Serena Williams Wanted Another Baby. At the Met Gala, She Said She’s Pregnant.

Serena Williams has resisted saying publicly that she has retired from tennis and the finality that may deliver, however now she has another excuse to steer clear of competitors within the close to future.

Amid the costume-themed glitz of the Met Gala on Monday evening Williams introduced, each on the purple carpet and on social media, that she was pregnant together with her second youngster.

She attended the occasion together with her husband, Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of Reddit, and mentioned in a submit on Instagram that she “was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala.”

On the purple carpet earlier than the occasion, Ohanian put his hand on his spouse’s abdomen in a gesture indicating a being pregnant. Williams additionally posted a collection of portraits that included a picture of her cradling her abdomen with each palms.

Williams was not the one pregnant celeb on the gala. The singer Rihanna, who wore a white Valentino robe on Monday evening, made her being pregnant public throughout her halftime efficiency on the Super Bowl in February.

Williams and Ohanian had their first youngster, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., in 2017. Williams had gained the Australian Open that 12 months whereas roughly two months pregnant.

She returned to tennis and made 4 extra Grand Slam finals in 2018 and 2019, though she didn’t add to her whole of 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

In August, Williams mentioned she would step away from tennis after the U.S. Open. But final October she mentioned she was “not retired” and that the prospect she would come again sooner or later was “very high.” Officially, she is on the retired checklist.

In an essay in Vogue on the time of her retirement, she wrote: “If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family. Maybe I’d be more of a Tom Brady if I had that opportunity.” Brady, the star N.F.L. quarterback, performed till he was 45 and introduced his retirement in February.

Williams, 41, has gained 23 Grand Slam singles occasions, beginning in 1999, when she was 17: seven Australian Opens, three French Opens, seven Wimbledons, and 6 U.S. Opens. The whole is one in need of the document of 24, set by Margaret Court, though about half of Court’s wins got here within the pre-1968 beginner period.