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WATCH: WTA stars get stuck between Taylor Swift and Shakespeare in hilarious guessing game

Ons Jabeur, Madison Keys and others got their Swiftie knowledge put to the ultimate test as they were read either sonnets or song lyrics.

ByDavid Kane

Published Nov 03, 2023

Taylor Swift has been called a modern-day Shakespeare—don’t ask by whom—and a cadre of WTA stars found out just how true that is in a hilarious new video posted on the tour’s official YouTube channel.

“Oh Juliet,” jokes Ons Jabeur at the unique challenge: given a song lyric or a sonnet, the players are tasked with parsing whether the line comes from Swift or Shakespeare.

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It turns out quite a few lyrics from Iga Swiatek’s favorite artist have a certain Shakespearian twist, leading everyone from Jabeur to Jelena Ostapenko to confuse the two artists.

“I hear you say it with a certain Shakespeare theater,” adds Jabeur to the off-camera producer.

Check out the best moments from the video above!