Serena Williams slams Maria Sharapova over book ‘hearsay’ before showdown

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• Pair will meet in the French Open fourth round on Monday
• ‘Her book was 100% hearsay which was a little disappointing’

The cold war is over. Serena Williams, husbanding as much diplomatic warmth as she deemed appropriate, inferred strongly before her blockbuster match here on Monday against Maria Sharapova that her Russian rival had been indulging in fake news.

Williams on Saturday beat Julia Görges 6-3, 6-4 to go through to the fourth round, not long after Sharapova had blitzed the sixth seed, Karolina Pliskova, 6-2, 6-1 in under an hour. Later, after batting away a couple of innocuous questions about her daughter, Olympia, Williams was confronted with a 14-year-old remark by Donald Trump that “Maria’s shoulders were incredibly alluring and … you were intimidated by her supermodel good looks”. Pausing, she replied: “I can’t say I have been intimidated by anyone.”

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Written by Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/02/maria-sharapova-blows-away-pliskova-to-lay-down-french-open-marker under the title “Serena Williams slams Maria Sharapova over book ‘hearsay’ before showdown”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.