Originally appeared on E! Online

It's no surprise that Alexis Ohanian simply aced his first date with tennis legend Serena Williams .

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For the first half of the 2015 outing, the Reddit cofounder served up answer after answer as Williams, her assistant and agent Jill Smoller "just bombarded me with questions — it was like two hours of interrogation,” the 42-year-old recounted in Williams' 2024 ESPN+ docuseries In The Arena . "'Do I have kids? Am I married?' Nothing was off limits."

Then he swooped in with a tidbit that truly saved the day.

"He started talking about Iron Man and Marvel," Williams detailed. "That’s the way to my heart."

It's just one of many trick plays the tech entrepreneur has employed in

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