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Maria Sharapova gets served on Twitter over not knowing men’s player (pic)

Jason Rowan
| June 4, 2013

maria-sharapova-grigor dimitrov

Last week, with the French Open in full swing, Maria Sharapova tweeted out what then appeared to be a seemingly innocuous comment about how she was unfamiliar with two French players, Benoit Paire and Jeremy Chardy.

No big deal, or so it seemed. That is until Alize Lim, a relatively unknown women’s player who played with Chardy in mixed doubles during the French Open — who apparently is dating him as well — caught wind of it.

That’s when the claws came out when Lim fired back a tweet in response.

Bam! Of course, the image of the current ATP rankings attached to the tweet highlighted how Paire and Chardy are ranked ahead of Grigor Dimitrov, a rising star on the men’s side who just so happens to be the current boyfriend of Sharapova (photographed above).

Rawr, indeed. So, is the makings of a potentially enjoyable Twitter catfight, perhaps? That appears not to be the case, as Sharapova apparently has never replied to the well-crafted zinger. Chardy and Lim have since been eliminated from the French Open, but here are the two on the court together.

A handsome duo, to be sure. Much like Sharapova and Dimitrov. Perhaps a mixed-doubles match-up between the two couples would settle the mini-battle that brewed between Lin and Sharapova. It would at least be interesting.

[H/T Tennis.com, via For the Win]