Serena bares body and love story for Vanity Fair
new york — Serena Williams unveiled her pregnant body in a nude Vanity Fair cover photo on Tuesday and detailed the story of her romance with fiance Alexis Ohanian in an article for the magazine.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion is shown in profile facing left and her pregnant stomach proudly displayed, a small waist chain the only item she wore in the image by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. Williams said in the story she learned she was pregnant just before the Australian Open, which the 35-year-old American won to set the Open Era record for Grand Slam singles titles and move one shy of Margaret Court’s all-time mark.
Williams revealed in April she was pregnant and would not play again this year. In the story, she insists she will return to tennis in January, which would allow her to defend her Australian Open crown. “I don’t think my story is over yet,” she told the magazine.
Williams and Ohanian, the 34-year-old co-founder of social media website Reddit, will be married this year after their child is born, according to the article. They announced their engagement last December after meeting in 2015 in Rome. In telling how Williams discovered she was pregnant, the article said took a pregnancy test only after a friend’s nagging, dismissing the idea as a joke and taking it while she was working on her hair and makeup for a sponsor appearance.
She plans on preparations for the baby in the next few weeks, when moving will be more difficult and she will be “bored to tears.” —