… impossible to tell because the fetus was so small—and said there was no risk whatsoever. When Serena returned to the States and had a subsequent exam, it was discovered that she had actually been more advanced, about seven to eight weeks, but she said she still would have played. There were only five people who knew during the tournament: Alexis, Jessica, Jill, Venus, and the doctor. Not even Serena’s coach knew. Nor did tournament officials.
She’d been to this tournament before, but of course this time was different. She was tired more often, feet felt different, not to mention her breasts and her mood. If a match went to three sets she knew she would lose, so she was determined to make every match two sets. Plus, she had to deal with heat–which is heightened during pregnant.
You had to win seven matches to win the tournament.
She won them all in straight sets–pregnant.
Serena was eight-weeks pregnant when she took out the title, but Venus revealed to The Project on Wednesday: ‘She played extremely well, so what could I do?’
The victory during Serena’s first trimester returned her to world No 1 status and also cemented her as the oldest grand slam winner in the open era.
When asked by the panel if she knew her sister was pregnant when she played her, she gave a vague response: “I Uhm… don’t know everything about her, that I can say. I can say that she played extremely well, so what could I do?”
Serena beat her sister Venus 6-4, 6-4 in 82 minutes to secure her record-setting 23rd Grand Slam title, and Venus said: “It was close, but not close enough.”
Serena is now a little more than six months pregnant and showing, which is helping her face the reality that she is having a baby, because “it just doesn’t seem real. I don’t know why. Am I having a baby?”
“If you would have told me last year in October or November that I would have a baby, not be pregnant but have a baby, I would have thought you were the biggest liar in the world. This is kind of how I am right now. This is happening sooner than later, and it’s going by so fast.”