On his personal page, Serena’s husband shared a black and white photo of the two looking into each other’s eyes and wrote: “a unique @serenawilliams – grateful for every moment with my amazing wife and mother of Olympia”. Serena has not shared any photos of her new age, but two days ago, she posted a moment of jumping excitedly on the beach with her daughter and a friend. A source in the US said Serena was on vacation and working in Puerto Rico.
The 38-year-old businessman and the former world number one tennis player got married in 2017 and have a 4-year-old daughter. On September 13, the 40-year-old star couple walked the Met Gala red carpet together. In an interview in May, Alexis Ohanian praised his wife for her ability to balance work and family life. Serena often freely shares her tennis career and young daughter, rarely mentioning her husband. However, the veteran tennis player once confided that businessman Alexis Ohanian respects and supports her absolutely. Serena’s husband is the co-founder of the social network Reddit.
Serena has entered her forties, happily married, but unhappy in her career, losing at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, then suffering an injury that forced her to drop out of Wimbledon, and then not participating in this year’s US Open. Her most recent career victory was at Auckland last January. The 40-year-old mother’s tennis future remains uncertain.
On the occasion of Serena’s new age, Patrick Mouratoglou – her long-time French coach – praised his student as the greatest tennis player, even though he has not yet equaled the record of 24 Grand Slam titles with the legend Margaret Court. Patrick shared with AFP : “Margaret Court played at a time when three-quarters of the players did not even come to Australia (for the Australian Open), when tennis was an amateur sport and the tournament only had 16 players. I do not mean to put Margaret Court down, but that was in a different era. Yes, it would be better if Serena broke her record, but if not, she is still the best tennis player of all time.”
In addition to 23 Grand Slam singles titles, Serena and her sister Venus have won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles. Venus is still competing but her form is not as good as before. Coincidentally, Serena’s current ranking is 40, her age. The last time the Williams sister won a Grand Slam was at the 2017 Australian Open, when she was in her first month of pregnancy with little Olympia. After that, Serena made it to 4 Grand Slam finals but lost all of them.
Coach Patrick Mouratoglou affirmed that Serena still craves to win but since having children, things have become more difficult because motherhood is the priority. Age and injuries have somewhat affected the veteran player’s achievements. The French coach said Serena has changed tennis throughout her 26-year career. Together with her sister Venus, Serena opened new doors for black players. The Williams sisters were once the “fear” of their opponents for a long time. The 40-year-old player also created business opportunities for her female colleagues when she became a phenomenon in the tennis world, attracting many advertising contracts.
