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Serena Williams, left, listens Curry is first player to make 300 3s in a single season
as Caroline Wozniacki talks
to reporters during a news Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) shoots
conference in New York, over Orlando Magic’s Evan Fournier (10) during the
Tuesday, March 8, 2016. second half of an NBA basketball game Monday,
March 7, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won
Associated Press 119-113.

Serena Williams talks Associated Press
to reporters at a news Page 20
conference in New York,
Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

Associated Press

RACHEL COHEN
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Ser-
ena Williams says Maria
Sharapova “showed a lot
of courage” in taking re-
sponsibility for her failed
drug test.
On Monday, the Russian
star revealed she tested
positive the day she lost
to Williams in the Austra-
lian Open quarterfinals in
January. At a news confer-
ence Tuesday to promote
an exhibition at Madison
Square Garden, Williams
didn’t want to talk about
the fact she had faced an
opponent with a banned
substance in her system.
The 21-time Grand Slam
champion said that like
the rest of the sports world,
she was “surprised and
shocked” to hear the news
about Sharapova on Mon-
day.
“I think most people were
happy she was upfront and
very honest and showed a
lot of courage to admit to
what she had done and
what she had neglected
to look at in terms of the
list at the end of the year,”
Williams said.

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