What can’t Serena Williams do?
Honestly, the woman is a literal superstar and goes around breaking records like it is NBD.
She won the 2017 Australian Open title while pregnant. Honestly, she is my hero. She found out she was pregnant a week before the tournament and she played flawlessly. No one at the time even knew she was pregnant!
Serena Williams has been ranked number 1 on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017 by The Women’s Tennis Association.
She has many titles that no other tennis star has, like:
- The most Grand Slam titles in singles (23), doubles (14), and mixed doubles (2) combined amongst active players
- She is the only tennis player in history (man or woman) to have won singles titles at least six times in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments
- She is the only player ever to have won two Grand Slams seven times each (7 Wimbledon titles and 7 Australian Open titles)
- And, she is also the only tennis player to have won 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two separate decades
Basically, the woman is a living legend. We’re all just lucky enough to watch her make magic on the tennis court.
While visiting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the late-night host wanted to challenge the tennis champ to a competition of axe throwing.
Totally normal, right?
Jimmy Fallon explained his reasoning behind why he’d make such a challenge:
“Serena, you have one of the best tennis serves on the planet but I’ve been wondering does that make you an expert axe thrower. So tonight, we’re going to find out because I am challenging you to an axe throwing contest.”
The game was explained by Jimmy before they played and different parts of the target were valued at higher and lower points.
- The hat was 10 points
- The legs were 2 points each
- The hands were 1 point each
- The body was 5 points
Both Jimmy and Serena had some pretty weak throws at first. They physically hit the target with the axes but had a hard time getting the axes to sink into the wood and stick there. To be fair, it isn’t like they throw axes on the regular!
Serena could serve up a tennis ball and probably knock someone unconscious, but she needed a moment to get used to the axe.
It isn’t every day that someone challenges you to a contest of throwing axes. Then again, Jimmy Fallon has a history of playing whacky games with his guests, so Serena must have expected something when she walked into the studio.
After several turns of them missing the Johnny Carson target, Jimmy was the first one to actually hit it and he managed to snag 10 points for his hit!
You have to watch the video to see the final score! The end results will actually surprise you, given both of their athletic abilities.
Who do you think was better at throwing axes: Jimmy or Serena? I honestly have a hard time picking who I think is better after seeing this video.
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