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Genie Bouchard shared a funny conversation she recently had with a customs officer in Germany. “At customs in Germany and when I tell the officer I’m continuing on to Spain to play a tennis tournament he goes ‘Oh so you are a professional? Like Novak Djokovic?’ Yes sir, just like that,” Bouchard tweeted.
At customs in Germany and when I tell the officer I’m continuing on to Spain to play a tennis tournament he goes ‘Oh so you are a professional? Like Novak Djokovic?’ Yes sir, just like that 😂 — Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) November 3, 2023
Fellow WTA player Ellen Perez frequently gets asked by more famous players than her as well.
“Without fail, every time I enter the US and customs asks my purpose for travel and I say tennis, they ask me if I have played Serena Williams,” Perez wrote on Twitter.
Without fail every time I enter the US and customs asks my purpose for travel and I say tennis they ask me if I have played @serenawilliams 😅 — Ellen Perez (@EllenPerez95) August 15, 2020
Bouchard acknowledged Djokovic’s greatness
Even though she is a declared Roger Federer fan, Bouchard wanted to highlight Novak’s…
