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Serena Williams and Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. served up a saccharine mother-daughter infinitesimal astatine the U.S. Open connected Aug. 29.
The tennis star, 40, arrived astatine the Arthur Ashe Stadium successful Flushing, New York successful a black, embellished bodice and tutu skirt by Nike, with the marque noting the sparkles were "inspired by the nighttime entity supra halfway court." The outfit besides primitively contained six layers to correspond her six U.S. Open singles titles, but arsenic Serena told Gayle King in a post-match interview, she "took 4 retired due to the fact that it was excessively heavy."
Olympia twinned with her ma successful a matching ensemble arsenic she cheered from the stands on with Serena's hubby Alexis Ohanian, sister Isha Price and parent Oracene Price. The 4-year-old besides wore braids with achromatic beads, conscionable arsenic Serena did erstwhile she archetypal won the U.S. Open successful 1999.
"It was either her deterioration beads oregon me," Serena told reporters during a post-match interview. "I wanted to bash it, but I conscionable didn't person the time. She asks to deterioration beads a lot. It really wasn't my idea, but I was truthful blessed erstwhile she had them on. It's cleanable connected her."
Serena besides kept her small 1 adjacent with her sneakers, rocking a brace of shoes from Nike and her marque Serena Williams Jewelry that featured 1.5-carat, coagulated golden deubrés that spelled retired "mama" and "queen."
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Olympia rooted for Serena—even snapping a fewer photos with her disposable camera—as the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faced disconnected against Danka Kovinić and won the archetypal circular of the tournament.
After the match, determination was a tribute to Serena, her vocation and her legacy. The jock announced her status from tennis—or arsenic she enactment it "evolution" distant from the sport—in an effort for Vogue earlier this month, noting she wants to absorption connected her task superior steadfast Serena Ventures and grow her family.
So what does Olympia deliberation astir her stepping distant from tennis? "Olympia doesn't similar erstwhile I play tennis," Serena told TIME magazine successful a caller interview, noting the kid replied with a fist-pumping "Yes!" The jock past added, "That benignant of makes maine sad. And brings anxiousness to my heart. It's hard to wholly perpetrate erstwhile your soma and humor is saying, Aw."
To spot much of Olympia's adorable moments from implicit the years, support scrolling.
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