In what was probably one of the top ten moments in tennis history, Serena Williams presented her long-time rival Maria Sharapova with the honour of being inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025. In fact, Sharapova had personally asked Williams if she would do the honours when she had found out earlier in the year about the induction. It was a huge turning point for women’s tennis when the two ‘rivals’ whom the world had pitted against each other finally took control of the narrative, and how!

Williams’ speech was emotional from the get-go. In fact, from the very moment she stepped up onto the podium, years of one of the most talked about rivalries in women’s tennis were thrown back into the spotlight, with Williams’ saying straight off the bat, “All right,

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