THROWBACK: Here are some photos from Serena Williams’ 22nd Grand Slam Wimbledon Champions Dinner in London. We bring you fresh highlights from all that happened.
Serena Williams was there, as she picked up her 22nd Grand Slam at Wimbledon, plus Serena and Venus won the doubles tournament too.
I can’t find the ID on Serena’s dress, but it doesn’t really look like a major designer piece. My guess is that she either designed it herself or she just picked up something in London.
I’m also including photos of Andy Murray with his wife Kim Sears/Murray at the event. Kim wore Jenny Packham, the same designer who did Kim’s gold dress at the final.
While I’m incredibly pleased for both Andy Murray and Serena Williams on their Grand Slam wins, something about this event bothered me. It’s become a tradition for the Wimbledon singles winners to dance together on stage at the Champions Dinner.
A few years ago, that meant Serena danced with Novak Djokovic in what was one of the funniest moments to ever come out of the Champions Dinner.
It’s sort of charming that even though Novak is brilliant on the court, he can’t dance AT ALL. But since it’s tradition, Novak went up there and made the most of it and had fun and it was sweet and cute.
But the year that followed, Andy Murray refused to dance with Serena Williams. When asked about the dance ahead of the Champions Dinner, Andy said: “No, no, it can go into retirement again. The next winners can try it again but no dance for me tonight unless I’ve had a few glasses of champagne. And then it’s possible.”
I haven’t seen any videos of the dance and I really don’t think it happened. I understand that Murray was probably trying to be self-deprecating, but since he refused to dance with Serena, a handful of people say it’s just his style; no animosity or whatsoever. They are good friend and they always say as much.
Recently, Serena Williams teases Andy Murray saying British tennis legend watches watches more women’s tennis than I do, and that makes me feel bad. He is inspiring”.
“Andy Murray definitively is the greatest support of women and of women’s tennis. You know, I was very impressed in a positive way when he hired Amelie Mauresmo.
Andy is definitively very active on Twitter and supports all players indistinctly.
He watches more women’s tennis than I do, and that makes me feel bad. He is inspiring,” Serena Williams said.
