Serena Williams says her daughter Olympia is beginning to ask sure questions and inquire why so many individuals know her mom, which led to the American tennis icon revealing to her daughter that she was within the stomach when her mom gained a Grand Slam.
On September 1st, 2017, Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian welcomed their first baby when Olympia was born. That yr, Williams made among the best sporting headlines after profitable the Australian Open whereas eight weeks pregnant.
In 2017 January, Williams gained her seventh Australian Open title with no dropped set throughout all the event at Melbourne Park. For individuals who have been following the 2017 Australian Open, there wasn’t something unusual in Williams dominantly profitable a Grand Slam as a result of he had a historical past of doing that.
However after the Australian Open, Williams began lacking tournaments. Then in April of that yr, Williams introduced on Instagram that she was pregnant along with her first baby.
Olympia is now six and she or he was in attendance throughout Williams’ farewell on the 2022 US Open.
“Yeah, Olympia’s now at an age the place she’s like, ‘Hear, I’m questioning, why are you so well-known?’ She was like, ‘You are a terrific tennis participant.’ And so I advised her the opposite day that she truly was in my stomach after I gained an enormous event [the 2017 Australian Open] and she or he was shocked. She’s at an age now the place I can type of speak in confidence to her a bit of bit extra,” Williams advised Folks.
Williams was eight weeks pregnant when she gained the Australian Open
Simply earlier than the beginning of the 2017 Australian Open, Williams obtained the information that she was pregnant. After studying in regards to the information, Williams determined to maintain it a secret and solely shared it along with her husband and sister Venus Williams. Later, it was revealed that even coach Patrick Mouratoglou wasn’t conscious that the American tennis legend was pregnant in the course of the 2017 Australian Open.
However on April nineteenth, 2017, Williams shared the information with all the world.
“My Dearest Child, You gave me the energy I didn’t know I had. You taught me the true that means of serenity and peace. I can not wait to fulfill you,” Williams mentioned in an Instagram put up on the time.
“I can not wait so that you can be part of the gamers field subsequent yr. However most significantly, I’m so pleased to share being primary on this planet with you…. as soon as once more at the moment. On @alexisohanian bday. from the world’s oldest primary to the world’s youngest primary. -Your Mommy.”
The considerations Williams had in the course of the 2017 Australian Open
Overcoming challenges was one thing to which Williams was well-accustomed however competing whereas pregnant was one thing fully completely different. Naturally so, Williams began asking herself questions and questioning how it will all look and if she would expertise any points.
However then, Williams sat with herself and determined to cease overthinking and solely deal with what she might management.
“You hear all these tales about folks after they’re pregnant — they get sick, they get actually drained, actually stressed… I needed to actually take all that power and put it in a paper bag, so to say, and throw it away,” Williams mentioned throughout one in every of her interviews in 2017.
“I actually felt that I didn’t have time to take care of any further feelings, any further something, as a result of, pregnant or not, nobody knew, and I used to be speculated to win that event as I’m each event that I present up [for]. If I don’t win, it’s truly a lot larger information.”
When the 2017 Australian Open began, Williams was profitable routinely and she or he fairly simply made one other Grand Slam remaining at Melbourne Park that yr. Within the remaining, Williams performed towards her sister Venus and gained 6-4 6-4.
After being out of motion for 14 months, Williams launched her post-pregnancy comeback in 2018 March at a WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells. It did not take lengthy earlier than Williams began making massive outcomes once more, having reached the Wimbledon and US Open finals that yr. Sadly for the American, she fell simply wanting profitable each tournaments after dropping to Angelique Kerber within the 2018 Wimbledon remaining and to Naomi Osaka within the US Open remaining, respectively.
The next yr, Williams once more made the finals at The Championships and Flushing Meadows – however once more ended on the dropping aspect, this time to Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu, respectively.
In 2022 September, Williams’ astonishing profession ended with a three-set defeat to Ajla Tomljanovic within the US Open third spherical.
Whereas Williams returned to being among the best on this planet after giving beginning, she did not handle to win one other Grand Slam and completed with 23 Majors to her title.