--- 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 ## Video: Serena Williams on Her Biggest Influence [Watch (HLS stream): Serena Williams on Her Biggest Influence](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zdwprGtE.m3u8) (0:58)  _Published 2014-04-24. Serena Williams talks about the importance of family._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 27, 2015 4:57 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 27, 2015 4:57 PM UTC You already knew Serena Williams was great at tennis, but did you know she moonlights as a karaoke star? On Wednesday night in New York City, to prepare for the upcoming U.S. Open, the tennis champ showed off her vocal skills at a Delta-sponsored karaoke event. 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/) U.S. Open: Serena Williams Sings Under the Sea at Karaoke ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/"},"headline":"Watch Serena Williams Sing 'Under the Sea' at U.S. Open Karaoke","datePublished":"2015-08-27T16:57:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:02.178Z","description":"The ultimate warm-up","url":"https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/","name":"Watch Serena Williams Sing 'Under the Sea' at U.S. Open Karaoke"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Serena Williams on Her Biggest Influence","description":"Serena Williams talks about the importance of family.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zdwprGtE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-24T10:24:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zdwprGtE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/","duration":"PT58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4013281/serena-williams-us-open-karaoke/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```