Sloan Stephens has seen her relationship with Serena Williams fall apart since the Australian Open. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images)
In an interview in the May 13 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Sloane Stephens reveals that her relationship with Serena Williams has completely deteriorated since Stephens beat Williams at the Australian Open in January.
Here’s a snippet from Marin Cogan’s story:
“She’s not said one word to me, not spoken to me, not said hi, not looked my way, not been in the same room with me since I played her in Australia,” Stephens says emphatically. “And that should tell everyone something, how she went from saying all these nice things about me to unfollowing me on Twitter.”
Her mom tries to slow her down, but Sloane is insistent. “Like, seriously! People should know. They think she’s so friendly and she’s so this and she’s so that — no, that’s not reality! You don’t unfollow someone on Twitter, delete them off of BlackBerry Messenger. I mean, what for? Why?”
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Stephens also responds to this cryptic tweet that Williams sent two days after their quarterfinal match:
“I was like, ‘You really don’t think I know that that’s about me?’” Stephens tells the magazine.
Needless to say, it seems like Stephens had some things to get off her chest about the media’s portrayal of her relationship with Williams and she didn’t hold back.
In the interview (which was conducted in late March), Stephens debunks the myth that she and Williams have shared a close bond. Though both played a part in allowing that narrative to spin out of control during the Australian Open, Stephens now says that contrary to popular belief, Williams was never her favorite player.
“I’ve always said Kim Clijsters is my favorite player, so it’s kind of weird,” she says. READ MORE
