(Above – Taylor Fahey is about to drop his phone as Eugenie Bouchard exits the court at the Australian Open. Photo via @pabs613)
A 23-year-old from Stittsville managed to get tennis star Eugenie Bouchard to take a selfie on his cell phone at the Australian Open last week.
Taylor Fahey and his friend Pablo Juarez were at one of Bouchard’s Australian Open match last Wednesday. As Bouchard left the court through a player’s tunnel, Fahey dropped his cell phone down to Bouchard.
https://twitter.com/JacobWrighty/status/557833520530587650
Here’s how he described what happened to Team 1200 Radio in an interview last week:
“We were sitting there right beside the players tunnel. After the match she had her interview at centre court, and she was going to leave sing some autographs. As she was going through the tunnel and about to leave I called her name, she looked at me. I thought ‘why not’. I threw my cell phone down, she caught it with one hand, like a good athlete, and took a selfie for us, and passed it back up.”
A few minutes later, Juarez tweeted the photo:
How about a winning selfie with @geniebouchard and @geniearmy_real at @AustralianOpen #OCanada #GenieArmy pic.twitter.com/F6pU9XnxlA
— Pablo Juarez 🇨🇦 (@pabs613) January 21, 2015
Fahey is pictured here on the left side of the right panel in this tweet. Juarez is on the far right. Fahey is working in Australia at the Melbourne Royal Golf Course.
We did it. @TSNSteveLloyd @TSNSteve Two #Ottawa lads score selfies with the best athletes in pro sports. #AussieOpen pic.twitter.com/LWOmPFwTaH
— Pablo Juarez 🇨🇦 (@pabs613) January 21, 2015
Eugenie Bouchard herself later replied, via Twitter:
Can't believe you threw me your phone 🙈 “@pabs613: How about a winning selfie with @geniebouchard pic.twitter.com/BB48ESpiMA”
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) January 21, 2015