Serena Williams has shut down claims that there is and ever was a beef between her and Maria Sharapova as the American tennis legend claims everything that happened between them was nothing else but two great players being very competitive.
For 15 years, Williams and Sharapova had one of the biggest rivalries on the WTA Tour despite the American heavily dominating their head-to-head. And a big part of so much hype surrounding their rivalry came from the fact that many believed that there was some kind of a feud between the two and that they didn’t like each other at all.
Now with both Williams and Sharapova well-retired from tennis, the former 23-time Grand Slam champion was asked directly if there was a beef between her and the Russian tennis legend.
“Not anymore. I mean, was there ever beef? I guess. It was just competitive. She was winning. I was winning, you know, we both wanted to win, and I don’t think it was personal. It was just, ‘Do you want to win?'” Williams said on The Serena Collection.
Serena Williams says the beef between her & Maria Sharapova wasn’t personal, they were both just competitive
“Is there beef there?”
Serena: “Not anymore. I mean, was there ever beef? I guess. It was just competitive. She was winning. I was winning, you…
