UPDATE:ABC News obtained video of the incident.
Don't mess with Serena Williams.
The 21-time Grand Slam champion took to Facebook to recount a visit to a Chinese restaurant that almost ended in disaster.
Williams was dining with a friend when a brazen thief snatched her phone right in front of her and that's when Serena morphed into a superhero.
Than (sic) when least expected low and behold this common petty thief grabbed my phone and swiftly left. I looked at the chair, than shouted "Omg that dude took my phone!!" Not thinking I reacted (hence the superwoman photo) I jumped up, weaved my way in and out of the cozy restaurant (leaping over a chair or two) and chased him down.
He began to run but I was too fast. (Those sprints came in handy) I was upon him in a flash!
When Williams caught up with the thief, he pathetically tried to play dumb before handing over the phone.
In the most menacing yet calm no nonsense voice I could muster I kindly asked him if he "accidentally" took the wrong phone. He stumbled on his words probably not expecting this to happen. While he was thinking of the right thing to say and eventually he said "Gosh you know what I did! It was so confusing in there. I must have grabbed the wrong phone."
Williams credited her training, among other things, for saving the day.
I've got the speed the jumps, the power, the body, the seduction, the sex appeal, the strength, the leadership and yet the calm to weather the storm.
She concluded the post with a Superwoman photo.
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