Serena Williams Apologizes To Maria Sherapova Over Rolling Stone Piece: 'I Apologize For Everything That Was Said In That Article' [Video]

Rather than answer questions about her 31-match winning streak or her challenge to win her 6th Wimbeldon title, Serena Williams issues an apology to Maria Sharapova for rumored critical remarks in a Rolling Stone article published last week.

In last week's Rolling Stone, Serena Williams drew a lot of fire when she supposedly blamed the famous Steubenville rape victim for allowing herself to be put in that position. 

But it was her comments about Sharapova that had Maria taken aback. Sharapova had a sharp rebuttal about the comments yesterday. 

Here's what Williams said in the Rolling Stone piece, where the author, Stephen Roddick, surmises she's talking about Maria Sharapova.

"'There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis. I mean, seriously, give it a rest.' Serena exits the car and the conversation moves on to a top-five player who is now in love.

"'She begins every interview with 'I'm so happy. I'm so lucky' - it's so boring,' says Serena in a loud voice. 'She's still not going to be invited to the cool parties.'

"'And, hey, if she wants to be with the guy with a black heart, go for it.' (An educated guess is she's talking about Sharapova, who is now dating Grigor Dimitrov, one of Serena's rumored exes.)"

Williams attempted to bridge the gulf between the top two ranked women's tennis players in the world on Thursday, but whatever she said to Sharapova privately, didn't stop Sharapova from firing back.

Sharapova responded to the assertions on Saturday as part of press conference for Wimbledon.

"If she wants to talk about something personal, maybe she should talk about her relationship and her boyfriend that was married and is getting a divorce and has kids."

Williams was told of Sharapova's comments before her press conference on Sunday, but she neglected to bite back, saying:

"I definitely was told of (Sharapova's) comments. I definitely like to keep my personal life personal. I think it would be inappropriate for me to comment on it."

Earlier in the press conference, Williams issued a direct or in-direct, depending on whom as listening, apology to both Sharapova and the Steubenville rape victim.

"It definitely hasn't been easy, and I feel like I really wanted to say: I apologize for everything that was said in that article."

Williams is ranked number 1 in the world, and is the number 1 seed at Wimbledon, which starts Monday.

Sharapova is the number 2 ranked woman in the world, but hte number 3 seed at Wimbledon, so if the top two tennis players and media combatants do meet up at the tournament, it will be in the finals.