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Serena Williams’ Husband Alexis Ohanian’s Touching Tale of How Late NFL Legend’s Heroics Gave Him Solace in a Dark Time: ‘You Have No Idea…’

Published 09/25/2022, 8:45 AM EDT

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American tennis legend Serena Williams has begun a new chapter in her life. The 40-year-old recently played her last professional tennis game at the US Open. After a 27-year-long career, Serena finally decided to focus on her family. Serena and her husband Alexis Ohanian are now dedicating more time to their daughter Olympia.

The Reddit co-founder is also a big sports fan. Apart from tennis, he follows many other sports. One such sport that he has been fond of is American football. Ohanian is a big fan of former NFL star Sean Taylor. Recently he shared a post on Twitter to explain how big a fan of Taylor, he and his parents have been.

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Alexis Ohanian gets nostalgic about Sean Taylor’s first takedown

Recently, the official Twitter account of Washington Commanders posted a classic video showing the first takedown of Late Sean Taylor. The video got Ohanian nostalgic as he shared how he and his parents watched the match against all odds.

“I snuck a 6 pack of longnecks into Hopkins to watch this game with my dad and mom (hospitalized w brain cancer). You have no idea what Sean meant to us,” he wrote

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Ohanian still continues to follow various sports. He is a huge advocate of women’s sports as well. The 39-year-old also holds principal shares in the Los Angeles-based women’s soccer team, Angel City FC.

Alexis also is self-made like Serena Williams

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As we all know, the Williams sisters don’t come from a financially affluent family. The legendary sister duo had to put in hard yards and struggled a lot to reach where they are today. Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian also has a similar life story.

Today, Ohanian is a successful business personality. However, he also had his share of challenges growing up. Recently, a Twitter user questioned him about his parentage and family wealth. Replying to this, the 39-year-old said that his other was an illegal immigrant and his father was a travel agent. Although, he stressed on the fact that he was lucky to get proper education but he made his own path after that.

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The way Williams sisters and Ohanian succeeded after hard growing years is nothing short of inspiration for future generations.

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Gaurav Verma

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Gaurav Verma is a Tennis Author at EssentiallySports. He has post graduate diploma in management from IILM Graduate School of Management and a BBA degree from Bangalore University. He has 1-year of experience in the banking sector.
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Pritam Priyedarshi