• Pair will meet in the French Open fourth round on Monday
• ‘Her book was 100% hearsay which was a little disappointing’
The cold war is over. Serena Williams, husbanding as much diplomatic warmth as she deemed appropriate, inferred strongly before her blockbuster match here on Monday against Maria Sharapova that her Russian rival had been indulging in fake news.
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Written by Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros
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