“Totally Deserved”: Serena Williams’ Coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Kim Kardashian, and Others React to King Richard’s Whopping Oscar Nominations

Serena Williams is one of the most accomplished players still active on the circuit. When she is not demolishing opponents on the court, Serena occupies herself with a myriad of other ventures and projects. One such project was the making of the film King Richard in collaboration with her sister Venus Williams.

The movie, which was initially released on November 19, 2021 by Warner Bros pictures, has already made 30 million on the box office and received overall positive reviews from both critics and audiences alike.

Now, given that the award session is around, fans are waiting with bated breath to see if the biopic focusing on Serena and Venus Williams’ father Richard Williams will bag any Oscars or not.

Today Serena Williams posted about the good news that King Richard has managed to be nominated in six categories at the Oscars- Best Actor for Will Smith, Best Supporting Actor for Aunjanue Ellis, Best Original Screenplay for Zach Baylin, Best Film Editing for Pamela Martin, Best Original Song for ‘Be Alive’ by Beyonce, and Best Picture.

Read more: Definitely Crying This Morning”: Serena Williams in Disbelief as ‘King Richard’ Gets Nominated for Oscars

Congratulations pour in for Serena Williams

The 23-time Grand Slam winning champion shared the news in the form of posts and stories via her Instagram account.

Serena’s friends and family, along with her fans, started commenting on the post shared by the superstar on Instagram. Kim Kardashian commented with fire emojis and applause emojis. Famous actor Michael B. Jordan also commented some fire emojis.

Serena’s coach Patrick Mouratoglou said it was “Totally deserved!” Legendary football player Tom Brady who recently retired from professional football, also commented “Amazing. Wow! Congrats.”

In the caption, Serena talked about how surreal it was that her journey has taken her from Compton to the Academy Awards. She also relayed her congratulations to the entire film and crew and said she was “definitely crying this morning”.

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