirlwind romance with ATP star Grigor Dimitrov. While many entities came forward to defend her name, the comment that her ex-boyfriend gave sounded to be quite the opposite of her support.

Looking back to the days of 2016 when Maria Sharapova’s doping scandal took over the tennis world, her ex-boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov, didn’t hold back his thoughts. On being asked about his views on the matter, Dimitrov stated, “If you do something, I mean obviously there are circumstances. And whoever does something deserves what he gets for sure.” Despite their past relationship, he didn’t shy away from addressing the controversy surrounding Sharapova.

Sharapova’s fall from grace began when she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium during the Australian Open in January 2016. This came out to be a shock for the whole tennis community, affecting the reputation of one of its most recognizable stars.

Besides showing no support toward the allegations, Dimitrov added a sense of neutrality to his comment, saying, “I think tennis misses her. As a competitor, she’s just going to come back and she’s going to be so hungry to play and excited and motivated.”

Dimitrov’s candid remarks highlighted the possibility of complexities in relationships, where personal connections sometimes intersect with professional controversies.

How did Maria Shapova’s bad memory happen to be Grigor’s good memory?

After Maria Sharapova ended her relationship with Grigor Dimitrov, she came forward to narrate the story in an interview. Along with revealing all the details of how the Bulgarian entered into her life, she explained how the differences appeared.

“I had been watching his match that day only because I’d lost early at those championships. So his good memory was my bad memory. What meant everything to him happened only because I had lost,” Sharapova shared, pointing to the events that occurred during Wimbledon 2015.

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Although time has moved past and both the players find themselves involved in their own lives, the incident still remains a memorable example of how bonds are formed and broken in the world of tennis.

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