Genie Bouchard is making good on her Super Bowl bet with random fan

By Allyssa Lee
Published

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard was so confident the Atlanta Falcons had Super Bowl LI in the bag that she bet a random fan on Twitter that she would go on a date with him if the New England Patriots somehow pulled off the win.



Of course, we all know how that Super Bowl ended.

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Which resulted in Bouchard's realization that she was on the losing end of that bet.

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But 22-year-old Montreal native Bouchard stayed true to her word. And on Wednesday, met Mizzou student John Goehrke from Chicago to see the Brooklyn Nets take on the Milwaukee Bucks in New York.

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And here they are at the game:






















The takeaway now, as always, is:

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And also to maybe stay away from wagering at big entertainment events.

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Fans like John, on the other hand, may be emboldened to raise their ante with stars in the Twitterverse with the hopes that it, too, will land them on a date with a SI Swimsuit model.