Mauresmo makes peace with Davenport, brands hingis ‘stupid’

Davenport and Hingis’ remarks on Mauresmo’s build led to huge media coverage, particularly after the French player announced she was a lesbian.

But Davenport later said she admired the French teenager and said she had been solely referring to Mauresmo’s style of play.

Mauresmo, a former junior Wimbledon and French champion, but who had been unseeded at Melbourne, told L’Equipe, France’s leading sports daily, the row with the American player was over.

“She wrote me a note — I appreciated that. It was important to me. I think Lindsay is a nice person,” she said. “I was surprised by her comments because she is stronger than I am, hits the ball harder and is a fair size herself.”

But she said that Hingis’ reported comments that Mauresmo was `half a man’, later denied by the Swiss player, were an “unpleasant joke.”