Serena Williams Posts Sweet Video Of Daughter Alexis Olympia Following Dramatic US Open Loss

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Serena Williams didn't let the drama surrounding her loss during the US Open Women's Final on Saturday get in the way of spending some quality family time with her daughter later that day.

In a video shared on her Instagram Live after she and her husband Alexis Ohanian, 35, had returned home, Williams, 36, fawned over the couple's daughter Alexis Olympia, 1.

Sweetie where you get those shoes from? Them shoes cute girl,”the tennis star says to her daughter, who's carrying a baby doll in her arms while wearing a tutu. The couple's baby girl then walks over to her father and hands him the doll.

Alexis Olympia

Earlier that day, rising star Naomi Osaka, 20, beat the tennis legend after Williams received three code violations during their game, resulting in lishments and hard work.

"She fought for her life, for our child, for recognition, for equal pay, for women's rights," the Reddit co-founder wrote. "She never gives up. She's passionate and unrelenting and the most inspiring person I know.”

The video opens with a clip of Williams during her post-game interview after winning the semifinals round on Thursday. The reporter can be heard acknowledging how Williams was not in the championship last year.

From there, the video flashes back and forth through a montage of Williams' life over the past year, including personal footage of the tennis pro and her daughter Alexis Olympia in the hospital immediately after her birth, as well as Williams preparing for and playing in matches.

When the athlete is asked to reveal what it means to return to the finals a year later, her eloquent and emotional explanation can be heard over past match footage before returning to the original interview clip.

“It's honestly really incredible. A year ago, I was fighting for literally my life at the hospital after I had the baby,”she explains. “Every day I step out on this court, I am so grateful that I have an opportunity to play this sport. No matter what happens in any match - semis finals, finals - I just feel like I've already won.”