{"id":146924,"date":"2025-11-21T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/146924\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:53:09","slug":"maria-sharapova-shares-her-reaction-to-serena-williams-inducting-her-into-the-tennis-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/146924\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Sharapova shares her reaction to Serena Williams inducting her into the Tennis Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August, five years after calling time on her playing days, Maria Sharapova was officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.    <\/p>\n<p>Sharapova\u2019s career included a Career Grand Slam and 36 singles titles. She finished with a record of 645 wins to 171 losses.<\/p>\n<p>She pulled off one of the sport\u2019s biggest upsets as a teenager at Wimbledon in 2004, beating Serena Williams in straight sets to claim her first major title.<\/p>\n<p>This match kicked off one of tennis\u2019 most high-profile rivalries. Even though Sharapova only won two of their next 22 meetings, every encounter drew global attention.<\/p>\n<p>Their competitive history is well documented, but they\u2019ve also shown respect for each other over the years. Back in January 2020, Williams even suggested that media coverage often exaggerated any tension between them.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Sharapova reflects on Serena Williams\u2019 role in her Hall of Fame induction<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on The David Rubenstein Show, Sharapova was asked if it felt \u2018awkward\u2019 having Williams induct her. She replied: \u201cAwkward wasn\u2019t the right word. It was so exciting, and it was so thrilling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubenstein then asked: \u201cWere you surprised that she agreed to do it?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In August, five years after calling time on her playing days, Maria Sharapova was officially inducted into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-146924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}