WATCH: People are loving Maria Sharapova’s disgusted reaction to the Sun asking her a question

To say that the Sun newspaper are notorious is putting in mildly, and very politely.

Although the tabloid still remains a popular read in the UK, it is reviled amongst many for being hate-mongering, shamelessly disingenuous and worryingly right wing. And then there's people who really hate it. But we didn't realise their reputation was quite so international. Following her victory over Ekaterina Makarova to progress to the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix, tennis star Maria Sharapova was taking media questions at a press conference in Stuttgart. And yes, a certain paper was represented. All a Sun journalist had to do was mention the name of his employers to make Sharapova shudder and sigh at having to deal with the hated red-top. The subsequent exchange left no one in any doubt as to her feelings about them:

Sharapova: Oh God. Journalist: Nice to see you, too.

Sharapova: I don’t think The Sun has ever been in Stuttgart, have they? Journalist: No. It’s nice, it’s fantastic.

https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/857870633677598720 Many of Sharapova's fans - and the Sun's many committed haters - loved her attitude towards the News Corp title and made their feelings clear: https://twitter.com/andy_francis2/status/857952280733249536 https://twitter.com/ScottUnited77/status/857924764144414720 https://twitter.com/Stanleysonson/status/858089515566731264 https://twitter.com/tennis4arsenal/status/857929020733829122 https://twitter.com/lizlong2003/status/857940152701857792 https://twitter.com/RonnieM83/status/857914017326747648