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Genie Bouchard Pays Off Super Bowl Bet, Goes On Date

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Genie Bouchard is a woman of her word.

The 22-year-old tennis star originally tweeted that she knew the Atlanta Falcons would win Super Bowl 51 on February 5th...during the second quarter. A man named John Goehrke responded, saying "if patriots win we go on a date?"

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Bouchard agreed and 10 days later, the two were sitting courtside at a Brooklyn Nets game together.

Bouchard told TMZ that, "he's normal" and that she would have a second date with him.

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