Brutal Verbal Feud Ensued as Russian Beauty Maria Sharapova’s Harsh Personal Take Rubber Off Wrongly on Rival Ana Ivanovic at 2014 US Open
The Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova‘s matches have always been incomplete without chilly moments. Her rivalries and matches contained sweet moments and salty face-offs. Whether it was a verbal altercation or the heat of a tennis match. Just like her rivalry with Serena Williams was quite obvious, there was another tennis player who had a verbal spat with the Russian tennis star.
Nearly nine years ago, Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic engaged in a heated exchange of words. The feud highlighted Sharapova’s resentment of a Serbian tennis player’s incident she witnessed on the tennis court. Let’s take a clear look at what happened at the time that brought both tennis players into the limelight because of their verbal rivalry.
When Maria Sharapova and Ivanovic got into a verbal war of words
Even though both WTA tennis players have faced each other 14 times on the tennis court, their rivalry is something that is not much talked about in the women’s tennis circuit. But what happened back in 2014 literally made their rivalry stand out from the crowd. During the US Open, a reporter was gathering ideas regarding what rules should be changed on the tennis court.
And when this question was asked to the five-time Grand Slam champion, she made a direct statement that she wanted players to pay $2,500 per medical timeout, pointing direct fingers at the Serbian tennis player. During one of the US Open press conferences, when Sharapova’s take was kept in front of the 35-year-old, she didn’t hold back and gave a very clear answer.
