Three months have passed since professional golfer Rory McIlroy ended his engagement with WTA tennis player Caroline Wozniacki by phone call.
Serena Williams is a close friend of Wozniacki and told The New York Times she was all in on wedding planning before the news broke.
"I was like, 'No waaaay,'" Williams said. "I was planning the bachelorette party."
The breakup came as a surprise to Wozniacki, who explained, "When it comes out of the blue, that’s like a shock. It’s like someone dies right in front of you."
With the situation behind her, she went on to win the Istanbul Cup, while McIlroy won The Open Championship, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and the PGA Championship. Two of those were his third and fourth career major wins.
Wozniacki doesn't want to compare, nor does she want to be reminded of his successes or failures for the rest of her career.
"I don’t want to have my name stuck with him forever," she said. "I don’t follow his life and I don't really follow golf anymore.
"I'm my own person. I have my own career. The years we had together were great, and unfortunately, things had to end like they did."
While the quick separation is behind both athletes, Williams was shocked a second time when she found out Wozniacki holds no ill will against McIlroy for how things ended.
"I was like: ‘How can you be so nice?’ She said: ‘I could never hate him. He’s been a big part of my life and even if I wanted to, I couldn't hate him.’ I was really influenced by that."
It looks like more than a few positive things came out of this situation for all three. Bachelorette party or not.
