Every star has a great story behind it and the same goes for Serena and Venus Williams. The most famous sisters in tennis are a true legend, with a long career that has led them to win many grand slam titles and Olympic medals. In that trajectory he has had a great importance his father, Richard Williamswhom he plays on the big screen Will Smith, winner of the Oscar Awards as best actor, after starring in the slap that has eclipsed the 2022 edition. Williams method He paints a portrait of a confident and headstrong man who fought hard to help Serena and Venus rise to the top of the game. And they got it.
Sit-in at Serena’s wedding
Serena and Venus Williams have a good relationship with their father, even though Richard did something that many would find unforgivable: he left his daughter hanging on her wedding day and, to top it off, he told him An hour before. This is how Serena told it in her documentary series, Being Serena. The one that was number 1 married in 2017 with Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the Reddit platform and father of his daughter, who was born a few months before the link. Serena Williams he was going to walk to the altar arm in arm with his fatherbut a text message upset his plans. “I don’t want you to be mad at me, but I can’t accompany you up to the altar. I don’t feel myself. I’m too nervous,” she wrote.
Serena and Venus Williams with their father in 2012 GTRES/ Andrew Cowie/ Colorsport
Far from being angry, Serena understood Richard. “Perhaps many daughters would not have reacted the same, but I know the problems you’ve had in recent years. Now your health is betterbut I know that he still doesn’t feel himself, he doesn’t feel that he is perfectly,” explained the tennis player, who finally decided walk down the hall alone. did something similar Meghan Markle at their wedding, which Serena also attended.
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Attached to his daughters
The tennis player is not only executive producer of Williams method (like Venus), but has also shown signs of getting along with his father on Instagram. Last November she published a very short video in which you could see her daughter, Alexis Olympia, riding a bike under the watchful eye of Richard, who was recording on his mobile the tour. “A rare sighting, the one and only GOAT still cheering… King Richard, but I call him dad,” Serena wrote then, referring to “Greatest of All Time” (“the best of all time”).
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As well Venus he gets along well with his father. In September 2019, she showed a photo with Richard on the tennis court. “My father, the hero”, he claimed. Now everyone can know the story of this man in Williams method, aspiring to become the best film at the Oscars, among other nominations. Will he be able to get up the most coveted trophy in cinema?
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