In photos posted on Williams’ Instagram account, the former world No. 1 is seen on a backyard tennis court with the younger of her two children.
The baby can be seen balancing the ball on her racket while mimicking her mom’s forehand – and the internet can’t get enough of the sweet scene.
But this is not the first time that the all-time great and Adira have shared a lovely moment on the tennis court. In July, Williams posted another candid snapshot of the two between white lines.
Balancing Adira on her hip, Williams stood in classic trophy pose, as if serving — and joked that she never thought she’d have to “carry[her]doubles partner.”
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion welcomed Adira in August of 2023 – a year after playing her last professional match at the 2022 US Open. The 44-year-old also has 8-year-old daughter Olympia with her husband, Reddit co-founder and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian — and tennis, appropriately, has been a family affair. Williams signed her older daughter up for lessons in 2020, due to tennis being designated a safe, socially distant sport during the COVID-19 pandemic, and said at the time that the coach “had no idea” she was her daughter.
Two years earlier, she had confessed that Olympia “doesn’t really like playing tennis too much,” even though she had shown natural talent from an early age.
“It’s a little disappointing for me, but she’s really good at it. So we’re trying to figure out a way to motivate her to play a little bit,” he said.
But maybe the key lies in making it a sister act? After all, Williams would know a thing or two about it.
“It would be epic if your daughters played tennis,” one Instagram user wrote in the comments of her latest post, while another predicted little Adira would be the 2040 US Open champion.
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