To say Serena Williams‘ husband Alexis Ohanian is a tennis fan would be an understatement. Ohanian has shown his love for various sports, but tennis so far has surpassed all of them in terms of his passion for it. Married to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Alexis has constantly supported his wife and then-girlfriend, Serena. Be it cheering her on from the stands or being the constant source of encouragement, Ohanian is undoubtedly the biggest Serena fan to ever exist. So it definitely shocked his followers when he admitted that tennis wasn’t a real sport!

Yes! There was a time in Ohanian’s life when he indeed believed that tennis was not a real sport. Despite being invested in several American sports, Ohanian at the time did not think of tennis very highly. In his recent Tweet, Ohanian shares this detail about himself with his fans. As expected, the tweet has gone viral within hours of posting it, and Twitter can’t stop laughing about it!

Alexis Ohanian thought that Serena Williams doesn’t play a real sport!

Putting up a picture of a Sega Tennis version playing on a TV, Alexis said, “I love how I’m now the person people send these types of photos to.”

Continuing about the nostalgic mascot sports video game, Ohanian says, “Collectibles from our childhood (even though I never played this game as a kid – lol – because I hated tennis) are the best.”

While this itself was shocking to know that Alexis “hated” tennis, a bigger shock was awaiting his fans. Ohanian’s tweet was soon noticed by Shibetoshi Nakamoto. He was quick to state his own preference when it came to playing tennis video games. He tweeted, “I was a virtua tennis stan”. To this, Alexis replied, “Only played Mario Tennis a few times at our LAN parties. Tennis wasn’t a real sport as far as I was concerned back then.”

The tennis world is undoubtedly shocked at this revelation. However, followers have not forgotten to tease Alexis at the expense of his tweet. Nakamoto himself went ahead and pointed out, “and nothing since then has changed your mind about it, nothing at all”. 

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Alexis’ love for tennis and especially for Venus and Serena is something that his fans admire the most about him. Be it post-retirement or on-the-court-Serena, Alexis has always set up viral couple goals with his wife. For her sister Venus, Alexis might be one of her biggest fans too. Looking at his constant enthusiasm and support for such legendary tennis players, Alexis might easily resurrect from his initial negligence and rebrand as one of the most wholesome tennis fans!

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