Williams mocked the reality star after she posted a photo of herself wearing a bikini on a tennis court
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Serena Williams poked fun at her friend Kim Kardashian’s tennis skills after she posted a photo on Instagram.
Serena Williams isn’t impressed with her friend Kim Kardashian’s tennis game!
The 41-year-old 23-time Grand Slam champion teased kardashian family She became a star after posting a series of photos of herself on the court on Saturday. In the photo, Kardashian, 42, appears to be more focused on her swimsuit style than her athletic skills, posing in a bubblegum pink Chanel logo-print bikini.
One photo captures the mother-of-four awkwardly holding her tennis racket to the side, while another sees her stretching it skyward for an overhead shot. She captioned the photo carousel with a tennis ball emoji and a pink heart.
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Kim Kardashian took an Instagram photo on the tennis court.
Williams couldn’t help but mock Kardashian’s lack of energy in the comments. “Not actually how you hold a racket. Apparently I have to give you a lesson haha 😍😍,” she joked.
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The two have maintained a close friendship for more than 20 years. They met and instantly hit it off when Kardashian (long before she became a global celebrity) had a job organizing celebrity closets, including those at Williams’ home.
Back in 2017, when the tennis legend tied the knot with husband Alexis Ohanian in New Orleans, Kardashian was there.At the time, the SKIMS tycoon told Fashion This is what this couple is.
“I’ve known Selena for so long and I’m so happy that she found her prince,” Kardashian told the magazine. “From the moment she told me she met Alexis in Rome, it was like… She was so happy and had this glow “It was so special to see her. “
She added: “You just knew it was so real. “He made her happy and it made her friends happy. “
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Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
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If Kardashian decides to take Williams to tennis lessons, she’ll have expert help. Williams has turned her 6-year-old daughter, Olympia, into a force to be reckoned with on the court.
In July, she shared a review video of a lesson she gave Olympia when she was three years old, using the same techniques her father (and coach) Richard Williams taught her as a child.
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“You know what grandpa taught me?” Williams asks her daughter in the video. “So, the first thing you have to do is turn around,” she explained as she twirled around.
“Back, reach, hand, follow up,” she continued, mimicking Olympia’s imitation of her movements. “It’s very complicated for a three-year-old, but you might get it.”
While Olympia seems to have inherited her mom’s talent for tennis, the little girl isn’t into the sport — at least not yet.while appearing on cbs news Face to face with Norah O’Donnell In March, Williams lamented that Olympia “actually doesn’t like playing tennis that much.”
“It was a little disappointing for me, but she was actually very good at it,” she told O’Donnell. “So we’re trying to figure out how to let her play a little bit.”
“Maybe I can push her into tennis by putting other kids in group lessons, and I think that’s what I’m going to do,” she later added.
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