Serena Williams Announces Pregnancy
Sports legend Serena Williams plans to embark on a nine month-long conquest: giving birth to her first child. On Wednesday morning (April 19), news broke that the tennis champion is 20 weeks pregnant, Sports Illustrated notes.
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Donning a yellow swimsuit, the Compton native sent fans into a frenzy on Snapchat, but it wasn’t long before other social media users expressed their congrats to the mommy-to-be.
Serena Williams is pregnant!! ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/u2RfhSzlcB
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) April 19, 2017
Serena Williams really won the Australian Open whilst pregnant…. I just. The domination is unreal, don’t even @ me. Greatest to EVER do it
— Shehnaz Khan (@shehnazkhan) April 19, 2017
Beyoncé and Serena Williams both pregnant pic.twitter.com/7cw9M6VvyR
— ruxin (@Mayraacakes) April 19, 2017
Serena Williams was pregnant when she won her 23rd grand slam tournament at the Australian Open. And did not drop ONE SET. Let that sink in.
— 23RENA (@noelleharmony) April 19, 2017
Serena Williams is pregnant and I need to calm down. Ima be an auntie, y’all!!?????? pic.twitter.com/7iwaeyEG6Q
— CiCi Adams (@CiCiAdams_) April 19, 2017
SERENA WILLIAMS AND BEYONCÉ ARE PREGNANT AT THE SAME TIME!!! THERE IS HOPE IN THIS DESOLATE WASTELAND
— Kobe Copeland (@kobeyonce_) April 19, 2017
In a past interview with Glamour, the 35-year-old public figure said she always dreamed of expanding her immediate family. “That’s always something I’ve wanted as long as I could remember,” she said. “And the older I get, the more I’m like, ‘I’m too young!’” In 2016, Williams also shared that she’s engaged to Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian.
READ: SERENA WILLIAMS: FROM GRINDING TO G.O.A.T.
Cheers to a safe pregnancy!