Serena, the sweet – WORLD

W While Angelique Kerber still dreams of the first German Wimbledon title since Steffi Graf 1996, Serena Williams sits on a chair in the middle of the night and gives her daughter the bad: Breakfast for Alexis Olympia Ohanian jr. The baby is ten months old and should always be badfed between 2 am and 4 am After, both hugs and play. Later this Saturday afternoon, Mom will play again. On the central court of the All England Tennis Lawn and Croquet Club. Then she will try to win Wimbledon.

This would be her eighth championship win, her 24th Grand Slam title overall, but her first as a mother. After a break of 14 months, the 36-year-old athlete returned faster than expected, where she stopped. She was already in her tenth week of pregnancy in her last game before the maternity leave. At the time, in January 2017, at the Australian Open, the final against her older sister Venus became the latest Sister Act. Serena, who has dominated women's tennis for decades, has resigned with a title – and could now, a year and a half later, add to the next. The two weeks spent on Church Road have made it very clear that despite some physical delays, the American is still conquering. There could not be a more appropriate final match. On Kerber Williams have already met during their last participation in 2016.

While the opponents have not changed, Williams has come forward as a substitute. Tenacity and her extreme tendency to drama, with which she often walked somewhere between madness and autism in the square, gave way to some relaxation. She can now even laugh at the spectacular points of her opponents. All the rest would be surprising for someone who sings Rubby Duck every night with a ten month old baby and asks if she wants a luxurious mbadage for coconut oil before putting on her diaper.

Serena, the sweet. His life was reorganized, his unprecedented tennis career inevitably experienced relativisation. Olympia is at the same time regulating and motivating, herself notes: "The baby helps me. I have not been so worried since birth. I no longer need money, titles and prestige. I want things, but I do not need them. It's a new feeling for me. And it's not just the mother in her who started the change. There are some limited experiences behind Williams.

After an uncomplicated pregnancy on September 1, 2017, not only contractions but also problems started. Due to the rapid decrease in heart rate, the baby was brought in by an emergency caesarean section. Although Olympia withstood the complications well, Williams suffered from shortness of breath the next day. There were blood clots in his lungs. The hospital was only allowed to leave under certain conditions. She then stayed in bed for six weeks. There were also hormonal mood swings: "Nobody talks about the hangers you have, the pressure you feel. The incredible disappointment every time the baby cries. I have collapsed countless times, "she told the US magazine" Intouch ":" Sometimes, crying also makes me angry, so I'm sad because I get angry. So I feel guilty because I really have such a cute baby. The emotions are crazy. In the meantime, she got used to it and learned to take care of it

. The same goes for his changed body. Her pregnancy and the badociated tennis break not only caused a reduction in endurance and musculature. The biggest problem is her bads. "Before a game, I always do some workout, because my bads are so big.By training, they become one or two smaller sizes, and then I can go out and play.C & # 39; "is crazy," says Williams, who wore 80 cuts before pregnancy.

Subjects that she did not exclusive about the tour. With Victoria Azarenka, Evgenia Rodina, Kateryna Bondarenko or L & D. German Tatiana Maria, there are now a few players who bring their child to tournaments.The best players like Lindsay Davenport continued her career after the birth of her first child, and even the mothers in the service fought for their concerns. criticized the fact that childcare in men's ATP tournaments had been common for a long time, while paradoxically, the ladies had to take care of external services and locals

. at the Grand Slam tournaments: "A The Australian Open, there is a small room with no windows, there are at least eight children, in New York there is a room to play, but you have to go take care of your child . And in Paris, children do not get food, which makes it so complicated. Only Wimbledon was exemplary with his hoarding out at Aorangi Park, where players are training. A victory of Mother Serena on the green lawn would give a new look to the theme.

Although Williams would not be the first mother to shoot her trophy between baby porridge and brick building. Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the US Open twice and once in Melbourne. Australian Evonne Goolagong won at Wimbledon in 1980 as the mother of a three year old girl. And Margaret Court crowned her fabulous career, when the first of her four children was already in the world. In 1970, the Australian succeeded Maureen Conolly as the second grand slam wife, winning four major tournaments during a calendar year. The number of titles won at the Australian Open, at the French Open, at Wimbledon and at the US Open remains unmatched. She stands at 24.

In this regard, the court is for Williams model and incentive. "I want to say it again: I want more grand slam, it's no secret that I have 25 victories in my line of sight," she said shortly before her return. , who ended in March with a defeat in the third round against her sister Venus.At the Open de France, she had to adapt before the knockout round due to problems with the But now, in the second attempt, she hit the final so she could catch up with Court. "Even though I love tennis, she says, being with my daughter is the only way to go. Most importantly, if I did not work, I would have been pregnant again. "