She even joked that she wished Brady had left the Patriots for the Miami Dolphins — the football team she bought a minority stake in back in 2009 alongside sister Venus — instead of joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Then, after winning her first-round match at the Australian Open in dominant fashion, Williams learned that Brady and Buccaneers were on-track to win the Super Bowl.
“He is amazing. To be competing at such a high level, for us one of the biggest championships in the world, at 43 is unheard of,” she said in her post-match interview, before joking, “It’s super inspiring for me at my ripe young age of 30-something.”