It’s not every day you walk into a press room and you find Drake just sitting there, like you, waiting for Serena Williams. The Canadian rapper is in London because he is performing in the Wireless Festival and is a long-time friend of Williams.
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He had one friend with him and sat through Williams’ press conference listening and often laughing at some of the questions she was being asked.
Drake isn’t the only singer Williams has hung out with in London this week.
The world No1 attended a Taylor Swift concert on Saturday with Caroline Wozniacki and actually joined the country/pop star on stage for a little bit.
Williams may be used to competing in front of thousands of people but she admits it was nerve-wracking walking up on that stage with Swift.
“I really was really nervous,” said the 33-year-old. “I didn’t really want to do it. Taylor was like ‘oh, you have to come out’. All the other girls were like ‘oh, you have to do it’. I was hoping I didn’t break my neck, just disappear in the crowd.”
As a karaoke enthusiast, Williams is no stranger to performing. Would she consider pursuing a career in music after she’s done with tennis? “Yes. But the problem is I don’t have a voice, so I don’t have a choice,” she said with a laugh.
In a particularly long press conference, Williams also revealed who her ideal mixed doubles partner would be.
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After long thought, she said: “Maybe Stan (Wawrinka). Because we’re really good friends. He won the French Open. We both wear Audemars (watches). I don’t know. I’ve known him for years. We’re just cool.”
Over on Court 2, the Australian fans were in brilliant form as they sang one chant after another for both Nick Kyrgios and later Lleyton Hewitt, who played his very last match at Wimbledon yesterday.
One of my favourites from day one was “Hit me with your best shot… fire away!” They definitely give a unique flavour to the matches.
Kyrgios enjoyed the fanfare on court but not so much some of the questions he got during his press conference, particularly the ones regarding NBA champions Golden State Warriors. Kyrgios is a huge Celtics fan and also admires Cleveland’s LeBron James, but ask him about Steph Curry and co and he might bite your head off.
“I don’t really like the Warriors, so I’m not going to talk about them,” he said when asked about Curry. “I think LeBron is, hands down, the best player in the world. I think any person looks up to him. He’s got great confidence. He works really hard. He doesn’t care what people think about him. He just does his job every day.”
