Drake & Serena Williams Dating? Photos Reveal Pair Had a Romantic Dinner

Drake and Serena Williams are officially dating. The two were recently spotted making out at a fancy restaurant in Cincinnati.

TMZ recently posted an image of rapper Drake and tennis superstar Serena Williams kissing at a Sotto restaurant downtown. The place is known for its good Italian dishes. People inside the restaurant said that the two were joined by six others. At one point, they ordered one round of tequila shots for the whole table. This all happened just hours after Serena dominated and won the WTA’s Western & Southern Open tournament in Cincinnati.

SB Nation also shared a video of Drake and Serena spending time on August 23, 2015 at a U.S. Open tune-up in Ohio. Drake was on the sidelines at Ohio and Cincinnati cheering for Serena. Serena also obviously could not take her eyes off the Canadian rapper. Rumors that the two stars are dating have been circulating for months, so the new photo and video can finally put the stories to rest.

E Online wrote that Drake already openly expressed his admiration for Serena way back in 2011. He sent the athlete a funny message on Twitter four years ago.

“@serenawilliams I cannot wait to put it on you and make you sweat..........during our match this weekend,” Drake tweeted in August 2011.

He even rapped about Serena in his song “Worst Behavior”.

ESPN reported that the things between Drake and Serena escalated quickly. In June 2015, Drake shared a photo of Serena and her sister, Venus Williams, entering into match play at Wimbledon. That was when talks began to surface about a reunion between Drake and Serna. Drake was also at Serena’s news conference afterwards, although Serena quashed rumors by saying that the rapper was just like family. After Serena won the championship, Drake was quick to congratulate her on the win.

A few weeks later, Val Vogt, Serena’s associate was spotted on Serena’s Instagram feed in Drake’s OVO style. In Toronto, Drake was seen playing table tennis. He expressed his woes at the Rogers Cup, where Serena lost in the semifinals. One week before the Cincinnati photo came out, Serena featured her new Air Jordan sneakers, particularly a special edition Air Jordan 10 Retro OVO and Air Jordan 12 Retro OVO, which can only be acquired by Drake’s close friends and family.

Fans should expect to see more of Drake giving moral support from the sidelines at Serena’s future tennis matches.