Genie Bouchard Pays Off Super Bowl Bet

Published on 21-Feb-2017 by Raoul Duke

Tennis    Tennis Daily Review

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Genie Bouchard Pays Off Super Bowl Bet

Well, that's one way to score a date.

Professional tennis player and attractive woman Genie Bouchard unleashed a seemingly harmless tweet during the Super Bowl regarding an Atlanta victory. 

The Falcons were up 21-0 at the time, so Bouchard assumed there would be no repercussions.

However, Internet retribution can be harsh, especially if Tom Brady and the Patriots are involved.

Here is the primary exchange:

Game, set, match.

The lovely Canadian was understandably freaked out by this series of events the following morning.

Bouchard is good people, though, and she did agree to honor her online commitment.

So who was the recipient of such good fortune?

That would be 20-year old Missouri college student John Goehrke.

He probably never guessed that following a random female tennis player on Twitter would yield such a bounty, but here we are.

The two complete strangers decided to take in a Brooklyn Nets game:

And the night ended thusly:

Is that passive resignation on her face? Hard to say.

It seems like the dude did alright, though, proving yet again that dreams really do come true on the Internet.

One thing we do know:

Bouchard's taste in dudes certainly has evolved over the years.