Although Serena Williams called off her Grand Slam comeback because of a chest muscle injury on Monday ahead of her match against Maria Sharapova, she made it clear she will never be intimidated by the Russian despite what Donald Trump may have thought.
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Following Williams’ defeat of Julia Gorges on Saturday, she was asked a rather peculiar question about Donald Trump’s analysis of a 2004 match against Sharapova.
Inside Tennis reporter Bill Simons asked the 23-time Grand Slam champion about Trump’s alleged comments, where he said that Sharapova’s “shoulders were incredibly alluring” and that Williams was “intimidated by her supermodel good looks.”
“I honestly don’t have any thoughts about that. I can’t say I have been intimidated by anyone. That’s all. That’s it,” she reportedly said.
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Simons took to Twitter on Sunday to apologize for the awkward question.
This isn’t the first time that Williams has taken umbrage with reporters’ questions. At the 2017 Australian Open, Williams asked that a reporter apologize for calling her “scrappy.”
