Serena Williams is back on the practice court and she had a special hitting partner as the American tennis icon took to Instagram to share that she took her two-year-old daughter Adira for some tennis lessons.
Although Williams retired from pro tennis in 2022, she still occasionally hits some balls. Since concluding her astonishing tennis career, the former 23-time Grand Slam champion also became a mother for the second time when Adira was born in 2023. And already at the age of 2, the youngest of Williams' two daughters had her first tennis session.
"This is me sharing my passion for tennis with my youngest daughter," the American tennis legend captioned her Instagram post.
Needless to say, tennis fans absolutely Williams' post and it drew numerous positive reactions, with many expressing a desire to see Adira follow in the footsteps of her mother and become a tennis star one day.
Williams' first daughter Olympia was 3 when she had her first tennis lesson
During the pandemic and lockdown, Williams wanted Olympia - who was 3 at the time - to be active. And the former world No. 1 figured out that tennis was the safest and best option.
Honestly, we started because its a socially safe sport, and when COVID happened, it was like, were just in the house with a 3-year-old, what do we do? There was only one answer, to my dismay," Williams explained to PEOPLE in 2021 when explaining how Olympia got into tennis.
At the time, the American tennis icon also revealed that she had signed up Olympia for tennis lessons.
"I signed Olympia up for tennis lessons. Dont even start with me because Im not giving her tennis lessons, I signed her up for some. But the lady has no idea that its my daughter, so well see how that goes. Im not a pushy mom, but I know how I like techniques, I want to make sure shes good at teaching Olympia some techniques," Williams said at the time.
