Tennis Star Serena Williams Pregnant…

A spokesperson for the tennis player has confirmed that she and fiancé Alexis Ohanian are expecting their first child. “I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this fall,” Williams’ spokesperson says in a statement.

The news broke Wednesday after Williams offered up a side profile shot of herself in a yellow swimsuit with a caption that read “20 weeks” in a Snapchat posting that quickly disappeared.

But not before a screen shot was taken and sent around the Web.

That means Williams was pregnant when she won the Australian Open in January, further adding to her reputation as one of the greatest athletes of all time.

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After deleting the Snapchat post, there was speculation as to whether Williams was just playing with fans — even as good wishes flowed in from fellow celebrities and US Open Tennis. The news is that Serena and her best friend Beyonce will both get their babies this year, for Serena, a well-kept secret until her posting of her baby bump on Snapchat giving it away. It’s the tennis star first child with her husband reddit co-founder. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1983 to an Armenian-American father – whose family fled the genocide – and a German mother.