Serena Williams is pregnant

Tennis star Serena Williams announced Wednesday she's expecting her first child. Williams, 35, made her pregnancy reveal with a Snapchat selfie of her baby bump, captioned "20 weeks."

The 23-time Grand Slam champion got engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in December. She's been absent from Women's Tennis Association events since she kicked off her 2017 season with a win over sister Venus Williams at the Australian Open in January.

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