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American tennis star Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian are blessed with a five-year-old daughter Olympia. Serena became a mother back in 2017 and the couple married later in the same year. Since then, the 41-year-old was carrying on her tennis duties as well as being a mother.

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Meanwhile, her husband Alexis Ohanian took up the added responsibility and took care of the baby girl. The Reddit cofounder is pretty active on social media and has shared Olympia’s pictures and videos as she grew up.

Recently, the 39-year-old shared an old video of Olympia. It’s a video from 2017 when Olympia was not even a year old.

Alexis Ohanian recalls holding Olympia like a football

Kids between the age of 0-10 grow very fast. Every few months, they show rapid change and growth. Serena Williams’ daughter is five years old now. She can walk now. Hence, her father misses the time when she was young, and he carried her around in his arms.

While having some fun with the little one, he recorded a video of holding Olympia in his hand like a football. After five years, Ohanian shared the video on his Twitter account.

“I miss my baby football!” he wrote in the caption.

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Ohanian also owns principal shares in the $100 million worth NWSL team Angel City FC. A grown-up Olympia also accompanies her dad to the soccer matches now.

Both Serena and Alexis have done a great job as parents. The way they manage their jobs while sharing parenting duties is really commendable.

Serena Williams never took Olympia to her matches

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Serena Williams has always had someone from her family watching from the stands while she played. Earlier it was her father, occasionally Venus, and later, her boyfriend and now husband Alexis Ohanian. Serena never felt the extra pressure of performing in front of her family.

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However, when it comes to her daughter, the former world number 1 always avoided taking her to matches. The reason she gave for the same was that when Olympia would be there, she would always be thinking about her. In the middle of the match, this would falter her focus.

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However, Olympia was there with her father at the Arthur Ashe Stadium when Serena played her last tournament. Serena gave up tennis after playing in the US Open earlier this year.