Serena Williams and daughter Olympia.Photo: Serena Williams Instagram
Serena Williamsis sharing insight as to whether her little girl could follow in her footsteps as a tennis star.
Appearing on CBS News’Person to Person with Norah O’Donnellearlier this week, Williams revealed that her 5-year-old daughterOlympia"doesn’t actually like to play tennis too much."
“That’s a little disappointing for me, but she’s actually really good at it,” she told host Norah O’Donnell. “So we are trying to figure out a way to get her to play a little bit.”
Williams, who shares Olympia with husbandAlexis Ohanian, has been able to spend more time with her daughter after announcing in August thatshe was stepping away from the game.
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She appeared onthePEOPLE Every Daypodcastin December and told host Janine Rubenstein that Olympia is “very aware” that her mom is no longer committed to an intense training schedule and is trying to make the most of her newfound free time.
“She wants to make sure thatI’maware that I should have time on my hands and I need to spend more time with her,” the 23-time Grand Slam champion said, laughing.
“I’m always like, ‘Olympia, I’m not working now.’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, you don’t play tennis!’ She’s like, ‘Yes!’ And I don’t really quite know how to feel about that!”
In 2021, Williams chatted with PEOPLE aboutsigning up Olympia for tennis lessons.
Serena Williams and daughter Olympia.AbbVie/UBRELVY
“Honestly, we started because it’s a socially safe sport, and when COVID happened, it was like, we’re just in the house with a 3-year-old, what do we do?” Williams said. “There was only one answer, to my dismay.”
Williams did go into “tennis mom” mode beforeOlympia’s first lesson, she posted on Instagram at the time, and joked that the instructor “has no idea that it’s my daughter, so we’ll see how that goes.”
“I’m not a pushy mom, but I know how I like techniques, I want to make sure she’s good at teaching Olympia some techniques,” she added.
source: people.com
