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The tennis G.O.A.T. is back in competition mode.
Serena Williams will make her Fanatics Fest debut this summer when the world's largest arena for sports and collectibles returns for its third annual installment at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City from Thursday, July 16 to Sunday, July 19.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, 44, will face off against some of the biggest names in sports — including Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, John Cena, Rob Gronkowski, Cam Skattebo, Jordan Chiles, Jaxson Dart, among other stars — in the anticipated Fanatics Games, PEOPLE can confirm.
"We've got 50 of the greatest athletes, celebrities and artists competing against 50 average Joe fans," Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin tells PEOPLE exclusively ahead of the event. "Brady, Williams, Djokovic, that's the quality of people we have competing in these games."
"I was watching a back and forth text change between Djokovic and Brady about who is going to get first place," he adds of the games, which are stacked with more than $2 million in prizes. The winner gets $2 million cash, second gets a Ferrari and third gets a rare Messi trading card valued at $250,000.
Serena Williams will make her Fanatics Fest debut this summer when the world's largest arena for sports and collectibles returns for its third annual installment at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City from Thursday, July 16 to Sunday, July 19.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, 44, will face off against some of the biggest names in sports — including Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, John Cena, Rob Gronkowski, Cam Skattebo, Jordan Chiles, Jaxson Dart, among other stars — in the anticipated Fanatics Games, PEOPLE can confirm.
"We've got 50 of the greatest athletes, celebrities and artists competing against 50 average Joe fans," Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin tells PEOPLE exclusively ahead of the event. "Brady, Williams, Djokovic, that's the quality of people we have competing in these games."
"I was watching a back and forth text change between Djokovic and Brady about who is going to get first place," he adds of the games, which are stacked with more than $2 million in prizes. The winner gets $2 million cash, second gets a Ferrari and third gets a rare Messi trading card valued at $250,000.
