SERENA WILLIAMS PREGNANT.

Brewing gist subsequent to World number two female lawn tennis player Serena William;s pregnancy news broke on Wednesday is that she is not going to be playing in any stressful match for the rest of the season.

The American megastar had yesterday released a picture of herself on Snapchat posing in front of a mirror with the writing: “20 weeks” before deleting the post.

Her aide however said the news was true additionally saying that she is going to put to bed in the coming autumn.

The Athlete, who got an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam in Australia in January, is going to let go of the remaining aspects of the season. This is inclusive of three Grand Slams – the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.

Williams, who is going to comeback to world number one in the coming week, would be eligible to still hold her rating under the WTA special ranking rule if she is okay to play her initial tournament in the space of 12 months of being due.

US Open Tennis in response to Williams’ picture said:

“Serena Williams will have a new pride and joy to hug and call her own soon! Congratulations on the exciting baby announcement!”

Williams has the highest amount of major laurels in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles all together amidst active players. Her record of 39 major titles makes her number 3 on the all-time list and number two in the open era: 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. 

She is the most recent female player to have had every single four principal singles titles back to back in the season 2002–03 and 2014–15 and also the third player to smash this record two different times, only after Rod Laver and Steffi Graf.

She also happens to be the most recent player, with her sister Venus Williams, to have clinched all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles consecutively (2009–10).

Her grandeur of 23 Grand Slam singles titles sets the record for the most Major wins by a tennis player in the Open Era, and stands as second on the all-time list after legendary Margaret Court. She is the sole tennis player in history , not regarding man or woman to have clinched singles titles for at least six seasons in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the only one in history to have clinched 2 of the 4 Majors 7 times each, this includes 7 Wimbledon titles and 7 Australian Open titles.

She is also the solitary tennis player to have Clinched 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two different decades. She holds an all-time record of 13 Grand Slam singles titles on hardcourt.

Williams is holding the Open Era record for most titles won at the Australian Open and co-holds the Open Era record for most titles won at the US Open in partnership with Chris Evert. In like manner, She has an all-time record for the largest amount of singles matches won at the Grand Slams not regarding man or woman with a whooping 316 matches especially in the 2017 Australian Open.

She has gotten 14 Grand Slam doubles alongside her sister Venus, and the duo have not been beaten in Grand Slam doubles final. 

As a team of two, she and Venus hold the number three most women's doubles grand slam titles, after the 18 titles of Natasha Zvereva and the record 20 held by Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.

Williams is also a five-time victor of the WTA Tour Championships in the singles league. Serena has also clinched four different Olympic gold medals, she got the first in women's singles division and three others in women's doubles—an all-time record co-held alongside her sister, Venus.

The coming of the Williams sisters has been garnished with bringing in a new season of power and athleticism on the women's professional tennis tour.

Williams used to be the topmost paid female athlete in 2016, ploughing in a record $28.9 million in prizes, money and endorsements.