“Let Me Borrow That Second Serve”: Venus Williams and Others Comment on Reilly Opelka’s Upcoming Tennis Feature

Undoubtedly, Venus Williams remains one of the most popular players on the WTA Tour. The 41-year-old only managed sporadic appearances on the tour this season and, subsequently, her engagement on her social media platforms increased exponentially.

Recently, Venus and others commented on Reilly Opelka’s Instagram, in which the American announced his upcoming collaboration with TopCourt.

Venus Williams comments Reilly Opelka’s posts

Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka have been rumored to be dating. However, one fan just asked her very recently if she was dating Opelka. The 7-time Grand Slam champion had a hilarious reply to the question. “No, @ReillyOpelka shot me down,” she responded during an Instagram ‘Ask me anything’ session.

Today, Reilly Opelka, on his Instagram, announced his upcoming feature on TopCourt, a tennis streaming channel. Venus was one of the first people to comment on the post. “Let me borrow that second serve next year,” she commented.

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Venus Williams was not the only tennis personality to engage with Opelka’s post. Popular tennis and sports contributor Rachel Stuhlmann, too, commented on the post. “Can I help with the volleys?!?!?!“ she cheekily commented.

Clearly, Opelka’s serve is garnering a lot of attention, and rightly so.

Reilly Opelka has one of the fastest serves on tour

At a staggering height of 6 feet and 11 inches, Reilly Opelka is tied with Croatian Ivo Karlovic for the record tallest-ever ATP-ranked player. Moreover, his height gives him a great advantage- his serve is one of the most powerful on the tour.

The American former World No. 19 has even come to be known as a ‘servebot’, for winning most of his service games with ease, owing to the speed and power he can deliver from behind the baseline.

He even holds the record for the fastest second serve ever, having hit a 144.8 mph second serve in the 2021 Italian Open quarterfinals.

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