Serena Williams’ Heartfelt Words for Simone Biles Have Gymnastics Community Buzzing: ‘Two Legends.. check In

On December 5th, tennis legend Serena Williams uploaded an Instagram post where she sat alongside Simone Biles in an event. The whole thing was for Vanity Fair, and both athletes had been invited to give a lecture to the audience. This had gotten the crowd heavily excited for the whole thing. The caption of the Instagram post Serena uploaded read, “Yesterday, I sat with the goat @simonebiles at an EVENING OF IMPACTFUL CONVERSATION with @audemarspiguet, @vanityfair, @femalequotient, and a house full of women. I love to see it.” Thus, it seemed that the tennis player had a lot of respect for the gymnast.

This got the gymnastics community, most of whom are all huge fans of Simone Biles, increasingly excited as they loved the fact that the GOAT of Tennis was acknowledging the GOAT of Gymnastics. After all, Simone Biles’ dominance in her sport could only be matched by Serena’s in tennis, as Serena was the best athlete in the sport for almost a decade, similar to Simone. Thus, the fact that two of the best female athletes were united in a conversation together was definitely special. One fan said, “Two legends in a room. The meetup we needed.”