She may have only given birth 10 months ago, but Serena Williams has just landed herself in the 2018 Wimbledon final with the chance of winning her 24th major title.
All hail… #AmIRight?
Serena Williams is absolutely owning her status as the one to beat
But while many of us were staring open-mouthed at her relentless strength and technique, others couldn’t help but notice an unusual element of her tennis gear.
Boasting the strictest dress code in the game, Wimbledon is famed for adopting a white-clothes-only uniform. Which is why Serena’s look started a conversation.
Courtside, you’d be forgiven for not noticing the anomaly, but thanks to the BBC’s diligent close-ups, several at-home viewers spotted that the sporting star stepped out wearing black fishnet tights. And Twitter was *seriously* into them…
Serena Williams is wearing red fishnets whilst playing on centre court at Wimbledon, what a woman.
– Charl (@teenageic0n_) July 10, 2018
Serena Williams is killing it on the court at Wimbledon while wearing black fishnet tights. I don’t know how I could love her more than right now. (@magdasawon, it’s your fault that I am still in my pyjamas watching BBC)
– Lorna Mills (@lm_netwebs) July 12, 2018
@serenawilliams is wearing fishnets on centre court. I mean come on! She looks in form, determined and fiery. There’s no better sportsperson out there. #GOAT
– tom brassington (@Tom_Brassington) July 6, 2018
Sue Barker ‘Serena had the most traumatic of childbirths is still wearing the compression tights to help with this’. People just have no idea how good #SerenaWilliams really is equally ignorant of the realities of #motherhood but also women’s strength abilities #Wimbledon
– Petra Saxby (@Petra_Saxby) July 12, 2018
Serena Williams is the only player on the world that can pull off a Fishnet Compression Tights. Hahaha I didn’t even notice!
– John Jacques ? ? ? ? (@jjacquesbs) July 9, 2018
But why was she wearing them? Were they compression tights? Were they to stop the dreaded chafe? Were they for the #fashun?
Regardless of the reason, Serena Williams: a Wimbledon semi-final… at the age of 36… 10 months after giving birth… in 29 degree heat… wearing tights.
Bow down, and scroll through some other moments Serena was #goals.
