Tennis legend Serena Williams has given birth to her second child. Serena and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, welcomed their second daughter, named Adira River Ohanian, on Tuesday, August 22. The 41-year-old already has a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., who, she welcomed in 2017.
“Welcome my beautiful angel,” Serena Williams wrote in the caption of a video posted on TikTok that shows her, Ohanian and their four-year-old daughter Olympia embracing the newborn.
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“I’m grateful to report our house is teaming with love: a happy & healthy newborn girl and happy & healthy mama. Feeling grateful,” Ohanian posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion retired from tennis last year at the US Open. Serena had said she was “evolving away” from the sport. Williams had said that she was expecting her second child in May at the Met Gala in New York.
“Believe me,” Serena Williams wrote last year in an essay for Vogue magazine, “I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair. If I were a guy I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”
The announcement made a return to competitive tennis appear highly unlikely for 41-year-old Williams, one of the most decorated athletes ever to pick up a racket.
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