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Yesterday, at the US Open, we saw the 23-time Grand Slam champion, Serena Williams’ stunning performance against the world no. 2, Anett Kontaveit, as she won the match after a great fight from the Estonian player. Meanwhile, plenty of celebrities and sports personalities attended this event, including legendary golfer, Tiger Woods.

Notably, Woods was sitting in Serena’s box along with her other family members. In the past, Serena talked about Woods many times and they share a great bond.

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Venus Williams and Tiger Woods embrace each other at US Open 2022

During Serena’s match against Kontaveit, Woods was sitting in the stand with Serena’s husband Alexis Ohanian and her other family members. Later, Venus Williams also joined Serena’s box, as Woods and she embraced each other. Then, they had a brief conversation. You can watch the video below.

Notably, back in 2019, Tiger woods made a tremendous comeback and won the Masters tournament, which made Serena cry in joy. Back then, she tweeted about it and called Woods inspirational.

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After yesterday’s match, Woods took to Twitter and said, “It was a privilege to watch greatness. Congrats @serenawilliams.”

During the match, we saw Woods getting really hyped during Serena’s points, along with the crowd. Notably, before the match, she was walking with Woods inside the stadium, as he was hyping her up for her match.

Other celebrities that attended Serena Williams’ match at the US Open

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Apart from Woods, other celebrities from the non-sporting background also attended the second-round match between Serena and Kontaveit. Zendaya, the ‘Spiderman No Way Home’ actress, also attended the match. Famous model sisters, Gigi and Bella Hadid ,were also seen at the match at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Although LeBron James was not in the stadium, he posted a story on his Instagram about watching Serena’s match. During the first-round match, Australian actor, Hugh Jackman also came to watch Serena’s match.

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USA Today via Reuters

Meanwhile, Serena will play Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open. Before that, she will play doubles with her sister Venus today at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Safe to say, the crowd will come in huge numbers for both those matches.