Serena Williams is a mother of two! On Aug. 22, the 41-year-old tennis champion announced on TikTok that she and husband Alexis Ohanian welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Adira River Ohanian. Alongside a video of Williams cradling the newborn while sitting next to Ohanian and their 5-year-old daughter, Olympia [1], Williams wrote, "Welcome my beautiful angel." The clip also features photos of the family of four set to Bazzi's hit "Beautiful."
@serena [2] Welcome my beautiful angel
♬ original sound - Serenawilliams [3]
Ohanian, 40, also celebrated the arrival of his daughter on Instagram [4], writing, "Welcome, Adira River Ohanian. I'm grateful to report our house is teaming with love: a happy & healthy newborn girl and happy & healthy mama. Feeling grateful. @serenawilliams you've now given me another incomparable gift — you're the GMOAT. Thanks to all the amazing medical staff who took care of my wife & our daughter 🙏 I'll never forget the moment I introduced @olympiaohanian to her baby sister."
Williams revealed her second pregnancy [5] on the 2023 Met Gala red carpet, and shortly after, her husband posted photos of their looks on Instagram [6], writing, "Mama (@serenawilliams) & Papa love this parenting-thing, so we're back at it 😁 and @olympiaohanian is gonna be the best Big Sister—she's been asking & praying for this for a minute."
Leading up to her child's birth, Williams shared a few photos of her baby bump [7] on social media. In one Instagram post, she wrote of her pregnancy that she planned on "being stylish this time around."
The recently retired athlete [8] opened up about her motherhood journey [9] to Vogue back in September. "Earlier in my career, I never thought about having kids," she said. "There were times when I've wondered if I should ever bring kids into this world, with all its problems. I was never that confident or comfortable around babies or children, and I figured that if I ever did have a baby, I would have people taking care of it 24/7." However, she said she found herself being an "incredibly hands-on mother" with Olympia.
"In five years," Williams said, "Olympia has only spent one 24-hour period away from me. . . . The fact is that nothing is a sacrifice for me when it comes to Olympia."