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Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian have become a power couple, known for their support for each other. However, the Reddit co-founder once confessed that before meeting his wife, he had little interest in tennis and would even switch channels when it came on.

Williams and Ohanian met in 2015 at the Cavalieri Hotel in Rome. She was there for a tournament, and he happened to be staying there for a conference. The two initially connected after a casual conversation, despite her friends’ attempts to shoo him away from their table.

They started dating shortly after and announced their engagement in December 2016. In September 2017, they welcomed their daughter, Alexis Olympia, and got married in November 2017 in a beautiful ceremony in New Orleans. Their second daughter, Adira, was born in August 2023.

In a 2018 Q&A with the New York Times, Alexis Ohanian recalled how his perspective on tennis shifted after meeting Serena Williams. From rarely watching the sport, he grew to appreciate it as he got to know the 23-time Grand Slam champion more.

“I used to change the channel when tennis was on,” Ohanian said. “Then I watched my first match when I met her, and quickly got an appreciation for the sport.”
“It’s not just the physical requirements but the mental requirements. I could not imagine doing my job with millions of people watching,” he added.