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Serena Williams might have retired from skilled tennis, however that’s not stopping her from providing to offer her associates much-needed classes.
On Saturday, September 23, Kim Kardashian posted a collection of Instagram photographs sporting a scorching pink Chanel bikini and posing on a tennis courtroom. In a single photograph, Kardashian, 42, held a tennis racquet out to the aspect whereas working barefoot on the courtroom.
Williams, 41, couldn’t assist however poke enjoyable of the fact star, commenting: “Actually not the way you maintain a racquet. Clearly I’ve to offer you classes lol 😍😍.”
Kardashian jokingly replied: “@serenawilliams some classes can be good! Do I additionally want sneakers?”
Kardashian and Williams have identified one another for greater than 20 years. Earlier than Kardashian achieved world fame, she made her residing by organizing celebrities’ closets — and Williams was one in all her purchasers. Ever since, the pair have remained shut associates.

In 2017, Kardashian attended Williams’ marriage ceremony to Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian. In the course of the post-wedding cocktail reception, Kardashian instructed Vogue, “I’ve identified Serena for thus lengthy and am so completely happy she’s discovered her prince.”
She continued, “From the second she instructed me she met Alexis in Rome, it was like . . . she’s been so completely happy and has this mild about her that’s so particular to see. You simply know it’s so actual. He makes her so completely happy and that simply makes her associates completely happy.”
Williams, who received a whopping 23 grand slam ladies’s singles titles all through her profession, isn’t any stranger to giving tennis classes. In 2015, she created a collection of movies for Masterclass on studying the best way to play tennis.

However regardless of her spectacular credentials, Williams claims that she doesn’t truly get pleasure from instructing tennis. “I don’t have the persistence to show tennis,” she revealed in a Might 2022 interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Present. “I don’t actually wish to play with individuals who don’t know the best way to play tennis nicely, so it drives me nuts.”
This contains her daughter Olympia. In the identical interview, Williams stated that she enrolled her now-6-year-old in classes with a non-public coach, however doesn’t put strain on her to play nicely. “I don’t push her,” Williams stated, including, “Her ambition is taking part in princess video games.”
On this means, Williams is selecting to take a distinct strategy than her father and coach Richard Williams, who started formally teaching Williams when she was simply 14.

