“You Can Do It, Papa”: Serena Williams’ Daughter Olympia Helps Dad Alexis Ohanian Overcome His Fears

It’s a family that seldom misses out on a chance to share a slice of their downtime with the world. And the latest sees Serena Williams breaking into a smile as her husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian jumps off a diving board on vacation. The adorable clip is one of two that has been shared on the Instagram page that is operated in the name of Serena’s three-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia.

Burying the disappointment from Paris which saw the 23-time Grand Slam champion suffer yet another heartbreak at a Major, Serena and family are currently holidaying at a scenic locale by the sea.

The first clip shows Ohanian walking warily towards the edge of the diving board even as he is heard saying, “Okay, help me be brave. Olympia, help me be brave.”

To that, the three-year-old could be heard screaming, “You can do it, Papa.”

Ohanian then edges closer to the tip of the diving board and takes a leap.

 

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The second clip shows Serena’s daughter cuddling her father by a swimming pool before her father drags her into the water. In both the clips, Serena is a sideshow but enjoying nonetheless from a distance.
The clips have been tagged with a message from the little one saying, “I wanted to jump off the diving board so badly, so Papa went for me. I made sure he had SPF 5000 sunscreen.”

To the post, Ohanian replied saying his daughter wanted to jump off the dive board but is still too small to do it.

“Olympia *desperately* wanted to jump off the diving board, but she’s only 3, so I let her live vicariously thru,” her father wrote.

The downtime will help Serena recover from the disappointment of her fourth-round loss at Roland-Garros to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.