‘She Has My Arms…’ – Serena Williams Once Took a Witty Dig at Arch-Rival Maria Sharapova in an Emotional Letter to Mother Oracene Price

American tennis legend, Serena Williams, and Russian tennis great, Maria Sharapova, have a long history of feud. Both Serena and Sharapova have taken multiple digs at each other. The battle was at its peak in 2017. Serena was a new mother and Sharapova made some negative remarks about Serena’s body.

Later, the former world number one decided to give it back to her WTA colleague. Serena wrote an open letter to her mother. Although it was a letter for Oracene, it seemed more like a dig at Maria Sharapova.

Serena Williams’ indirect dig at Maria Sharapova

After becoming a mother, Serena wrote an open letter to her mother, thanking her for everything. She also explained how, after becoming a mother, she is more worried about her daughter, as they have identical bodies. Serena wrote about the challenges she had to face because of her muscular build. It came after Sharapova mentioned Serena targeting her for “thick arms and thick legs”.

Here’s what Serena wrote. “You are one of the strongest women I know. I was looking at my daughter (OMG, yes, I have a daughter and she has my arms and legs! My exact same strong, muscular, powerful, sensational arms and body. I don’t know how I would react if she has to go through what I’ve gone through since I was a 15-year-old and even to this day….”

Further, the American also took a dig at Sharapova’s drug ban. “I’ve been called man because I appeared outwardly strong. It has been said that that I use drugs (No, I have always had far too much integrity to behave dishonestly in order to gain an advantage),” 

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Although the dig was indirect, we can figure it out that the dig was for Sharapova after she targeted Serena for her body.

Serena vs Maria Sharapova head to head

Both Serena and Sharapova were the top players of their era. However, if we look at their records, Serena is far ahead with 23 Grand Slam titles to her name. On the other hand, Sharapova has five major titles to her name. Serena also has an extremely dominating record against her Russian counterpart.

Out of the 22 matches, they have played, Serena claimed 20, while Sharapova managed to win only two of them.

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Both of them are modern-day legends, but the way Serena stamped her authority over one of the greatest players of her time shows her actual class was way beyond anyone else of her era.