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‘Shocked’ Chris Evert Joins Tennis Stars and Scores of Fans to Mock the Absurdly Stupid Serena Williams Pregnancy Question

Published 12/29/2022, 7:45 AM EST

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Recently, a really bizarre question from the American television show ‘Who Wants to Be Millionaire?’ is catching everyone’s attention. The question was regarding tennis and specifically about Serena Williams. However, the way they selected options for the multiple-choice questions made it pretty obvious.

While the fans had a good laugh over it, later American tennis star Chris Evert also came across the same. Here’s how she reacted.

Chris Evert reacts to a bizarre question from the TV reality show

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It happened in the show ‘Who Wants to Be Millionaire?’ The question was regarding a tennis player who won the Australian Open when she was roughly eight weeks pregnant. Any person who follows tennis even slightly will know that the answer is Serena Williams.

However, the options for the multiple choice question made it easier for the contestant. Hilariously, the other three options, apart from Serena Williams, were the names of male tennis players. As the clipping went viral on social media, fans were laughing at it. Meanwhile, Chris Evert also came across the question. Here’s how she reacted.

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Evert wrote, “Omg..” with a shocked reaction emoticon.

Earlier, former doubles world number 1 Sania Mirza also reacted to the rather funny question. The Indian took to her Twitter account and sarcastically called the question a tough one.

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The question actually talks about the Australian Open 2017. Here, former American tennis star Serena Williams got to know about her pregnancy after arriving in Australia and still competed. What happened next is a legend for ages, as the queen of the court won the title without dropping a single set.

Recently, Serena’s husband Alexis Ohanian cited it as the prime reason for calling her the GOAT.

Ohanian reconfirms Serena Williams as GOAT

Recalling the above achievement, Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian reconfirmed her as the Greatest of All Time. While Serena won the Australian Open in 2017, it was her 23rd and eventually last Major title. She went past Steffi Graf in the process.

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The German has 22 titles to her name. First on the list is Australian legend Margaret Court with 24 titles. Even though Serena couldn’t go past Court’s record, Ohanian still believes she is the GOAT. Primarily so because of the circumstance, her 23rd Major title came in.

WATCH THIS STORY: Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian makes artistic pancakes for daughter Olympia

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Gaurav Verma is a Tennis Author at EssentiallySports. He has post graduate diploma in management from IILM Graduate School of Management and a BBA degree from Bangalore University. He has 1-year of experience in the banking sector.
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