The most bitter cat fight in tennis: One's a human volcano, the other's an ice queen. And BOTH loved the same man. As they duel on Centre Court today, the venomous truthabout Serena and Sharapova

• Williams and Sharapova face each other in a highly-charged semi-final
• The American is the more physically powerful with a ferocious temper
• But the Russian is richer - thanks to her sponsor-friendly image control
• Deep rivalry was made more awkward by fact both loved Grigor Dimitrov

This is the greatest rivalry in women’s tennis — a feud which flows as powerfully off the court as on it. Bound at the top of the game by an obvious mutual antipathy are Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, who face each other in a highly-charged semi-final at Wimbledon today.

Williams, 33, is the more physically powerful, with a ferocious temper and the mindset of a battling champion. However, she cannot compete with Sharapova’s media-friendly combination of blonde Siberian beauty and sponsor-friendly image control — which has meant Sharapova, 28, has waltzed away with a fortune of £125 million and counting.

Added to that, Sharapova’s boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov, was once Serena’s lover. It’s an awkward situation given that the two women spend 20 weeks a year in close proximity on the tennis tour — all the while ignoring each other, or throwing out coded barbs. We put the queens of tennis head to head . . .

Serena Williams (left) and Maria Sharapova (right) will face each other today in a highly-charged semi-final at Wimbledon 

When you’ve got a set of legs like tennis star Maria Sharapova, giving a long gown by Alexander McQueen the chop is just a given. Snip, snip.
The blonde beauty aced this red carpet appearance back in 2011 in a black halter neck dress from Alexander McQueen’s Pre Fall 2011 collection featuring chunky gold embellishments and a feather skirt. She’s spreading her wings in the style stakes!
Kitted out from head to toe in McQueen with her vertiginous matching sandals and skull clutch bag completing the look, Maria smashed this high profile event look game set and match.
Sadly, her gorgeous feather dress which is a wonderfully ostentatious fashion statement for a big night out is not available to buy.
You can, however, shop the current Alexander McQueen collection online by clicking right, or emulate Maria's look from the high street in our affordable edit below ranging from Rare, Asos, Lipsy and more.