Serena Williams’s daughter Olympia and husband Alexis Ohanian take footage and cheer as Serena Williams of the US enters the sector for her match towards Danka Kovinic of Montenegro on Arthur Ash Stadium within the Ladies’s Singles spherical one ma (Tim Clayton/Corbis through Getty Pictures)
Like mom, like daughter.
Individuals on social media had been fast to note Serena Williams’ daughter, Olympia, not solely wore an outfit matching her mom’s on the U.S. Open Monday night, however she additionally paid tribute to Williams’ tennis profession along with her selection of haircut.
Olympia wore white beads in her hair, a nod to her mother’s coiffure when she received her first U.S. Open in 1999 at age 17.
FILE – Serena Williams wins her first U.S. Open in 1999. (Mark Sandten/Bongarts/Getty Pictures)
Olympia, who sat alongside her father, Alexis Ohanian, and grandmother throughout the match cheered on her mother from the stands whereas additionally snapping pictures with what seemed to be a pink disposable digicam.
US participant Serena Williams’ daughter Alexis Olympia takes an image earlier than her mom performs towards Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic throughout their 2022 US Open Tennis match ladies’s singles first spherical match on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis C (KENA BETANCUR/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Williams’ outfit was revealed forward of her first match on Monday and never solely was it flashy and match for a famous person athlete of her advantage, but it surely additionally had some delicate tributes to her profession.
Williams’ diamond-encrusted Nike tennis sneaker went along with an identical figure-skating-inspired outfit. Her skirt had six layers — a nod to the six singles U.S. Open titles she’s received at Flushing Meadows. An identical jacket and tote bag additionally adorned her.
US participant Serena Williams footwear are pictured as she performs towards Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic throughout their 2022 US Open Tennis match ladies’s singles first spherical match. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Nike stated Williams offered the “management, offering the complete imaginative and prescient and dialing the main points for an exciting design created to make her really feel snug and assured.”
“Impressed by sleek competitors clothes worn by determine skaters, the embellished bodice and the skirt place Serena within the highlight and permit her freedom of motion,” Nike stated in a information launch. “The skirt contains six layers, a nod to her six earlier title wins in Flushing. With an identical jacket and tote, the deep hue and crystal-encrusted bodice refracts gentle and shines brightly, alluding to the night time sky on the match.
“The look is paired with the NikeCourt Flare 2—a customized Serena PE that includes a diamond-encrusted Swoosh design and her initials on the medial aspect. The stable gold deubrés on the laces function 400 hand-set diamonds in black ceramic created in collaboration with Serena Williams Jewellery.”
The 40-year-old revealed earlier this month in an essay printed in Vogue journal she’s going to seemingly stroll away from the game after the U.S. Open.
In that case, she’s going to depart the game with 23 Grand Slam titles — probably the most within the Open Period and second most all-time behind Margaret Court docket. She’s going to get yet another probability to tie the court docket’s report. She misplaced within the first spherical of Wimbledon earlier in the summertime.
The Related Press and FOX Information contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
