‘I Was Training….’ – When Serena Williams Felt Devastated and Cried Over Missing a Crucial Moment in Olympia’s Life

Serena Williams tied the knot with the Co-founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian and welcomed her daughter in the year 2017. Since then, her life isn’t the same as little Olympia has taken the focus. The 23 times Grand Slam champion’s top priority isn’t just tennis anymore.

Williams has never felt guilty for following her passion and devoting all her time to tennis even if it took away her childhood. But the first time she felt bad about being on time for her practice session was after Olympia arrived.

Saddest moment of Serena Williams’ life

Williams has been multitasking for years. She has successfully juggled her businesses with her game. Though leaving her child to pursue other tasks wasn’t easy for her. So much so that the former World no.1 broke into tears when her practice made her miss Olympia’s very special moment. Here’s how Williams expressed herself. “She took her first steps… I was training and missed it. I cried.” Williams wrote.

Though now Olympia has grown enough to accompany and cheer her mother in tournaments. Recently, she traveled to England alongside Williams for her much-awaited comeback.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion first took part in the doubles of WTA 500 event based in Eastbourne. These along with the world No.2 Ons Jabeur, she made up to the semifinals. But because of an unfortunate knee injury that Jabeur incurred, she got forced out of the tournament.

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Thereafter, Williams stepped on the Grand Slam of grass. However, even after fighting tooth and nail against the French tennis professional Harmony Tan, she failed to secure herself a second-round match.

What Williams could have achieved?

If Williams managed to keep herself alive till the third round, she would have added Wimbledon to her list of Grand Slams where she has achieved 100 victories. She touched the milestone for the first time in the 2019 US Open.

Further, the 40-year-old could have shared the record of 100 Wimbledon wins with the 18 times Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova and 20 times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.

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In addition to this loss, the American legend will also suffer in terms of ranking. The Wimbledon Championships had no ranking points to offer. Therefore, Williams’ participation which resulted in the first-round exit took away her protected ranking. And now for the first time in 25 years, she has the status of an unranked player.