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Serena was 2 months pregnant when she won 23rd Grand Slam?

LONDON:Tennis superstar Serena Williams is pregnant and taking maternity leave through the rest of 2017 expecting to give birth this fall her spokeswoman said on Wednesday in an announcement that upended a sport the 35yearold athlete has dominated for the past decade
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London, April 20

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Tennis superstar Serena Williams is pregnant and taking maternity leave through the rest of 2017, expecting to give birth this fall, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday in an announcement that upended a sport the 35-year-old athlete has dominated for the past decade.

The confirmation came hours after Williams, due to regain to the No. 1 world ranking next week, set off a day of frenzied speculation with a short-lived selfie posted on social media — posing for a photo in a yellow one-piece swimsuit on Snapchat with the caption: “20 weeks.” 

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Williams deleted the photo shortly after it appeared and waited more than six hours to make any public comment, stoking debate among tennis fans about whether or not she was joking.

“I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this fall,” Los Angeles-based publicist Kelly Bush Novak said.

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Bush Novak told Reuters that Williams intended to sit out the remainder of the 2017 season and return next year.

Williams, the world’s highest paid female athlete, announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian last December. — Reuters

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