The announcement that power couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged was certainly a ‘where were you when …’ moment in popular culture.
The US Open tennis championships has its own love story involving Swift and Kelce, who were in attendance at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center last year for the men’s singles final. (Really, who could forget Travis’ smashing bucket hat?)
For tennis fans, the news broke early in the first-round match between Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic and top-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy.
However, ESPN announcers Brad Gilbert and Jason Goodall had to show incredible restraint relaying the details in between points.
Goodall was initially confused when all Gilbert could get out initially was, ‘Taylor Swift is engaged …’
Goodall wondered if it was something to do with ‘a new record’ before Gilbert clarified things — as Sinner won a point — and offered a ‘mazel tov’ of his own for the happy couple.
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