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Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams are ardent proponents of women’s sports. They both have, in their own respective capabilities, promoted the popularity of women’s sports. Recently, Alexis Ohanian gave an astounding reply to a fan arguing about the popularity of men’s and women’s sport on his Twitter account.

Serena Williams’ husband shared the stats of the Emma Raducanu vs Leyla Fernandez final at the US Open 2021 and how it had more audience than the men’s finals.

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Alexis Ohanian banishes claims of women’s sport’s unpopularity with tennis stats

Alexis Ohanian took to Twitter, debarring the claims of a fan that women’s sport is not as popular as men’s. The comment had asked him for an instance where more people see women’s matches than men’s. Alexis Ohanian did not look far away from the family.

He took his wife’s sport, tennis, and shared the stats of the US Open 2021. He stated, “Congratulations, this might have been the d**best possible take. Let me introduce you to a sport called tennis. Facts don’t care about your feelings.”

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Along with that, he also shared the stats where the women’s singles finals between Emma Raducanu and Leyla Fernandez in the US Open 2021, had a viewership of 2.44 million people.

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On the other hand, only 2.05 million people watched the finals of the US Open men’s final between Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic. It was the most watched women’s game that did not have Serena Williams playing in it.

Serena Williams’ preparations for the hard-court season

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Serena Williams is geared for the hard-court season. She will participate in the National Bank Open in Toronto. Following that, she will play in the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.

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This will gear her up for the US Open later next month. Unfortunately, due to her injury and subsequent year-long hiatus from the tour, the former world no1 has become an unranked player on the WTA ranking chart.

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However, that hasn’t deterred the 23-time grand slam champion from training hard to make a strong comeback in the hard-court season.