It seems the media may have taken it quite far to call tennis players, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova rivals. Because Nigerians took to social media to explain exactly how ludicrous such a statement was.
Maria Sharapova: 36 singles titles, five Grand Slams & One Fed. Cup plus one Olympivlc silver medal.
Serena Williams:90 singles titles, 39 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic gold medals, five tour finals titles, one Grand Slam cup, swag title.
Rivalry? Put some respek on it.#GOAT
— Temisan Okomi (@temiokomi) June 4, 2018
Western media sha! Serena Williams has beaten Maria Sharapova in 19 of 21 matches in 14 years yet u keep reporting them as rivals! When will this head to head signal superiority to you? Real Madrid & Barca are rivals. Real Madrid and Levante are not rivals.
— Pius Adesanmi (@pius_adesanmi) June 3, 2018
Serena withdrew from the French Opens on 4 June, 2018 due to a chest open injury ahead of a fourth-round tennis match with Maria Sharapova. She stunned all her fans who were looking forward to her playing yesterday. But the legendary player calmed them down in her own way with this inspiring post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjmtUt2lXSH/?taken-by=serenawilliams
Meanwhile, last year, Vox had spilled the tea on what exactly was between the two athletes.
Check out this hilarious meme from the gram about the incident.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjm0BMpDuna/?tagged=serenawilliams