India, April 18 -- Former tennis player Serena Williams has made it clear that her appearance during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance earlier this year wasn't meant to provoke her ex boyfriend, singer-songwriter Drake. In a recent interview with Time magazine, the tennis legend looked back on her cameo at the big game, where she was briefly shown as Kendrick performed Not Like Us, his explosive diss track aimed at the rapper. The performance took place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and instantly sparked speculation about whether Serena was intentionally taking a shot at her former flame.

When asked directly if her appearance was a diss toward Drake, to whom she was romantically linked in the early 2010s, Serena ...