When Maria Sharapova entered a temporary press conference room in a downtown hotel in Los Angeles, many thought the Russian was ready to announce her retirement from tennis. What followed was far more shocking that the end of a career itself, as the Russian literally shocked the tennis community admitting to having failed a drug test last January at the Australian Open after testing positive to Meldonium, an anti-ischemic she had been taking for 10 years to deal with a magnesium deficiency.
Surprisingly, while the majority of the people involved with sports posted immediate reactions on social media, a cloud of silence settled on the WTA tour. A part from Madison Keys, who publicly sustained the Russian and Jennifer Capriati, who instead asked the Russian should have all of her titles ripped off, the rest of the women’s tour didn’t react. Were they all too shocked?
It seems so. After one day, we finally know what both World No.1 Serena Williams and former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki think of the whole shebang.
“As most people I am shocked, but I am happy Maria was upfront and very honest. She showed a lot of courage” commented Serena, who hasn’t lost to Sharapova in more than 10 years.
Following the American’s comments, Caroline Wozniacki – who was with Serena today as showed on the American’s Instagram account – was less understanding of Sharapova’s alleged negligence.
“Any time we do take a any medication, as athletes we triple check because sometimes even things like cough drops or a nasal spry can happen to be on the list” said the former World No.1, who lost to Serena the last Grand Slam final she has played in 2014 at the US Open.
Jennifer Capriati, as we know, was in no forgiving mood when the lashed at the Russian through her Twitter account (Jennifer’s tweets here).
