Battle of the Sexes should happen again and make it between Roger Federer and Serena Williams.
The two tennis stars, considered the GOAT in their respective categories, are again the center of debates amongst fans as World No. 10 Frances Tiafoe recalled a game wherein Serena felt so frustrated having trouble against Federer in mixed doubles.
Tiafoe shared the story while at the Wimbledon Open 2023.
As her teammate during a Mixed Doubles at the 2019 Hopman Cup in Perth against Federer and Belinda Bencic, Williams told him with a straight-faced that she should be performing better since she is better than Federer.
"I've never seen an atmosphere like this. Everything that happened, double fault, people are going crazy," Tiafoe shared on the Ultimate Tennis Showdown Talk Show.
"Fed is aceing her left, right, and centre. She gets aced again. We go sit down. She goes 'Ugh! I don't get it. I can't lose this. He's not better than me. I got 23 (Slams), he's got 20'."
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This exchange led him to believe that Serena Williams was on another level.
True enough, Serena is considered among the sport's greats and continued even winning while pregnant.
Federer makes Tiafoe shake
While the 25-year-old fondly recalled the encounter between the two greats, his emotions in the grass differed due to Federer's presence.
"It's definitely nerve-wracking," he told the Tennis Channel.
"[At] a couple of Laver Cups when he was there watching, every ball that I missed I thought 'he probably thinks I'm terrible!' But that's definitely going to be something. What a legend, and it's still tough that he's not playing. He's such an icon and so good for the sport."
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