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Why Keralities Are Saying Sorry to Maria Sharapova after Sachin Tendulkar’s Tweet
News 18Regretting over their sharp criticism and ridicule in the past directed towards Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, scores of Keralites have come forward and apologised to Sharapova by flooding her social media accounts with apology notes and messages. Upset over Tendulkar’s stance, Malayalis were reminded of an incident that took place all the way back in 2014 on social media when Who is Maria Sharapova? She simply responded by saying, “I don’t.” This led to chaotic scenes online as Sharapova was widely ridiculed, abused, called names by Indians for not knowing one of the most celebrated sportspersons of their country. “Sharapova, you were right about Sachin, that he is not a person of quality that you should know,” a social media user commented in Malayalam, in the vein of hundreds of similar messages in the south Indian language. #😅 pic.twitter.com/ocfC8sanjy— Maria Sharapova February 3, 2021 “Sorry for the comments we made in the past,” read one reply among the sea of responses.
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