Serena Williams pulverized the Italian Roberta Vinci and then went all sweetly dippy on the subject of Michael Jackson.
Serena drooled over Jacko's memory, didn't seem to have too firm a grasp on his back catalogue and then said: "I've done Farrah Fawcett hair before, what a great loss." Welcome to la-la land.
Serena did not even receive one query about her 6-3, 6-4 victory before she was asked about Jackson. She said: "You think of the Beatles, you think of Elvis Presley, you think of Michael Jackson. The things he did were beyond iconic.
"I've met him a few times. Any celebrity who met Michael Jackson was completely in awe. I know I was. I kept thinking, 'Oh my God, Oh my God. It's him, it's him.' For me he was the celebrity of all celebrities. I wouldn't even mention my name and his is the same sentence at all.
"Michael Jackson goes way beyond the black community. Everyone, of every colour, every nation, every race, are Michael Jackson fans. Even though I met him, knew him, if I would ever have saw him on the streets, I still would have been, like, 'Aaaah!! He is just iconic on all levels."
So what was Serena's favourite Jacko song. "I don't remember the name of it. It's a slower one. It's a duet with someone. I don't remember." Like she said - beyond iconic and possibly beyond recall.
It's hard to imagine Celebrity ever stalking Serena Williams and taking her out with a lethal dose. Serena doesn't do frail. If Fame's Reaper ever turned up on the other side of the net from Serena, she would biff down one of her 120mph serves and take it out between the eyes.
Not that the younger Williams is immune to celebrity's charms. On Friday she turned up six minutes late for her match on Court Two. Apparently she was waiting for an escort that never arrived. That's the trouble with being a star. No one else is ever on time.
When she did show up Serena strode onto court in her glam white mac without a glimmer of an apology. The umpire smiled subserviently and then laid down the ground rules to both players. Vinci listened while Serena took wild, venomous swings of her racket on the other side of the net.
That was the way of the match. Vinci listened while Serena swung away. The younger Williams didn't play particularly well. Her forehand was wayward, she dropped serve twice with double faults and she is a sucker for the drop shot or lob. Ask Williams to push off or turn and she is as agile as a high-heeled starlet on the red carpet.
Dad Richard was so interested that he started polishing the lens of his camera. Serena is a wonderful player, but she is not a wonderful entertainer. In some ways she is too good. She is, however, a celeb. As she once said: "I'm my biggest fan."
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