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Serena Williams brings her 14-month-old daughter Adira to the tennis court
Who’s next for service? Serena Williams’ younger daughter just might. The skilled tennis player officially introduced her 14-month-old daughter Adira to the tennis court.
On Monday, November 4, the 43-year-old mother of two children shared her fortune video on Instagram yourself and your little child, showing him the ropes.
“When is too early? @adiraohanian,” Williams joked in her caption.
Judging by the video, 14 months could also be too early. In Reel, Adira picks up a tennis ball. After her mother and being given instructions on how to place it in the metal basket her mother carries, she as an alternative takes it off and throws it against the fence.
From Williams’ comments in the video clip, it seems that her daughter had already mastered the skill of laying the ball before they cut out the camera.
“She just did it, man,” Williams said. “We turned on the camera, she won’t do it.”
Although the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion has brought one other child into the world of tennis, early learning is probably going more focused on fitness and having fun than on actual training or profession planning. Since she began her journey into motherhood in 2017 with the birth of her daughter Olympia, Williams has maintained that she has no intention of putting pressure on her children to take up the sport she has dominated since the mid-Nineteen Nineties.
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“Honestly, we started because it’s a socially safe sport, and when Covid happened I thought, ‘We’re at home with a three-year-old, what do we do?’ To my dismay, there was only one answer,” she said People Magazine then.
Since restrictions were lifted, Olympia has began taking lessons and has made quite a few appearances on the court with her mother, sometimes even in coordinated style. Nevertheless, Williams also admitted that Olympia “doesn’t like tennis very much.”
“It’s a little disappointing to me, but she’s really good at it,” she told host Norah O’Donnell during an appearance onPerson to person with Norah O’Donnell“
She added: “So we’re trying to find a way to encourage her to have a little fun.”
While talking to O’Donnell, Williams theorized that Olympia might need enjoyed the sport more if she had some buddies to play with. Now that Adira is in the mix, perhaps there shall be family doubles matches in the future.