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Maria Sharapova recently congratulated Jannik Sinner on his Australian Open triumph by sharing a hilarious video of the duo dancing to Deck the Halls.
Jannik Sinner defeated Daniil Medvedev in an epic five-set thriller. He came back from two sets down to triumph 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 and clinch his maiden Grand Slam title. Sinner defeated three top 5 players en route to the title - Andrey Rublev, Novak Djokovic, and Medvedev.
Tennis fans from all over the world sent their congratulatory messages to the Italian on his victory, but Sinner received a rather unique message from former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova.
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The Russian shared a hilarious video on X (formerly Twitter) in which the duo can be seen dancing to the Christmas song 'Deck the Halls' while donning matching reindeer headbands. Sharapova posted the video with a caption stating that she knew the Italian would "regret" making the video one day. She also congratulated Sinner on his victory.
"I knew that one day you’ll regret this 🤣🤣 Congrats Champ!! patience, poise & class 🏆👏🏻."
The video left fans in splits, and one particular fan called out Sharapova for doing Sinner "dirty" by posting it. They even claimed that this move was a classic "elder sister" maneuver.
"Way to do the Champ DIRTY, Sharapova. Shameless. Nasty Big Sister move," the fan wrote.
Another fan poked fun at the duo, telling them that they should go to Broadway if they ever got tired of tennis.
"You two should go to broadway when you get tired of tennis. Legends"
Here are a few more reactions from fans:
A look at Maria Sharapova's Australian Open title run
Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open in 2008, her third Major title at the time. She also became the first Russian to win the title.
Sharapova entered the tournament as the fifth seed and didn't drop a single set or face a tiebreaker during her run. En route to winning the title, the Russian defeated the first seed Justine Henin in the quarterfinals and the third seed Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals.
In the final, she faced the number four seed Ana Ivanovic. After coming through a tough first set, the Russian took the second set comfortably to win 7-5, 6-3 and lift the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for the first time in her career.
