WATCH: Serena Williams surprised by Stefanos Tsitsipas as Greek joins American legend's livestream in unexpected encounter
Serena Williams' recent livestream session took a surprising turn as Stefanos Tsitsipas unexpectedly joined proceedings. The former WTA World No. 1 and the former ATP No. 3 then had a candid, fun-filled exchange.
Williams and Tsitsipas hail from two different generations of tennis players. In 2022, when the American retired aged 40, having won 23 singles Major titles, the Greek was only 23 and widely regarded as a potential Grand Slam winner in the future.
Stefanos Tsitsipas had congratulated Serena Williams on her stellar career ahead of the American's 2022 US Open retirement.
"Hey Serena, I'd like to congratulate you on an amazing career. You're probably the only female player that has aced me in a match so congratulations for that too - wasn't very entertaining for me!" Tsitsipas told Eurosport Greece.
Recently, Williams hosted an Instagram Live session to engage with her followers. At one point during the livestream, Tsitsipas surprisingly joined the session and then laid bare what prompted him to do so.
"I was on Instagram and then I saw Serena went live, and I'm like, 'Why not join? I want to see what that's all about'," Tsitsipas said.
The pair went on to talk about what Tsitsipas is currently doing in the off-season, Williams' 2017 Australian Open title triumph being pregnant, and more.
Watch Williams and Tsitsipas' conversation below:
Serena Williams had previously reacted to Stefanos Tsitsipas reaching his maiden Australian Open final in 2023.
Serena Williams applauded Stefanos Tsitsipas over Greek reaching Australian Open 2023 final
Tsitsipas made it to the final of the Australian Open for the first time in his career last year after registering a hard-fought 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 semifinals win over Karen Khachanov. In the aftermath of his victory over the Russian, the Greek took to Instagram to reflect on his performance.
"I am because we are," Tsitsipas captioned the post.
Serena Williams took notice of the Greek's Instagram post and left seven clapping emojis in the comments.
Unfortunately, Tsitsipas couldn't break his Grand Slam duck as he came out second-best against the legendary Novak Djokovic in the final. The Greek had also lost to the Serb in the final of the 2021 French Open.
The former ATP World No. 3's fortunes have taken a tumble since then with form inconsistencies and conflicts with his father leading to a series of disappointing results. Tsitsipas did enjoy a brief resurgence in 2024 though, as the year-end World No. 11 won the Monte-Carlo Masters and then finished the Barcelona Open as the runner-up.