Serena Williams' husband rips reporter over Sharapova question

A reporter who said he waited 14 years to ask Serena Williams a question should maybe sit out of raising his hands at press conferences, according to the tennis star's husband, Alexis Ohanian.

Ohanian tweeted out part of a transcript from Williams' press conference at the French Open in which a reporter - after calling her 'baby' - asked if she was intimidated by Maria Sharapova's "super model" good looks.

The question, in full:

I have been waiting about 14 years to ask you this question. After the 2004 Wimbledon match with Maria, I had the opportunity to interview Donald Trump on his LA golf course, and he said that Maria's shoulders were incredibly alluring and then he came up with this incredible analysis: that you were intimidated by her super model good looks. My question is: have you ever been intimidated by anyone else on a tennis court, and what are your thoughts about that occurrence?

Williams responded by saying she's never been intimidated by anyone. The reporter later apologized on Twitter:

This, of course, isn't the first time Williams has been asked a terrible and sexist question. In 2015, one reporter questioned why she wasn't smiling after winning a match.

"It's 11:30," she replied at the time. "To be perfectly honest with you, I don't want to be here. (Laughter.) I just want to be in bed right now. I have to wake up early to practice.

"I don't want to answer any of these questions and you keep asking me the same questions.

"It's not really - you're not making it super enjoyable. "

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