--- title: U.S. Open: Serena Williams Sings Under the Sea at Karaoke description: The ultimate warm-up canonical: https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-27T16:57:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:02.178Z og:title: Watch Serena Williams Sing 'Under the Sea' at U.S. Open Karaoke og:description: The ultimate warm-up og:url: https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Serena Williams Sing 'Under the Sea' at U.S. Open Karaoke twitter:description: The ultimate warm-up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Serena Williams Sing 'Under the Sea' at U.S. Open Karaoke > Sponsored content. 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She [told](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6677766/watch-serena-williams-warm-up-for-us-open-with-karaoke-performance) the _Associated Press_ she was more nervous about her song choice than her tennis game. “I’m going to make a game time decision,” she said. “I always get so nervous every year like, ‘I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to do.'” The 33-year-old athelete ended up chooing a Disney classic: “Under the Sea” from _The Little Mermaid._ Last year, she went a different route with “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”: _Read next:_ [_Serena Williams Contemplates Life After Tennis_](http://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/) ## Transcript The most influential person for me has always been hard just to name one single person, but I would say mostly my family. My mom, my dad, and my sisters. They just, we grew up in such an environment where it was all about family and all about, you know, supporting each other and just always making sure that we protected each other. So even to this day I still live with my sister. We still play tennis together. We do so, so, so many things and so, it's like a family unit for me that's just so important. Being on the Time 100 list is really exciting to be considered as one of the most, 100 most influential people, for me, it's great. I just try to do the best I can everyday. 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