On Wednesday, tennis necromancer Serena Williams announced on Snapchat that she is 20 weeks pregnant with her first child. Serena, who is expecting to give birth this fall, is taking a maternity leave through the rest of 2017. Serena, who is also one of the world’s highest-paid players, is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
Serena Williams is pregnant!! ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/u2RfhSzlcB
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) April 19, 2017
However, the world’s number one tennis player deleted the photo shortly after it appeared and waited more than six hours to make any public comment.
Interestingly, if Serena Williams is 20 weeks into pregnancy, this would also imply that she was also two months pregnant when she bagged her record 23rd Grand Slam tournament singles title at the Australian Open in January.
Social media was flooded with a response after Serena’s pregnancy was made official.
Tennis’ U.S. governing body, the United States Tennis Association, wrote on Facebook, “Join us in congratulating the GOAT and her fiance Alexis Ohanian on this incredible news!” referring to Williams with the acronym for “Greatest of All Time.”
Serena Williams confirms she is ‘20 weeks’ pregnant.
This means she was 2 months pregnant when she won #AusOpen 2017 without dropping a set!— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 20, 2017
Some responses were also funny. Comedian Trevor Noah pointed out that Serena Williams winning the Australian Open in January is actually cheating since it’s technically a doubles match.
Serena Williams was pregnant when she won the Australian Open & never lost a set. Not one. Remind me again who is supposedly the weaker sex?
— Bridget Liszewski (@BridgetOnTV) April 19, 2017
There’s gonna be a baby GOAT ….. We are so happy, and we know @serenawilliams will be a great mother
— andyroddick (@andyroddick) April 20, 2017
Serena Williams was pregnant when she won the Australia Open in Jan. but I cant even get out of bed when I’m on my period. Sis is superwoman
— Taryn Finley (@_TARYNitUP) April 19, 2017
Serena Williams: Im pregnant
Black men: how could she betray us like this ? we lost another queen
Us: but yall called her a man…..
BM: pic.twitter.com/86KClleYen— Glazed Honeybun (@DavinaAgawu) April 19, 2017
