{"id":350135,"date":"2017-09-02T10:59:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T10:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=350135"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:33:43","slug":"serena-williams-gives-birth-to-baby-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/serena-williams-gives-birth-to-baby-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tennis star Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida.<\/p>\n
Williams, 35, whose partner is Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, was admitted to the St Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 23-time Grand Slam winner said last month she was planning to return to tennis for the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n
Congratulations have been pouring in from sports stars and celebrities.<\/p>\n
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News of the birth came as her sister Venus prepared to go out on court at the US Open.<\/p>\n
“Obviously I’m super-excited,” Venus said. “Words can’t describe it.”<\/p>\n
The couple are yet to confirm the birth themselves but Serena’s coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, tweeted: “I am so happy for you and I feel your emotion.”<\/p>\n
He added: “Btw … I wish you a speedy recovery… we have a lot of work ahead of us.”<\/p>\n
‘Hope she doesn’t play tennis’<\/strong><\/p>\n Serena admitted she had\u00a0revealed her pregnancy to the world in April by accident, after mistakenly uploading a photograph on Snapchat.<\/p>\n She won the Australian Open title this January while newly pregnant, and in an article in Vogue last month she said she wanted to defend her title.<\/p>\n “It’s the most outrageous plan,” she said. “I just want to put that out there. That’s, like, three months after I give birth.”<\/p>\n In June she appeared in a nude cover photo for Vanity Fair, saying: “I don’t know what to do with a baby.”<\/p>\n The news has delighted the tennis world, with Rafa Nadal among the first to tweet his congratulations.<\/p>\n