Iconic singer-songwriter Beyoncé opened the 94th Academy Awards and gave a tribute to Venus and Serena Williams at the famed tennis court in Compton.

The singer performed ‘Be Alive’, which happens to be her song from the Will Smith-starrer ‘King Richard’, based on the Williams sisters.

Venus and Serena Williams introduced Beyoncé’s opening set and said that they came alive as professional athletes at the tennis court in Compton which happens to be in the heart of the city, reported Variety.

The performance had opened with a number of characteristically statuesque Beyoncé dancers, and they were dressed up in tennis-ball-green outfits. They appeared to be walking down a Compton street toward the courts. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy was also dancing at the front.