Fascinating Facts About Serena Williams
Think You Know Serena Williams? 7 Fun Facts That Prove She's a Legend on and Off the Court
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While having brunch with friends at the Cavalieri hotel in Rome ahead of her first match in the Italian Open in May 2015, Serena unexpectedly met her future husband, Alexis Ohanian. Though there were plenty of other tables to choose from, Alexis chose to sit right next to Serena and her group of friends. As Serena recounted to Vanity Fair in June 2017, "This big guy comes and he just plops down at the table next to us, and I'm like, 'Huh! All these tables and he's sitting here?'"
Serena ended up inviting the co-founder and executive chairman of Reddit to join their table, and the two decided to exchange numbers. By December 2016, Alexis had proposed, and by the following year, they were married and had welcomed their daughter, Alexis Olympia.