On a break from the game as she is expecting, Serena Williams said the perception eventually boiled down to her race. “I feel like people think I’m mean,” the 35-year-old was quoted as saying in an interview to Vogue. “Really tough and really mean and really street. This comes days after the revelation of an extract in Maria Sharapova’s upcoming autobiography where she spoke about her long-standing rivalry with Serena Williams. Serena Williams also questioned detractors who say Sharapova is as good as her and that the only reason Williams wins is because of her ‘bigger serve’.

Source: Hindustan Times August 20, 2017 11:03 UTC