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Tennis icon Serena Williams reveals the surprising truth behind her golden era and the personal struggle that pushed her to greatness.<\/p>\n
As the 23-time Grand Slam winner teamed up with her sister Venus Williams for an exciting project, she recalled a remarkable chapter in her life.<\/p>\n
In a joint Instagram post, the duo teased fans about their upcoming podcast, building excitement for what’s to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re switching courts. From baseline to punchlines! @VenusWilliams and I are serving up Episode 1 this Wednesday at 11am ET @StocktonStPodcast Come for the tea, stay for the laughs,\u201d the post reads.<\/p>\n
Transitioning from the podcast announcement, the video also highlighted moments from their careers. In it, Venus Williams mentioned a time when her sister was unbeatable and couldn\u2019t even outshine her on the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like there was a period, though, where you were invincible and I couldn’t play better than you,\u201d the younger Williams said, adding, \u201cIt was like a two-year period.\u201d<\/p>\n
This period of dominance, as the Grand Slam queen recalled, coincided with a particularly challenging time in her relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s when I went through a breakup,\u201d she said, to which the four-time Olympic gold medalist joked, \u201cOh. I wish I would have broken up too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The post drew interesting reactions from fans, with the majority looking forward to their upcoming podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait for this!\u201d award-winning television creator Shonda Rhimes said.<\/p>\n
Others also pointed out how the tennis champion used her breakup to her advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cStory of a strong woman\u2019s life. We break up and break barriers smh,\u201d a fan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, Serena already knew she was not letting anyone past her after that breakup! This podcast is a great idea!\u201d a user commented.<\/p>\n
A follower agreed and noted, \u201cSometimes we need the breakup to GLOW UP!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Serena Williams\u2019s ex-boyfriend in the early 2000s was Rush Hour director Brett Ratner. After two years of dating, they called it quits and the filmmaker told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that they ended the relationship because it wasn’t what he was looking for at the time.<\/p>\n After Ratner, she was rumored to be dating rapper Common<\/a> after she appeared in his music video \u201cI Want You\u201d in 2007.<\/p>\n The tennis legend denied the relationship despite being photographed holding hands and kissing.<\/p>\n There was also a time when she was seen out with basketball player Amar’e Stoudemire in 2010.<\/p>\n Another famous ex-boyfriend of Serena Williams was Drake, whom she reportedly dated around 2011 and 2015.<\/p>\n Although she mentioned in a 2015 press conference<\/a> that the \u201cOne Dance\u201d hitmaker was \u201cjust like a family\u201d to her, Drake released a song mentioning her. It was his collaboration with Rihanna on \u201cToo Good.\u201d<\/p>\n After her past romances, Serena Williams is happily married to American internet entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, whom she met in 2015 in Rome.<\/p>\n The couple are proud parents to their daughters Olympia, whom they welcomed in 2017, and their second child, Adira, born in 2023.<\/p>\n Related: Serena Williams, 43, Proves She\u2019s Still Got It in Striking Bikini Post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 16, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tennis icon Serena Williams reveals the surprising truth behind her golden era and the personal struggle that pushed her to greatness. As the 23-time Grand Slam winner teamed up with her sister Venus Williams for an exciting project, she recalled a remarkable chapter in her life. In a joint Instagram post, the duo teased fans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2025358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[372815,354384,370810],"class_list":["post-2025357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-grand-slam-winner","tag-serena-williams","tag-venus-williams"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Serena-Williams-Jokes-About-the-Breakup-That-Fueled-Her-\u2018Invincible.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}