Bouchard has a date with stranger after losing Super Bowl tweet bet

WASHINGTON: Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard, ranked 45th in the WTA rankings after a third-round run at the Australian Open, has a date with a stranger after losing a Super Bowl bet.

The 22- year- old Montrealborn blonde learned the hard way Sunday never to bet against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, who rallied from a 25point deficit to defeat Atlanta 3428 in overtime to claim the NFL crown.

With the Falcons comfortably ahead 21- 0 after running back an intercepted Brady pass for a touchdown, Bouchard was confident enough in Atlanta to start sending Twitter messages predicting victory.

“I knew Atlanta would win btw,” she tweeted, later adding, “Just predicted the future.

So that prompted TW1, a Twitter identity sporting a photo of a man in a Cleveland Cavaliers NBA jersey, to tweet Bouchard with a longshot bid of his own.

“if patriots win we go on a date?” came the pitch.

“Sure,” Bouchard replied, although she shot down a second such suitor with merely “C’mon...”

As the Patriots made their successful second-half comeback, Bouchard was asked by another tweeter: “are you get t ing nervous?!? Lol.”

“Umm... kinda...,” she replied, adding later, “So...where do you live?”

When the Patriots won the game, and their fifth title with Brady as quarterback, Bouchard could only manage letters: “Omfg.”

“Lesson learned,” Bouchard followed with later. “Never bet against Tom Brady.” — AFP