Two late night tennis players got the surprise of a lifetime on Sunday when a passerby watched their game and claimed “I got next.” That person happened to be Serena Williams.
.@SerenaWilliams surprised two random fans by playing them in tennis and put it on Snapchat! pic.twitter.com/Jo9i83icqR
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 27, 2017
Williams was out with her dog taking a stroll when she noticed the game and hatched a plan to surprise the pair. She waited for the point to finish and feared that the players recognized her, but they seemed genuinely stunned to see Serena courtside.
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Serena casually asked who won, and the pair of players could only laugh at the situation they found themselves in. Here they were just having a simple pickup game, now one of the best players in history was challenging them.
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Williams was not in the right gear to play tennis. Heck, she was wearing boots at the time — which is probably some sort of court violation, but who cares? It’s Serena-freaking-Williams. She ended with a message for all the tennis players out there.
“The moral of this story is: You never know when I could be coming to a tennis court near you!”
Yesss ... let this become a thing.