Serena Williams’ dreams of securing another win at Wimbledon were dashed on Tuesday. The seven-time champion retired from her first-round match after sustaining a leg injury. ESPN reports that Williams slipped on Centre Court during her match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich and needed to take an injury timeout to receive treatment. Williams attempted to continue …
Read More »Serena Williams Has ‘Reasons’ For Not Participating In Summer Olympics
Serena Williams announced that she will not participate in the Olympic games this summer in Tokyo on Sunday. Williams told reporters at Wimbledon that he had her reasons for pulling out of the 2021 Summer Olympics; however, she is choosing not to make it public, according to Bleacher Report. “There’s a lot of …
Read More »Serena Williams Announces Amazon TV Deal And Docuseries
Serena Williams announced she signed a deal with Amazon Studios to bring scripted and unscripted programming to the network, including a docuseries that looks into her personal life and her life on the tennis court. “I’m very excited to be partnering with Amazon Studios – they are developing some of the most …
Read More »Serena Williams Says Marriage Can Be ‘Bliss’ But It Takes Work
Serena Williams says that marriage can be “bliss” but that you have to put in work. As we all know, relationships are complex. Beautiful, but they all take work. In a new Bumble Q&A interview, Williams, 39, opened up about her marriage to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The tennis star …
Read More »Serena Williams Withdraws From The Miami Open To Recover From Oral Surgery
Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Miami Open due to recent oral surgery. The 39-year-old tennis star has decided to step down from this year’s Miami Open, which begins March 24 and ends April 4. According to People, Williams has already won the Miami Open eight times, most recently in …
Read More »Serena Williams And Naomi Osaka Will Face Off In The 2021 Australian Open Semifinals
Serena Williams is set to take on Naomi Osaka in the 2021 Australian Open Semifinals. The 39-year-old tennis star won against Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday. According to Sports Illustrated, she will return to Melbourne Park for the first time since she won the tournament in 2017. “I just …
Read More »Serena Williams Talks Body Image, BLM, And Being ‘Underpaid’ In November Issue Of British Vogue
Despite her monumental success, Serena Williams admits that she’s been feeling “undervalued” and “underpaid” throughout her tennis career in comparison to her peers. Williams, 39, is the cover star of British Vogue’s November issue, in which she talks about dealing with the pressure of being in the spotlight without seeing others that …
Read More »Will Smith’s Production Company Reaches Settlement Over Film About Venus And Serena’s Father
Will Smith’s production company has reached a settlement in the lawsuit over a film about Venus and Serena Williams’ father. The upcoming biographical film King Richard will tell the story of Serena Williams and Venus Williams’ father’s life. But, back in June, Smith’s production company Overbrook Entertainment, Star Thrower Entertainment, …
Read More »Serena Williams and Natalie Portman Form Ownership Group For New Los Angeles Women’s Soccer Team
A new women’s soccer team is coming to Los Angeles, owned by a group of famous women, including Natalie Portman and Serena Williams. On Tuesday, the National Women’s Soccer League announced the group was awarded the rights to form a soccer franchise in the city. Along with Portman, who spearheaded …
Read More »Will Smith & Warner Bros. Hit With Lawsuit Over The Rights To “King Richard” Movie
Will Smith and Warner Bros. have been hit with a new lawsuit over the upcoming film, “King Richard,” which is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and is based on the life of Venus and Serena Williams’ father Richard Williams. In court docs filed in LA Superior Court this week, TW3 …
Read More »Serena Williams Gives A Glimpse Into Life As an “Exhausted, Stressed” Working Mom
Serena Williams wants you to know it’s not easy being a working mom. In a post on her Instagram page earlier today, the superstar athlete shared a photo of herself with no makeup, sitting inside a parked vehicle, holding her beautiful 2-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr., aka Olympia “I am not sure …
Read More »Serena Williams Wins First Singles Tournament Since Giving Birth, Donates Earnings To Australian Wildfire Victims
Tennis phenom Serena Williams has ended a three-year title drought winning her first WTA trophy since her win in Melbourne, Australia, in 2017, and donated her winner’s proceeds to victims of the Australian bushfires following the WTA Auckland Classic final on Sunday. The 38-year-old tempered celebrations as she donated her …
Read More »Serena Williams And LeBron James Named AP’s Female And Male Athletes Of The Decade
Tennis phenom Serena Williams and NBA superstar Lebron James were selected by The Associated Press as the Female and Male Athletes of the Decade this weekend after a vote by AP member sports editors and AP beat writers. Williams has won 12 Grand Slam titles over the past decade, more …
Read More »Alexis Ohanian Is Taking The Fight For Paternal Leave All The Way To Congress
When Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Redditt and husband to Serena Williams, started a paid paternal leave policy for his employees, he didn’t know he would soon become the most prominent advocates for the cause in the US. “We implemented a policy that I didn’t think I was going to be …
Read More »Naomi Osaka Gives Up US Citizenship To Play For Japan In 2020 Olympics
World number three tennis star Naomi Osaka has decided to choose a Japanese citizenship over an American one, as she prepares to compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The 21-year-old tennis sensation was born in Japan to a Haitian father and Japanese mother but moved to New York when she …
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