serena williams She may have retired from professional tennis, but that doesn’t stop her from taking it upon herself to give her friends some much-needed lessons.
Saturday, September 23, kim kardashian Posted a series of photos on Instagram posing on a tennis court in a bright pink Chanel bikini. In one photo, Kardashian, 42, is seen running barefoot on the court with a tennis racket in hand.
Williams, 41, couldn’t help but poke fun at the reality star, commenting: “That’s not how you hold a racket at all. Apparently I have to teach you a lesson lol.”
Kardashian jokingly replied: “@serenawilliams some classes would be nice! Do I still need shoes?”
Kardashian and Williams have known each other for more than 20 years. Before Kardashian was a global celebrity, she made a living curating celebrity wardrobes — Williams was one of her clients. Since then, the two have remained close friends.
In 2017, Kardashian attended Williams’ wedding to the Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.At post-wedding cocktail party, Kardashian told Fashion“I’ve known Serena for so long and I’m so happy she found her prince.”
“From the moment she told me she met Alexis in Rome, it was like,” she continued. . She was so happy and the glow about her was so special. You just know it’s so real. “He made her happy and it made her friends happy.”
Williams, who has won a whopping 23 Grand Slam singles titles during her career, is no stranger to tennis lessons. In 2015, she produced a series of videos for master classes on learning how to play tennis.
Despite her impressive credentials, Williams claims she doesn’t actually enjoy teaching tennis. “I don’t have the patience to teach tennis,” she revealed in a May 2022 interview. The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I really don’t like playing with people who don’t know how to play tennis well, so it drives me crazy.”
Among them was her daughter Olympia. In the same interview, Williams said she signed up her now 6-year-old for lessons with a personal trainer but did not put pressure on her to play well. “I’m not going to push her,” Williams said, adding, “Her ambition is to play the princess game.”
In doing so, Williams chose to take a different approach than her father and coach Richard WilliamsWilliams began coaching officially when he was just 14 years old.