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Tennis and fashion have a very significant relationship. From Serena Williams’s gorgeous Vogue cover presence to Roger Federer’s Oscars look, tennis stars have bedazzled their fans with their fashion sense. Former tennis icon Maria Sharapova is not an exception to this fact. Apart from ruling the tennis court with skills, Sharapova mesmerized her audience with her fashion sense at many prestigious events like the Met Gala. Now in a nostalgic tone, Sharapova revisits her looks from this extraordinary event at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts.

This former world’s number-one tennis star recently shared her old looks from this iconic event on her official Instagram profile story. In the beginning, fans spotted Sharapova’s look from the year 2021. That year, this former WTA legend wore a golden Gabriela Hearst gown detailed with pleated sleeves. She was spotted clicking pictures with the famous Williams sisters.

In her next story, fans spotted Sharapova’s look from the Met Gala event in 2019. This former Grand Slam winner wore a Givenchy Haute Couture dress that gave the audience a light and dark vibe. Sharapova highlighted her exclusive dress with Messika Jewels. Sharapova dropped her debut Met Gala look from 2016 at the last of her story. She donned a body-hugging red dress by Colombian designer Juan Carlos Obando and delighted her fans with her amazing styling sense.

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Maria Sharapova’s iconic Met Gala looks showcased why she deserves to be equally known for her fashion sense. This year following the theme of “Sleeping Beauties” fans are expecting Sharapova to pull off an incredible style game experimenting with her comfort zones. Nevertheless, Sharapova’s Met Gala presence attracted many viewers since she was spotted framing moments with one of her biggest rivals Serena Williams on the red carpet.

we wish you were still on tour” – Williams sisters special wish for Maria Sharapova

Sharapova, in her autobiography  Unstoppable: My Life So Far mentioned that she was “not friends” with Serena Williams. This Russian WTA star also revealed an incident following Wimbledon 2004- “I think Serena hated me for being the skinny kid who beat her, against all odds. I think she hated me for seeing her at her lowest moment. But mostly I think she hated me for hearing her cry. She’s never forgiven me for it.” However, at Met Gala 2021, fans spotted the duo sharing healthy moments from the event and the social media went on storm seeing the three icons in one frame.

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Venus Williams also shared an adorable backstory of meeting the Russian WTA star. She said-“Serena and I were talking about Maria the day before [the Gala], we were walking and were like, man, we wish Maria was still playing, And we saw [Maria] and we told her separately, like, ‘we were both talking about you and we wish you were still on tour’. We were so happy to see each other, and they were hugs, there was laughing, there were stories and there was the photo,”

Maria Sharapova’s revisiting her previous Met Gala looks surely made her fans nostalgic. Now, they are eagerly waiting to see this former WTA legend in her exclusive avatar for this year’s event.

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