Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian welcome second child Adira River Ohanian

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Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl. He has been named Adira River Ohanian.

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posted to Instagram on Tuesday, almost exactly one year after her last match as a tennis star.

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Williams, 41, is having her second child and second daughter with husband Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

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Williams and husband Reddit's first child, Olympia, was born in 2017.

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Williams, who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in her career, revealed at the Met Gala in May that she was pregnant.

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Williams In August 2022 she told the world that she is preparing to call off her sports career.

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Williams cited a desire to raise a family as one of her main reasons for stepping away from tennis.

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"Trust me," Williams wrote for Vogue magazine, "I never wanted to choose between tennis and family."

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