She’s busy preparing for the French open later in May.
But Serena Williams took it easy on Monday when she and her coach Patrick Mouratoglou, 50, attended a tennis match in Biot, France.
The 39-year-old tennis superstar is currently preparing with her coach for the French Open following the loss of her 1,000th match at the Italian Open in Rome.
Off the court: Serena Williams, 39, spent the afternoon in Biot, France, with her coach Patrick Mouratoglou as they watched a match from his Ultimate Tennis Showdown league
Serena mixed comfort with style via her navy blue Gucci cardigan, which was covered with the fashion house’s logo.
She paired it with a set of slim cropped jeans while wearing brilliant white trainers.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion wore her curly brown locks tied back in a ponytail and covered them with a blue Nike cap.
Mouratoglou was similarly casual with a royal blue blazer over a dark T-shirt with jeans and white Asics trainers.
Low key: Serena mixed comfort with style via her navy blue Gucci cardigan, which was covered with the fashion house’s logo
Comfy: She paired it with a set of slim cropped jeans while wearing brilliant white trainers
Relaxed style: Mouratoglou was similarly casual with a royal blue blazer over a dark T-shirt with jeans and white Asics trainers
The two went unmasked for part of the match and sat up in the stands, where Serena held a robin’s egg blue Gucci handbag tucked under her arm.
The tennis pro’s husband Alexis Ohanian appeared to have sat out the match, but she was accompanied by her three-year-old daughter Alexis Ohanian Jr.
She and the Reddit cofounder were married in New Orleans November 2017, just a month after they welcomed their first child.
Serena put on a blue surgical mask while sitting with her daughter and holding her adorable Yorkshire Terrier Chip (full tennis-themed name: Christopher Chip Rafael Nadal).
Too cute! Serena brought along her adorable Yorkshire Terrier Chip (full tennis-themed name: Christopher Chip Rafael Nadal)
Family: The tennis pro’s husband Alexis Ohanian appeared to have sat out the match, but she was accompanied by her three-year-old daughter Alexis Ohanian Jr.
Adorable: Alexis looked cute in a black-and-white windbreaker and black pants with tiny black, white and pink trainers
Alexis looked cute in a black-and-white windbreaker and black pants with tiny black, white and pink trainers.
Her tightly curled hair was tied up with fuzzy pink and yellow poms.
Serena and her family were showing support for her coach Mouratoglou’s Ultimate Tennis Showdown, a league he created last year with the entrepreneur Alex Popyrin in response to tennis competitions being disrupted amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The league uses a different scoring system compared to traditional tennis and has also introduced a 15-second shot clock on serves.
Happy family: She and her Reddit cofounder husband were married in New Orleans November 2017, just a month after they welcomed their first child
Showing her support: Serena and her family were showing support for Mouratoglou’s Ultimate Tennis Showdown, a league he created last year in response to tennis competitions being disrupted amid the coronavirus pandemic
Getting in shape: Serena has been in Europe in recent weeks as she trains with her coach following a disappointing loss at the Italian Open, her first competition in three months
On Monday morning, the athlete’s husband Alexis made a virtual appearance on CBS This Morning to advocate for paid family leave policies.
He confessed to Gayle King that he used to have a ‘warped view of the path to excellence and the path to greatness being a direct result of just pure work,’ which his wife helped to cure him of.
‘That is obviously core to it, but one thing that I’m still working on is balancing that with time off, time away, time to reset and recharge,’ he said. ‘Something [Serena] is really good at is shutting it off and focusing on family time and personal time.’
However, he added that he still felt a compulsion sometimes to check his smart phone or do a little work even when he was supposed to be off the clock.
Eyes on the prize: Serena has currently won 23 majors and is one shy of tying Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24, though she said earlier this season that merely tying the record isn’t good enough
Going for it: ‘It’s not enough, I still want to win more,’ she said earlier this season to EuroSport . ‘I want that title to be solidified in concrete’
Serena has been in Europe in recent weeks as she trains with her coach following a disappointing loss at the Italian Open, her first competition in three months.
In order to get some more practice in before the French Open, her coach tweeted that she would be competing at the Emilia-Romagna Open earlier this month, but she also lost there in the second round.
Serena has currently won 23 majors and is one shy of tying Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24, though she said earlier this season that merely tying the record isn’t good enough.
‘It’s not enough, I still want to win more,’ she said earlier this season to EuroSport. ‘I want that title to be solidified in concrete.’
Helping out families: On Monday morning, the athlete’s husband Alexis made a virtual appearance on CBS This Morning to advocate for paid family leave policies