SERENA WILLIAMS cheekily sang a song for old rival Maria Sharapova at the ESPY Awards last night. The tennis legend, 42, was in Los Angeles to host the prestigious evening, having won 12 ESPY gongs during her playing days. 7 Serena Williams sang at last night's ESPY Awards Credit: Getty 7 Williams, 42, hosted the glitzy Los Angeles event Credit: Getty 7 Williams and Maria Sharapova played each other 22 times during their careers Credit: PA:Press Association During the evening, Williams referenced Jamie Foxx 's outrageous performances from 2003 and 2004.
With the perennial champion in attendance on both occasions, Foxx serenaded her with his promiscuous "I wanna be your tennis ball" song. Having hung up her racquet at the US Open in 2022, Williams found herself on hosting duties, rather than at Wimbledon, which hosted its women's semi-finals yesterday. Throwing back to Foxx's performances for her, Williams revealed her hidden singing talent - but opted to serenade old rival Sharapova, rather than actor and performer.
Through laughter, she said: "We wanted to do another remix of Jamie's beautiful and utterly unacceptable song. "I dedicate this one to a very special person in my life..
. this one goes out to Maria Sharapova ." Williams then launched into her performance, singing: "She could be my tennis ball.
She's Russian, blonde and very tall. "People say we had a feud, which was presumptuous and kinda rude. Besides that I beat her 20 times.
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