As predicted, Serena Williams headed to Paris shortly after she made an appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix over the holiday weekend. The French Open started on Sunday, and Venus Williams’ second round match was the bright and early Wednesday morning. Serena arrived to watch and the cameras kept panning to her as Venus comfortably won her second round in straight sets. It’s one of the reasons I love Venus and Serena: they always show up for each other. I imagine that Serena has been missing the tour a lot too, and she was probably hanging out with some of her favorite players.
Obviously, Serena won’t be back on the tour for a while because she’s pregnant. At the Met Gala, Andre Leon Talley asked Serena and Alexis if they were finding out the sex of the baby, and Serena said they were waiting:
Except no one really believed that, and considering Venus and Serena’s tight sister-bond, most people (myself included) hoped that Serena is expecting a girl. Guess what? SHE IS. Venus let the cat out of the bag during an interview on the court.
The outing came as her sister Venus confirmed her sister is expecting a baby girl during an interview with Eurosport. Referring to the baby as ‘she’, she said ‘I want to be known as the favourite aunt.’
Making it quite clear the baby is a girl, she added: ‘We’re a like baby V, baby Lyn, baby Esher, we all want the baby to be named after us.’
I would love it if Serena named her daughter [Something] Venus Ohanian. Like, Venus as the middle name. Lyn Venus sounds pretty. Esher Venus is a mouthful. How about… Violet Venus? Mary Venus? Something like that. As for Venus totally revealing the baby-gender before Serena… it’s sort of rude but I love that she did it. She’s excited about it too! Aunt V.
Update: Serena just posted this:
FYI pic.twitter.com/THjs210R24
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) June 1, 2017
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Serena just clarified via twitter that the baby is not necessarily a girl but they joke around about fake names for the baby
Next generation GOAT!! Love these sisters and thrilled to know Serena is expecting a little girl. Can’t wait!
Haha too funny. I do the exact same thing. I’m due early july and everybody is harassing us to know the name. I answer by a slight variation of the questioner’s name, then ask for something 🙂
Serena’s baby is lucky to be a part of such a family. I remember being so impressed as a kid by S and V’s father and his way to protect their self-esteem and integrity, and of course their path in tennis. They are GOAT.
I have to vote against Violet Venus.
yeah, I read it as Violent Venus the first time
Although Violent Venus would be an awesome ’90s riot grrl band name.
I’ve always known Serena is beautiful, but that video is the first time I thought her fiancé wasn’t too bad himself. Ugh, they’re both beautiful.
Venus is too guarded and protective to reveal that info about Serena’s baby.I call my cousin’s unborn baby “she” and she is not going to find out the gender beforehand.But I also call a cat “she” and a dog “he, IF I don’t know their sex😂
I love hearing about baby names though I have no intention of ever having a baby.
It’s nice to see Serena enjoying herself so much but then she always has. GOAT is the right word, all right.
That green dress is gorgeous on her. Love the fact that he’s clearly so in love with her and willing to deal with the crap people might give him for dating outside his race.
I agree, Snwflake. The Williams girls are really popular down here, too. I was at a social function last week, and the conversation turned to another guest, who recently announced her engagement to an Indigenous fella. One woman whispered, “She’s such a nice girl, but why would she want to saddle herself with an (offensive racist term, equivalent to your n-word) guy and all their issues?” Like the rest of our small group, I stood there, mouth agape for several seconds, and all I could say was, “Well, if you have to ask that, you’re clearly not as eveloved as the rest of us. And, why not just mind your own business?” I’m ashamed to say I flounced off. It really p***es me off when complete dolts expect you to think and live as they do, as if your life has an impact on theirs. We have quite a few indigenous Australian sportsmen married to white woman, and the slurs they cop when playing are beyond disgusting. I’ll just never understand how horrible some people are.
They’re kind of a weird couple because he seems kind of dorky, and she’s just this amazing powerhouse, but I love them. And you know that he must just WORSHIP her, which is amazing. And that she could have any A-list shredded athlete she wants but chose this lanky guy no one had ever really heard of before he got with her is all kinds of cute.