Russians Slam Sneaky MARIA

[Grossefavourite]

This is her transparent ploy to exploit America's racial issues.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#________________#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is being slammed on Instagram for posing with a US flag#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has suffered a social media backlash after posing with a US flag.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#The five-time tennis major champion posed for a photograph at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, arm-in-arm with her mother and standing in front of an artwork of the Star-Spangled Banner.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#After posting the image, Sharapova was subjected to vitriolic abuse as followers accused her, mostly in Russian, of not having the courage to "pose with a Russian flag" and of "only showing patriotism" when it suited her.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#One user commented in English: "It's pathetic that you're cheering for 'American' tennis champion who acts under the Russian flag and clothes, listens to the Russian anthem and denies the US passport."#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#The 30-year-old has been a US resident since 1994, but competes for Russia, even representing the country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#She was Russia's official flag bearer at the opening ceremony and went on to win a silver medal in the women's singles event.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#his is hardly the first time Sharapova has come under fire in recent years.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#In 2016, the tennis star was banned from competing for two years after testing positive for meldonium, a banned substance. However, her sentence was reduced on appeal and she returned to the WTA Tour in 2017.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#Most recently, Sharapova played at the Indian Wells Open in California but was knocked out of the opening round by Naomi Osaka on March 8.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgKkmUqDUfh ... p#br#ed_cl#

[Ace2Ace]

Trash news... She didn't wrap herself in the flag.
The girl has enough problem. No need for this.

[Mytiwtiw]

Maria a Patriot and a Champion.

[djmm1962]

The Putin bots are displeased, lol.