World tennis stars Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams have created a stir before their exhibition match in Seoul next month.

The event's organizers on Friday said both women insisted on taking separate flights and staying in separate hotels during their stay in Seoul.

The Korea Tennis Association said the match is just an exhibition but that the two archrivals will take it seriously.

Sharapova and Williams will play on September 19th on the occasion of Chuseok, or Full Moon Harvest holiday.