Serena Williams has been dominating Wimbledon, and on Saturday, the 36-year-old tennis champ will have a special friend cheering her on in the stands: Meghan Markle [1]. On Thursday, Kensington Palace released a statement saying that both Meghan and Kate Middleton would be attending the women's singles final [2], and we could not be more excited.
Meghan and Serena first met at the Super Bowl in 2010 and have been friends ever since. In fact, Meghan frequently attends Serena's matches at the US Open and Wimbledon and Serena was front and centre at Meghan and Prince Harry's nuptials [3] earlier this year. While Meghan and Serena both "have a penchant for hot sauces and adore fashion," the duchess previously wrote on her now-deleted blog [4] that what connects them is their "belief in exceeding expectations" and their "endless ambition." In honour of their friendship, check out some of the sweetest things Serena and Meghan have said about each other.
Meghan on Serena
- On how she first bonded with Serena [5]: "We hit it off immediately, taking pictures, laughing through the flag football game we were both playing in, and chatting not about tennis or acting, but about all the good old fashioned girlie stuff. So began our friendship."
- On why she admires her [6]: "She is so attuned to balancing strength and sensitivity. Plus . . . she is pretty epic at karaoke."
- On her special connection with Serena [7]: "She quickly became a confidante I would text when I was travelling, the friend I would rally around for her tennis matches, and the down-to-earth chick I was able to grab lunch with just a couple weeks ago in Toronto. We are both the same age, have a penchant for hot sauces, and adore fashion, but what connects us more than those things is perhaps our belief in exceeding expectations — our endless ambition."
Serena on Meghan
- On their amazing friendship [8]: "[We've] always had a wonderful friendship. Every year for a couple years, she comes out to Wimbledon, has supported me. Now she's supporting me in a different role. But our friendship is still exactly the same. We always have supported each other, just been there for each other through a lot."