Serena Williams shares first picture of newborn daughter Alexis Olympia and video documenting her pregnancy

The Grand Slam Champion posted the adorable snapshot on her Instagram account 
Jennifer Ruby13 September 2017
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Serena Williams has shared the first picture of newborn daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr as well as a video documenting her entire pregnancy.

The tennis champion, 35, posted the first snap of her first child on her Instagram account on Wednesday, revealing that she’s spent nearly a whole week in hospital.

“Meet Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. You have to check out link in bio for her amazing journey. Also check out my IG stories,” she captioned the picture.

Williams also shared a two-minute YouTube video of her pregnancy and run up to the birth, as well as the first moments of Alexis’ life.

The clips featured personal videos taken with other half Alexis Ohanian, the first of which is shot just moments after they found out about the pregnancy.

The video ends with Williams saying: “Look what we got! A baby girl!”

The sportswoman recently revealed that she hopes that her views on feminism will help her to build a bright future for her daughter.

“There are barriers I hope to break so my baby, whether boy or girl, won't have to live under those stipulations,” she told the Stellar magazine.

“I definitely am a feminist. I like to stick up for women and women’s rights. So many things happen and I just think ‘Wow, why don’t we have a chance?’

“If that makes me a feminist, I am proud to be one.”

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in