Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur has responded to Iga Swiatek's offer to participate in a celebrity doubles match.
Swiatek agreed to a friendly doubles match with American skier Mikaela Shiffrin via a social media exchange on Wednesday, and the World No.1 chose to invite Jabeur to join the fold.
"There are matches, like [against] Ons Jabeur, where you feel like you have to give 100% and then you're winning and it's just satisfying. So, it'll be great to play against her if I win," said Swiatek.
Jabeur wasted no time in accepting the invitation and asked American footballer Alex Morgan to be her partner.
"@iga_swiatek @MikaelaShiffrin Count me in @alexmorgan13 maybe you wanna play with me, how is your serve?" Jabeur tweeted.
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😇 WHO knew that BOTH @MikaelaShiffrin AND @iga_swiatek are "bad at serving?" 😉
Ultimate 👧 crush 🤗 playing doubles 🎾😍
Is @Ons_Jabeur 🆙 for the challenge, partnering with 🐐MS' BF? 🤔 😋