Serena Williams uses 'superhero sense' to chase down phone thief
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}July 11, 2015: Serena Williams of the United States returns a shot to Garbine Muguruza of Spain, during the women's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London. (AP)
Ace crime-fighter Serena Williams has told fans how she chased down a thief who stole her phone as she chatted to a friend in a restaurant.
The Grand Slam tennis champion said she jumped over chairs as she raced from the eatery in pursuit of the pickpocket.
The 34-year-old said she was at a table eating Chinese food when she noticed a suspicious man loitering nearby.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Something (I have now dubbed it my SUPERHERO sense) told me to watch him," she wrote to fans on Facebook, posting a mocked-up picture of herself as Supergirl.
The world tennis women's No. 1 said when she next looked at the chair beside her where she'd left her phone she noticed it was missing.
Despite a knee injury that has prematurely ended her season, Williams leapt into action and the hapless thief had no chance against the Olympian huntress.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"He began to run but I was too fast. (Those sprints came in handy) I was upon him in a flash!
"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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"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 said she received a standing ovation when she returned to the restaurant.
It is not clear where the incident happened.
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