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Serena Williams dominated beer pong at the royal wedding reception because she’s good at everything

Put it on the resume, right under “greatest athlete of her generation.”

Prince Harry Marries Ms. Meghan Markle - Windsor Castle
Prince Harry Marries Ms. Meghan Markle - Windsor Castle
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In case you needed any more proof last weekend’s royal wedding is sports, here’s further evidence. After Henry Windsor and Meghan Markle tied the knot Saturday to add another branch to Great Britain’s premier family tree, they retreated to Frogmore House (real place and not just a Muppets-adjacent pun) for an evening of dancing, food, and Serena Williams beating everyone’s ass at the king of drinking games, beer pong.

From British newspaper The Sun:

The bride’s US heritage was marked with the boozy American university drinking game beer pong, where players throw table tennis balls into cups of beers which their opponents then have to consume.

The reception insider said: “Sere­na Williams played beer pong like it was tennis. Everyone had so much fun with it, there were even fireworks.”

First off ... U-S-A! U-S-A!

Secondly, there’s a lot to unpack in that quote. Was Williams being her usual dominant self on the battle, just wrecking posh Londonites who had never seen the American curiosity before and thus had no stake in the argument over whether it should be called “beer pong” or “Beirut?” Or did she bring an actual racket to the table and spike people in the throat with overhead serves?

While I very much want this to be the latter, the smart money is on the former.

But that just raises more questions! Were members of the royal family playing? Were they drinking out of Solo cups? What kind of beer were they drinking? Was it of Pabst quality or lower, as is American pong tradition?

Were bounces allowed? How many re-racks did each team get? Did Williams enforce Rhode Island rules, where two balls in the same cup is worth three cups? Did James Corden play, and did he talk trash about Jimmy Fallon’s awful celebrity beer pong segments while playing?

I don’t know. I just know Williams “played beer pong like it was tennis,” which means she won a whole bunch and probably did a lot of screaming.

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