Alexis Ohanian, husband of the legendary tennis star Serena Williams, has always been active on social media, updating readers about his interests, investments, and more importantly, about Olympia Ohanian Jr.
With Serena Williams preparing for the French Open after disappointing performances in Rome Masters and at Parma Open, Alexis and Olympia were indulged several tasks in the mean time.
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Earlier today, Alexis posted a picture on twitter that had Olympia holding a racquet to play tennis. The entrepreneur admitted recently that he never played tennis before.
“Good morning. I’m working on my inevitable evolution into TennisDad”, quoted Alexis.
Good morning. I'm working on my inevitable evolution into TennisDad 😆 pic.twitter.com/38fmHrfiaY
— AlexisOhanian.eth 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) May 21, 2021
A lot of tennis fans have responded to this adorable picture of Olympia attempting to play tennis, and even suggested ways for kids to start practicing the sport.
One of the comments advised Ohanian to encourage Olympia to play Pickleball. Pickleball is a lot similar to tennis, and it mixes rules from Badminton and Table Tennis as well. In this sport, players will be given paddles instead of racquets.
This may be sacrilege in your house, but try mixing this with pickleball. Pickle allowed our kids to start playing out real points much younger. Tennis courts are just so big for little bodies. They even play tennis with a punctured ball on a pickle court, serves and all.
— Chris Sacca 🇺🇸 (@sacca) May 21, 2021
The internet entrepreneur responded and said that he will try and make Olympia practice pickleball.
I've never played… I've seen other old people enjoy this 'pickle ball' you speak of, though, so I'm willing to give it a try.
— AlexisOhanian.eth 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) May 21, 2021
Another user had responded with a cheeky comment as she asked whether Alexis cut his long hair.
Lol not me – I'm taking the photo
— AlexisOhanian.eth 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) May 21, 2021
Serena Williams’ quest to win her 24th grand slam title continues at the French Open
On the other hand, Serena Williams has been trying to win her 24th grand slam title since 2017. In her search for the crown, the American was stopped by youngsters like Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu, etc.
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Serena also lost to the Romanian world number three Simona Halep in the finals of Wimbledon 2019. Ahead of the French Open this year, the American played two tournaments and lost in the initial rounds in both of them.
However, Serena might turn the tables in Roland Garros with few players struggling with injuries before the tournament. While Halep announced her withdrawal from the tournament earlier today, the 2019 French Open champion Ash Barty also appeared to be struggling with a right shoulder injury.
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Naomi Osaka, who defeated Serena several times over the past few years, also had a tough run on the red-dirt this year. Even though these injuries might benefit the American, the underlying threat of clay-court specialists like Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens, etc is a worrisome factor for Serena Williams.