Popular Lawn Tennis player, Serena Williams is pregnant and she will not be any
competitive game for the rest of the season. The 35-year-old recently posted a picture of herself on Snapchat posing in a mirror with the message: “20 weeks” before deleting the post.
The American, who won an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam in Australia in January, will miss the rest of the season. This includes three Grand Slams – the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
Williams, who will return to world number one next week, would be eligible to retain her ranking under the WTA special ranking rule if she is ready to play her first tournament within 12 months of giving birth.
Williams, who is engaged to the co-founder of community news and chat site, Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, is top of the all-time list of major winners since Grand Slams accepted professional players in 1968.
She is second only to Australian Margaret Court on the list of women’s all-time Grand Slam singles titles leaders.
She is also a five-time Tour finals winner, the last of which came in 2014, and was recently picked as the greatest female tennis player of the Open era by BBC Sport users.
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