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Serena Williams shared a comparatively relatable second throughout her newest “Scorching Ones” look. Throughout the Thursday, July 4. episode of the well-known collection, the 42-year-old former tennis participant revealed a hilarious slip-up she had whereas visiting a neighborhood ATM, as she tried to deposit a big verify that she earned from taking part in tennis.
“I by no means performed for cash,” Serena identified. “I performed ’trigger I cherished the game … I don’t even know if I wished to play to be the most effective, I wished to win.”
The verify contained her first $1 million, however the 23-Grand Slam title winner famous that she “by no means actually spent some huge cash” earlier than she grew to become a big-league athlete.
“So, my tax man, he could be like, ‘You didn’t get your cash?’ and I’d be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t get that one in Zurich,’ ‘Oh, I forgot that one in Moscow,’” Serena defined. “I used to be simply taking part in to win, and if I didn’t win, I wasn’t pondering. I used to be simply so offended, that I wished to discover a option to get higher and win the following time.”
Upon receiving her first million-dollar cost, Serena recalled pondering, “OK, I’m gonna go deposit it.”
“I went by the drive-thru … and the man was like, ‘Uh, I feel it is advisable to come inside for this,’ and I used to be like, ‘Oh, OK,’” she added.
The Serena Ventures founder — who shares daughters Olympia and Adira with husband Alexis Ohanian — formally retired from tennis in 2022. That yr, she opened to Vogue about her determination to depart the game.
“As of late, if I’ve to decide on between constructing my tennis résumé and constructing my household, I select the latter,” Serena defined. “I positively don’t need to be pregnant once more as an athlete. I must be two toes into tennis or two toes out.”
She continued, “Within the final yr, Alexis and I’ve been attempting to have one other youngster, and we not too long ago bought some info from my physician that put my thoughts relaxed and made me really feel that every time we’re prepared, we will add to our household.”
