Eugenie Bouchard meets ‘Super Bowl Twitter date’ for Nets game
Eugenie Bouchard is a woman of her word.
After agreeing to a date with a fan who asked her out on Twitter during the Super Bowl, the 22-year-old professional tennis player met her date Wednesday night. Bouchard and 20-year-old University of Missouri student John Goehrke decided to take in a Nets game against the Bucks in Brooklyn.
The date even went pretty well as Bouchard told YES Network the night wasn’t awkward and she was impressed that he is a big sports fan.
“He’s normal,” she said. “We’ve gotten to know each other. It’s great.”
.@YESNetwork interviews #Mizzou student @punslayintwoods and pro tennis player @geniebouchard during their date. pic.twitter.com/DgeSrydFhi
— Mark Kim (@MarkJKim_) February 16, 2017
Just met my ‘Super Bowl Twitter Date’ John 😊 On our way to the @BrooklynNets game! @punslayintwoods pic.twitter.com/DHRgY46smd
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) February 16, 2017
When the New England Patriots were down 28-3 to the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51, Goehrke decided to go out on a limb.
The young marketing major shot off a tweet to Bouchard asking if she’d go on a date with him if the Patriots came back to win.
“Sure,” was the likely facetious response from the Canadian tennis pro.
The Patriots made a remarkable comeback to score a 34-28 overtime victory to win the franchise’s fifth Super Bowl. Immediately after the game, Bouchard tweeted to Goehrke, asking, “So… where do you live?”
Omg…last night really happened… pic.twitter.com/WVxdKPYV68
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) February 6, 2017
She tweeted a short video of the two sitting courtside.
Hey @BrooklynNets @barclayscenter pic.twitter.com/4F5t3wN0fE
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) February 16, 2017
They were then spotted leaving the floor as the Bucks were wrapping up their 129-125 victory at Barclays Center.
Bouchard and her date. https://t.co/HaD26ePdDmpic.twitter.com/fpfHg4aEJL
— Joe Fleming (@ByJoeFleming) February 16, 2017
Say what you want about Bouchard, who is among the models featured in this month’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, she’s a person of integrity.
As for Goehrke, clearly he took some advice from hockey great Wayne Gretzky: “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”