"Serena and I should be friends; we have the same passion" - Sharapova

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Waspsting

Hall of Fame
"I think Serena hated me for being the skinny kid who beat her, against all odds, at Wimbledon. But mostly I think she hated me for hearing her cry..."

And she thinks telling the world all about it will help the two of them "become friends"?o_O

What's Plan B... posting the secret video she made of the incident on the Internet???:confused::confused:

"Sharing this will make me lots of money - I lost plenty, you know, with the suspension and all".... might have been more precise:cool::cool::cool:
 
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Soianka

Hall of Fame
Also the story is a bit fishy in that after the trophy presentation the winner does a little tour of the grounds taking photos and giving interviews. I imagine the loser goes back to the locker room right away and leaves fairly quickly... Not likely the 2 met in the locker room after the match.

Either way, not really endearing to write things like this about your competitors.

If she really wanted to give some dirt she could write about the time she dated Serena's ex-boyfriend.
 

tennisaddict

Bionic Poster
Serena's on court success drove Sharapova to achieve further.

Sharapova's off court success made Serena realize that the success in 78*27 does not define life.
 

70後

Hall of Fame
It's kind of weird for her to say they pushed each other when she accomplished so much less than Serena.

Chrissy and Martina pushed each other, sure. Very believable.

Serena being pushed by the woman who hasn't beaten her in almost 15 years. Not so much.

Lol agree, and when one person is getting herself pounded doornail flat in every meeting, it is kind of hard to claim they drove or pushed each other, as if that were a two way thing.
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
Wow Sharapova is so pathetic. Only way to sell her book to Americans is to try and drag Serena. That won't work Hun.

20 years from now, who's gonna be remembered more, Serena and her 23 slams or a no longer pretty 50 year old Sharapova who's career was tainted by a positive drug test. Mmm.

Who's remembered more, Hingis or Kournikova? Most newcomers to tennis know about the Swiss Miss yet wouldn't know much about some wannabe Victoria Secret model who peaked over 16 years ago and didn't really do much since.
 

Soianka

Hall of Fame
Serena's on court success drove Sharapova to achieve further.

Sharapova's off court success made Serena realize that the success in 78*27 does not define life.

That also makes no sense.

Serena and Venus were involved in outside interests long before Maria came along.

It's more likely their business interests inspired Maria and not the other way around.

She's a very good player but she's not in Serena's league by any stretch of the imagination.

It seems Maria believes her own hype too much. Maria was never good enough to be Serena's rival and she's likely a pretty insignificant factor in Serena's career.
 

Soul_Evisceration

Hall of Fame
It's kind of weird for her to say they pushed each other when she accomplished so much less than Serena.

Chrissy and Martina pushed each other, sure. Very believable.

Serena being pushed by the woman who hasn't beaten her in almost 15 years. Not so much.

I really think Sharapova suffers through delusions of grandeur thinking her rivalry with Serena is great for the sport. It would be a rivalry if she would win once in a while but yeah haven't beat her in almost 15 years is really bad. Doesn't help that she keeps having personal digs at Serena as usual.
 

70後

Hall of Fame
Pova is trying to re-craft her public image, perhaps.

If the h2h and slams were reversed, Pova would be making herself sound so humble, so human, and so sympathetic?

Anyone who has followed her career and her persona over the years should know that when Pova is on top, she has very, very little pity or mercy on defeated opponents on and off court.

Sharapova is hard. That is my frank opinion of her.

Make no mistake, Pova is a tigress.

Luckily, Serena is an expert at skinning tigresses.
 

tennisaddict

Bionic Poster
That also makes no sense.

Serena and Venus were involved in outside interests long before Maria came along.

It's more likely their business interests inspired Maria and not the other way around.

She's a very good player but she's not in Serena's league by any stretch of the imagination.

It seems Maria believes her own hype too much. Maria was never good enough to be Serena's rival and she's likely a pretty insignificant factor in Serena's career.

Sharapova vs Serena , as a corporate entity, is like comparing a Fortune 500 with a mom and pop store. It does not really matter if Serena was on TSN before Sharapova.

Sharapova Inc , as a model, endorser and a business woman is really ahead of Serena.

The converse holds true for on court achievements.
 

boredone3456

G.O.A.T.
It's kind of weird for her to say they pushed each other when she accomplished so much less than Serena.

Chrissy and Martina pushed each other, sure. Very believable.

Serena being pushed by the woman who hasn't beaten her in almost 15 years. Not so much.

Actually I wouldn't say thats true. The 2 times Serena lost, it was on 2 huge stages of Wimbledon and the YEC. I don't think Serena was happy about those loses and it pushed her to do everything she could to make sure it never happened again. Sharapova has pushed herself to achieve despite her lopsided H2H against Serena, and she is the only active female player besides Serena to have won all 4 majors. Just because they don't have this heated on court rivalry doesn't mean they don't push each other. Serena doesn't like the idea of losing Maria, and Maria wants to acheive despite all these loses to Serena. I think Maria is speaking from her own truth, Serena has pushed her to try and be better. Whether Serena would say the same, who knows, but there is not really any doubt those 2 loses lit a fire under Serena based on the way she is when she takes court against Maria now.
 

mavsman149

Hall of Fame
That also makes no sense.

Serena and Venus were involved in outside interests long before Maria came along.

It's more likely their business interests inspired Maria and not the other way around.

She's a very good player but she's not in Serena's league by any stretch of the imagination.

It seems Maria believes her own hype too much. Maria was never good enough to be Serena's rival and she's likely a pretty insignificant factor in Serena's career.

This sums it up pretty nicely, I will say that maybe Sharapova is right in saying that she caught Serena off-guard in that Wimbledon final and that maybe Serena took every match more seriously because of it. However this isn't an "iron sharpening iron" rivalry that Sharapova makes it sound like.

But absolutely, Maria just isn't good enough to be a true rival to Serena.
 
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70後

Hall of Fame
Serena does have a lot of friends on tour. Quite remarkable when one considers how dominant she is when she is playing.

Kiki had just taken a really tough defeat in their match. When you lose a match like that, it is probably akin to a losing boxer beaten to bloody pulp. You can't see that in a visible way after a tennis match, but in some ways it could be worse. Serena knew, though she had to do what she had to out there.

Serena is an empath, I have that feeling of her.

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I don't know about Sharapova.
 

SLD76

G.O.A.T.
Serena does have a lot of friends on tour. Quite remarkable when one considers how dominant she is when she is playing.

Kiki had just taken a really tough defeat in their match. When you lose a match like that, it is probably akin to a losing boxer beaten to bloody pulp. You can't see that in a visible way after a tennis match, but in some ways it could be worse. Serena knew, though she had to do what she had to out there.

Serena is an empath, I have that feeling of her.

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I don't know about Sharapova.

Serena is very tight or at leas very tight with Wozniacki
 

DRII

G.O.A.T.
Also the story is a bit fishy in that after the trophy presentation the winner does a little tour of the grounds taking photos and giving interviews. I imagine the loser goes back to the locker room right away and leaves fairly quickly... Not likely the 2 met in the locker room after the match.

Either way, not really endearing to write things like this about your competitors.

If she really wanted to give some dirt she could write about the time she dated Serena's ex-boyfriend.
isn't that a little contradictory? you're right, Sharapova could have said something much more personal and 'shady' if she wanted to.

I personally think Sharapova is telling the truth in this regard.

we all know how fierce a competitor Serena is, she even mouthed the word 'b1tch' at her own sister during a slam final match.
 
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DRII

G.O.A.T.
Wow Sharapova is so pathetic. Only way to sell her book to Americans is to try and drag Serena. That won't work Hun.

20 years from now, who's gonna be remembered more, Serena and her 23 slams or a no longer pretty 50 year old Sharapova who's career was tainted by a positive drug test. Mmm.

Who's remembered more, Hingis or Kournikova? Most newcomers to tennis know about the Swiss Miss yet wouldn't know much about some wannabe Victoria Secret model who peaked over 16 years ago and didn't really do much since.

idk know about that :rolleyes:

maybe true tennis fans know more of Hingis, but I would think Kornikova is more well known than Hingis generally, especially when the two were playing...

anyway, anything involving Serena and Sharapova gets both of their haters and fans riled up to 10.

of course Serena has dominated the sport, but Sharapova has more so dominated the celebrity between the two, although its far closer margin than the former comparison.
 

DRII

G.O.A.T.
Sharapova vs Serena , as a corporate entity, is like comparing a Fortune 500 with a mom and pop store. It does not really matter if Serena was on TSN before Sharapova.

Sharapova Inc , as a model, endorser and a business woman is really ahead of Serena.

The converse holds true for on court achievements.
my gosh, I actually agree with you :eek:

although you're overstating the delta in favor of Sharapova somewhat...
 

Bartelby

Bionic Poster
Did it cross your mind that what she said was factual and relatively harmless if not flattering to Serena?

You keep on saying you don't want to talk about Sharapova and her drug ban and yet that is all you talk about.

And yet you sit on the fence about Errani dithering about whether the errant tortellini in brodo is a 'fishy story' or not!
Wow Sharapova is so pathetic. Only way to sell her book to Americans is to try and drag Serena. That won't work Hun.

20 years from now, who's gonna be remembered more, Serena and her 23 slams or a no longer pretty 50 year old Sharapova who's career was tainted by a positive drug test. Mmm.

Who's remembered more, Hingis or Kournikova? Most newcomers to tennis know about the Swiss Miss yet wouldn't know much about some wannabe Victoria Secret model who peaked over 16 years ago and didn't really do much since.
 

Soianka

Hall of Fame
isn't that a little contradictory? you're right, Sharapova could have said something much more personal and 'shady' if she wanted to.

I personally think Sharapova is telling the truth in this regard.

we all know how fierce a competitor Serena is, she even mouthed the word 'b1tch' at her own sister during a slam final match.

The point is if she really wanted to explain why they aren't friends don't leave out all the "shady" things she, herself, has done that might make friendship difficult.

Also she might want to explain why she has zero friends on tour. Maria's lack of tennis friends seems to be about Maria, not Serena or anyone else.
 

fundrazer

G.O.A.T.
Wow Sharapova is so pathetic. Only way to sell her book to Americans is to try and drag Serena. That won't work Hun.

20 years from now, who's gonna be remembered more, Serena and her 23 slams or a no longer pretty 50 year old Sharapova who's career was tainted by a positive drug test. Mmm.

Who's remembered more, Hingis or Kournikova? Most newcomers to tennis know about the Swiss Miss yet wouldn't know much about some wannabe Victoria Secret model who peaked over 16 years ago and didn't really do much since.

Outside of tennis bubble Kournikova is more well known. I don't even think this can be debated. If I remember correctly she was at one point the most Googled person on Earth. She's not necessarily remembered for her tennis though...

On a similar note, while Sampras was a greater player than Agassi, I think it's fair to say that more people remember Agassi. I started playing/watching tennis in 2006/2007, and up until that point I knew three players: Agassi, Roddick, Federer. I think it would be fair to say that many people had never heard of Sampras, but plenty knew who Agassi was. Of course this is just my opinion, and it's not really supported with any facts.
 

Bluefan75

Professional
The point is if she really wanted to explain why they aren't friends don't leave out all the "shady" things she, herself, has done that might make friendship difficult.

Also she might want to explain why she has zero friends on tour. Maria's lack of tennis friends seems to be about Maria, not Serena or anyone else.

Raylan Givens, on "Justified": "Did you ever get to work on one day, and you thought the first person you met was an a$$hole? Ok, he probably is. But if everyone you meet that day is an a$$hole. you're the a$$hole."

Sharapova is the one in this scenario. I am in no way, shape or form, a fan of Williams, but there are more holes in Sharapova's story than swiss cheese.
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
Sharapova strikes me as one of those types of people who are very calculating without much conscious or attachment to reality. There's something about her that is really off. She clearly did this for publicity and to sell her book, but how can she possibly think that there is a rivalry or think she drove Serena? :confused: I really don't think Serena hated her after the win at Wimbledon and I remember Serena being really gracious that day, and smiling and the whole 9 yards. I think it was that win at the WTF that year that made Serena dislike her personality because of the way she celebrated after she won, knowing Serena was injured. Serena also has publicly said a couple of years ago that it was that loss that drove her against Sharapova from that point forward, not the Wimbledon loss. Also, from what I understand I thought they hated each other and the feelings were mutual. I didn't realize it was a one way street.
 
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Luckydog

Professional
"Sister Serena",says Sharapova,"Do you want to taste something special from east Europe?" "No"."You are and will not my friend forever".
Sharapova got banned soon after that.
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
The point is if she really wanted to explain why they aren't friends don't leave out all the "shady" things she, herself, has done that might make friendship difficult.

Also she might want to explain why she has zero friends on tour. Maria's lack of tennis friends seems to be about Maria, not Serena or anyone else.

Didn't she say she wasn't interested in making friends whilst on tour as she views other players as potential rivals?
 

Soianka

Hall of Fame
Sharapova strikes me as one of those types of people who is very calculating without much conscious or attachment to reality. There's something about her that is really off. She clearly did this for publicity and to sell her book, and how can she possibly think that there is a rivalry or think she drove Serena? :confused: I really don't think Serena hated her after the win at Wimbledon and I remember Serena being really gracious that day, and smiling and the whole 9 yards. I think it was that win at the WTF that year that made Serena dislike her personality because of the way she celebrated after she won, knowing Serena was injured, and pulled away from Serena when she congratulated her at the net. Serena also has publicly said a couple of years ago that it was that loss that drove her against Sharapova from that point forward, not the Wimbledon loss. Also, from what I understand I thought they hated each other and the feelings were mutual. I didn't realize it was a one way street. Just a shady and desperate move to write this garbage.

Agreed. It's one thing to have a little extra motivation to beat Maria because she acts like such a jerk when she wins and the hype machine would get going promoting Maria as the best ever. ..

But it's quite another thing to be so egotistical to take any credit for Serena's amazing career.

If Maria never existed, Serena would still have 23 or so slams, etc...
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
Agreed. It's one thing to have a little extra motivation to beat Maria because she acts like such a jerk when she wins and the hype machine would get going promoting Maria as the best ever. ..

But it's quite another thing to be so egotistical to take any credit for Serena's amazing career.

If Maria never existed, Serena would still have 23 or so slams, etc...

Yea I think that is worse than the the other stuff she said. To even think that she had anything to do with Serena's success is narcissism to the highest level.
 

DRII

G.O.A.T.
The point is if she really wanted to explain why they aren't friends don't leave out all the "shady" things she, herself, has done that might make friendship difficult.

Also she might want to explain why she has zero friends on tour. Maria's lack of tennis friends seems to be about Maria, not Serena or anyone else.
oh yea absolutely, regarding the 'friendship'.

Sharapova probably cares little about any potential friendship with Serena or anyone in the WTA. she wants this book to sell, therefore she's mentioning Serena to drum up some controversy.

however, I find her locker-room story credible.
 

TennisLBC

Professional
And maybe you aren't as big a star as some people like to pretend.
Sharapova is big star. Just not for playing tennis.

She should not take credit for Serena's drive. While Serena seems to be extra motivated to beat Maria at every opportunity, it not like Maria has played in 20+ Slam against Serena. As one of the poster mentioned, this is not a Chrissie/Martina rivalry. This is more a sharp shooter vs clay pigeon relationship; and we know who's who.
 

Soianka

Hall of Fame
Sharapova is big star. Just not for playing tennis.

She should not take credit for Serena's drive. While Serena seems to be extra motivated to beat Maria at every opportunity, it not like Maria has played in 20+ Slam against Serena. As one of the poster mentioned, this is not a Chrissie/Martina rivalry. This is more a sharp shooter vs clay pigeon relationship; and we know who's who.

She should be able to sell books without invoking Serena's name then.
 

Thriller

Hall of Fame
Serena being pushed by the woman who hasn't beaten her in almost 15 years. Not so much.

She pushed Serena hard by winning a grand total of 3 sets in the last eighteen attempts don't you know?

Lol. Serena knew she just had to go back to square one and build a stronger game after inflicting every single one of those sub-hour crushing victories over Madame Meldo.

The irony of her Russian doctor telling Sharapova to double her doses for important matches. A final against Serena is the one match guaranteed not to test Sharapova's energy, endurance or recovery.

I wish I could say she is delusional. The truth is she is cold, calculating and cynical.
 

maruzo

Semi-Pro
"Who knows? Someday, when all this is in our past, maybe we’ll become friends."

You keep dreaming girl, LOL.

Some juicy stuff about what happened in the locker room after Wimbledon 2004. If what she says is true, I wouldn't want to be Sharapova the next time she meets Serena who will be no doubt ravenous for a pair of bagels.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/11/i-wil...y-with-serena-williams-6845350/#ixzz4pRVlZS8s

Sure, if you didn't fxxk her man and took him from her hands.
 

Man of steel

Hall of Fame
Apparently sharapova helped serena become the greatest player of all time. LOL. What a Joke. Frankly she was insignificant to serena's career. Serena was always going to be an all time great and better players have influenced serena exponentially more than sharapova did for serena. The whole extract is delusional on sharapova's side. In what universe would they be friends. Sharapova is the most unlikeable player on tour from her fellow players and serena is one of the most liked. Sure both have the competitive fire but serena is the friendlier person outside of the court and more respected amongst her peers even before sharapova drug ban. And to suggest that the only reason serena beats her is because serena somehow has a hatred for sharapova is ludicrous. What about the fact that serena is a far superior player in every aspect of the game. What about the predictibility in your playstyle, the lack of variety, the minute improvement in your serve, your general lack of court movement. The list goes on and on. You would think she'd mention one of those things.

If she's looking to become friends with serena she can think again. Gurl you better be still flopping on tour so you don't have to play serena when she comes back cause we all know she's gonna drag you felicia
 

Soianka

Hall of Fame
The irony in the title of her autobio.
Unstoppable. :confused::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Her ego is unstoppable.

Her shamelessness is unstoppable.

Unfortunately, for her, her game is quite stoppable. LOL.

Plus most people would have enough shame not to have such an attitude toward a player who has beaten you time after time after time and you haven't gotten a single win in almost 15 years. Her record against Serena is an embarrassment. If she had some shame, she'd never utter Serena's name.
 
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Deleted member 688153

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Spicy. I guess it sells copies though.

Kind of like how some people got all upset at McEnroe's comments on women's tennis a while ago. He was whipping up controversy for his book - and the interviewer set him up anyway.
 

TennisATP

Professional
I bet if Maria Sharapova wasn't as successful and as beautiful people would not hate on her that much. And this has been the case way before the "ban". But even after the ban, if you compare for example how people hate on Sharapova compared to Errani, it's a very clear difference. I guess it comes with the territory because she's beautiful, rich and successful, so a lot of people are jealous.
 
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