Chris Evert’s Hilarious Reaction After James Blake Thanks Lebron James for Not Choosing Tennis

Former tennis star Chris Evert is one of the most active tennis experts and commentators. The nature of her job keeps her busy on social media. The 67-year-old keeps sharing her insights on various topics related to tennis.

Recently, she came across James Blake’s post regarding LeBron James’ wish of being a tennis player. Here’s how the tennis legend reacted.

Chris Evert reacts to James Blake’s post

In a recent interview, legendary basketball player LeBron James wished he was a tennis player. Unlike basketball, tennis is an individual game and one’s success solely lies on themselves. “There’s times when I wished I was a tennis player, or a golfer when it was literally like, Look in the mirror, it’s you verse you,” he said.

While James Blake reacted to the news with a post on Twitter, Chris Evert reacted with a laughing emoticon on the same.

“I just heard the comment that @KingJamesSometimes wishes he played tennis instead. As someone who already played in the @rogerfederer @RafaelNadal @DjokerNole era, thank you for picking basketball,” Blake wrote.

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Nevertheless, James is an absolute legend in basketball and it would have been a great loss for the sport, had he chosen something else over it.

Chris Evert’s brilliant record in tennis

The 67-year-old American legend has a whooping 18 Grand Slam titles to her name. Including seven French Open, two Australian Open, three Wimbledon Championships, and six US Open titles. Also, the legend was on the top of WTA ratings for 260 weeks.

Her best performance came in the era of 1970-1980s. Evert and her archrival Martina Navratilova rules women’s tennis in that period. Additionally, the 67-year-old has an interesting record of winning at least one Grand Slam a year for 13 consecutive years.

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Evert also has a staggering 89.97% winning record in singles. It is evident from the record how hard it was for others to defeat Evert at the peak of her game. The legend was included in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the year 1995.