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Eugenie Bouchard takes fan on date after Super Bowl Twitter bet

Story highlights
  • Tennis star backed wrong team during Super Bowl
  • She honored bet with Patriots fan John Goehrke
  • Pair went on blind date to NBA game in New York

(CNN) Tennis player Eugenie Bouchard is a woman of her word.

In a storyline which will give many hope that dreams can come true, the Canadian has honored a bet she made with an opportunistic sports fan by taking him on a date in New York.

Bouchard backed the wrong team during the Super Bowl earlier this month, predicting on Twitter that the Atlanta Falcons would win when they were 21-0 up against New England Patriots.

Patriots fan John Goehrke challenged the 22-year-old, cheekily wagering that the pair go on a date should the Patriots win.

In a thrilling final, the Patriots -- trailing 28-3 with a little over a quarter to play -- produced an astonishing comeback, overcoming the biggest points deficit in Super Bowl history to defeat the Falcons 34-28 in overtime.

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And on Wednesday Bouchard kept her promise, taking her 20-year-old blind date to an NBA game.

The 2014 Wimbledon finalist tweeted a video of herself and Goehrke as the pair watched the Brooklyn Nets took on the Milwaukee Bucks.

At halftime, Bouchard described her evening as "awesome".

She told YES network: "It's going great -- he's normal.

"I was a little worried because his Twitter picture profile picture was a picture of Tiger Woods and I thought 'oh my God, he's one of those super-fans. I don't even know what he looks like.'

"But he's awesome, such a sports fan, we're getting to know each other. It's great."

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Goehrke admitted he did not expect Bouchard to see the wager through.

"When she contacted me and all the plans started falling into place, I was surprised," he told YES.

"Like she said, I didn't even have a photo up on my Twitter so the fact that she even agreed to it without a photo was amazing."

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