An interview with Rolling Stone came out of Serena Williams saying some disparaging remarks about rival Maria Sharapova. Sharapova fired back with some remarks of her own but Williams says she already apologized. Read more after the jump.
via ESPN
Serena Williams says she apologized to Maria Sharapova in person Thursday after an article was published last week in which a reporter wrote Williams had been implicitly referring to Sharapova’s personal life.
Williams was reticent to further comment on the controversy a day after Sharapova took a subtle yet forceful verbal shot at her.
“She was inadvertently brought into the situation by assumptions made by the reporter,” Williams said Sunday in London during her pre-Wimbledon news conference. “I personally talked to Maria at the player party, incidentally. I said, ‘Look, I want to personally apologize to you if you are offended by being brought into my situation. I want to take this moment to just pour myself, be open, say I’m very sorry for this whole situation.’ ”
“I definitely was told of the comments,” Williams said Sunday. “I definitely like to keep my personal life personal. I think it would be inappropriate for me to comment on it. But, yeah, I’ve always, in the past — you guys have known — I’ve kept my personal and professional life very private. I’m going to continue to do that.”
