Serena Williams lost to Angelique Kerber—a good friend and frequent rival—at Wimbledon on Saturday (6-3, 6-3) but that knock should by no means disqualify her from being the Greatest Of All Time. Case in point? The gracious and beautiful speech she gave in the interview following her defeat, in which she kept her head held…
Serena Williams has a lot going on right now—she’s launched her own fashion line, recently debuted a successful documentary series, returned to doing what she does best following the birth of daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. During the journey back to the court, she’s been open about the challenges of motherhood (including missing her daughter’s…
Serena Williams is back at Wimbledon after the birth of her first child, Alexis Olympia, and so far, the 23-time Grand Slam champ has been crushing it on the court. But in a totally real tweet on Saturday, Williams revealed nothing is as easy as it looks, especially since all of her training has meant…
On Wednesday (July 4) at the Wimbledon Grand Slam Tournament, tennis icon Serena Williams added another victory to her long list of wins in a second-round singles match against Viktoriya Tomova. While the world saw the win as one for “Serena Williams,” the All England Club, which hosts Wimbledon, referred to the athlete in another…
In the more than 20 years since she turned pro, Serena Williams has faced a consistent stream of body shaming from those who (incorrectly, problematically) label her muscles and sheer power as “manly.” While those misogynistic comments used to affect Williams, in her cover interview for the July 2018 issue of Harper’s Bazaar U.K., she…
We knew it was slightly too good to be true. Serena Williams took it upon herself this week to shut down one of the most delightful rumors to emerge from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal wedding: that she played beer pong at the reception. Beer pong! Sadly, though, this is just fiction. “No even…