The ‘Skirt Saga‘ is back by popular demand! Serena Williams has been documenting her struggles with figuring out postpartum fashion and her changing body for the last few months. She has a long history of weight gains and losses throughout her career. In 2009, she underwent surgery and had to stay out of action for quite a while. During that time, she gained weight and had to face a lot of negative comments on social media. However, post-retirement, she is still giving her all to stay healthy! Williams often shares glimpses of her gym sessions on social media and the results are in front of us now! Recently her efforts have drawn compliments from the German tennis legend, Boris Becker.

On Monday (July 1) the American superstar shared a video on her Instagram account in which she was seen trying to fit in her Valentino denim midi skirt for the third time this year. In the captions of that video clip, she wrote, “Ok everyone the jean skirt is baaaaaaackkkkkk. Paris was fun, but I gotta see if I can fit in this skirt yet — saying a little prayer…lol.” Serena Williams looked quite excited while trying out the clothing item over her pink-fitted athletic romper. She said, “I haven’t tried it on since last time. So, let’s see what happens here. Let’s say our prayers. Don’t get negative if it doesn’t work out.“

Williams further added, “We don’t have that big of a problem anymore, but we still got a little bit of a problem.” She managed to button up the skirt but she struggled a bit to pull up the zipper. However, she admitted, she’s “made a lot of progress” and revealed she’s not as sad or disappointed. “Honestly, I got it over my butt. It’s a little tight… I can’t really breathe,” Serena Williams said. Although she revealed she might have to do one more video, her fans looked quite ecstatic with her current appearance. Surprisingly, Boris Becker was among those fans. He commented, “Serena you look absolutely amazing after 2 babies and show how Black women look even better with age!“

Williams gave birth to Alexis ‘Olympia’ Ohanian Jr. in 2017 soon after she got married, and continued to play until 2022. Last year, she gave birth to her second daughter, Adira, but along with a personal life, Serena maintains that healthy attitude of an athlete!

Previously, the American tennis legend had made two attempts and now with the third coming in this month, fans are now eagerly waiting for the fourth clip. Serena Williams strongly believes that the next one would perhaps be her last attempt. Here’s what she had said during her previous attempts earlier this year.

“I am gonna stop eating all those snacks” – Serena Williams 

The Diary of a Denim Skirt (part 1) was released in January this year. Serena Williams revealed her goal was to wear the skirt one day. In that video clip, the tennis legend was heard saying, “I got this cool Valentino skirt when I was pregnant and I was like, ‘I’m gonna be able to fit in this when I don’t have a belly.‘” After that failed attempt, she tried it yet again in May this year.

However, unfortunately for the American tennis star, she found that the jeans wouldn’t budge over her hips. She said, “I am going to try on my skirt again to see if it’s any closer than it was four weeks ago. Really it’s been about six weeks.” Williams thought her intense gym sessions would pay off, but not yet! After two successive failed attempts, she joked “I wanna cry, but I’m not. I’m gonna stop eating all those snacks.” Snacks? Perhaps she meant tacos! Do you think the fourth attempt will be a successful one?