Despite being arch on-court rivals, Serena Williams and Venus Williams have always shared a strong sisterly bond between them. Ever since their debuts, the two have made sure to support each other in difficult moments. It was the same case in the semifinals of the 2015 US Open.

Going back in time, Serena was in scintillating form that year. The World No.1 at that time, Serena won the Australian Open, French Open, and the Wimbledon Championships. With the results in place, she was just one Grand Slam away from writing her name in the history books. Although the loss was hugely disappointing for both Serena and her fans, the defeat created an awkward exchange of words between two of her biggest supporters. Her sister, Venus Williams and her rumored boyfriend, Drake.

The unpleasant exchange following the loss of Serena Williams

Widely considered as the most dominant player of that time, Serena showed no mercy in outplaying her opponents to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, she outplayed sister Venus Williams before finally suffering a semifinal loss to Roberta Vinci. While Venus attended the semifinal sitting in the player box of Serena, Drake, on the other hand, watched the match standing near Serena’s locker room.

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Following the loss, Drake walked towards a seemingly disturbed Venus to start a conversation. However, despite Drake walking up to her, it was Venus who started the conversation. “What?” she asked, looking frustrated.

As mentioned earlier, the loss not only shattered the dreams of Serena and the people closest to her, Venus Williams. Understanding Venus’ emotions during the moment, Drake started. “Do you think I should, like—”. However, even before he completed the sentence, he got his answer. “No.”

Even though Drake found the incident quite disturbing, he opted to give Venus the leverage of being upset about the loss. He said, “You don’t even know what I was going to say!” Even though Drake completed his sentence this time, it didn’t seem to have much effect on the answer. “The answer is no,” replied Venus.

Drake made a final attempt to converse with Venus

Not willing to give up, he made another attempt to converse with the 7-time Grand Slam champion by saying, “But you don’t think—”. However, he was once again interrupted by Venus, who said, “I do.”

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After three back-to-back attempts, a seemingly irritated Drake finally took a breath and said, “How do you know. . .? I was gonna ask if you think I should give her some space, and head out…” To which Venus replied, “Yes, I knew that.”

Left without an answer, Drake reportedly placed his hands on his head as he sat on the floor. Having Drake on the floor, Venus shook her head while taking a dig at the Canadian rapper. “Now you decide to sit down!”

What do you think of the exchange of words between Venus and Drake?