Serena Williams has spent enough time on the tour to witness every type of weird activity the audience had to offer. From suffering racist remarks at Indian Wells to booing, she has seen it all. However, there is a specific incident that is going to haunt or say trouble her thoughts forever.

Tennis is a sport that mostly caters to a public that appreciates as well as acts in a gentlemanlike manner. However, there have been times when fans have crossed the line. Something which can be listed under the same happened when the Williams sisters were playing in Melbourne.

Serena Williams spoke about the craziest fan moment in her career

Serena, while in an interview with Vogue in 2016, spoke about the 2009 Australian Open incident. She brought it up when asked about the most bizarre fan moment and said, “this guy in Australia comes on the court naked, run in front of me and Venus and starts just grinding.”

“It was really weird and creepy,” she added. The former world no.1s were playing a doubles match when the man wearing only a shirt jumped on the court, sprinted along the sidelines and made several dance moves. Though shortly the security caught the man and he was eventually arrested and banned from the event.

He caused a disturbance for around 14 seconds and Serena later stated that his interruption didn’t affect her much. The Williams sisters rather focused on defeating Japan’s Ayumi Morita and Germany’s Martina Muller 6-3, 6-3.

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Further, she with her elder sister Venus successfully claimed the doubles title by defeating Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama in straight sets at the finals. Also, Serena clinched her fourth singles trophy that year.

What is Serena up to these days?

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has said goodbye to the sport. She performed her last dance on 3rd September in the hard courts of the US Open. Serena locked horns with the Aussie star, Ajla Tomljanovic, after defeating the second seed in the previous round.

Dressed in a diamond studded Nike outfit, she played a nail biting three set long match and post that stepped into the second phase of her life. Currently, Serena is focusing on her family and business endeavors. Speaking of her business, she recently signed up for the Circle’s inaugural web3 conference, Converge22.

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Coming to her personal life, Serena took Olympia for her soccer practice. Considering her status as one of the most renowned athletes in the sporting world, it didn’t come as a surprise when she mentioned that she took a few practice drills for the young soccer prodigies.