Serena Williams got distracted by her daughter's coughing during her first match back, and freaked that she might choke on a grape
- Serena Williams got distracted by her daughter's coughing during her first match back and freaked that she might choke on a grape.
- Williams beat Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the Top Seed Open on Tuesday, however began to panic mid-way through.
- "I know my baby's cough," Williams said, according to Baseline. "She was eating and I'm then like, 'Oh my gosh is she chewing? Make sure you chew.'"
- She added: "I kind of flashed my husband a look like make sure she's chewing her grapes."
Serena Williams got distracted by her daughter's coughing during her first match back and freaked out that she might choke on a grape.
Playing for the first time since February, Williams came from behind to beat Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
Mid-way through the clash however, Williams says he heard her daughter, 2-year-old Alexis Olympia, cough from the sidelines and started to panic.
"I know my baby's cough," Williams, 38, said in her post-match press conference, according to Baseline. "She was drinking, and she was eating grapes. And I'm then like, 'Oh my gosh is she chewing? Make sure you chew.'"
No fans were allowed into the Top Seed Tennis Club to watch the match amid the coronavirus pandemic, however Olympia sat with her father, Alexis Ohanian, in the rafters.
"Then I'm thinking, 'OK Serena stop looking over there,'" Williams added. "I didn't look over there but I kind of flashed my husband a look like make sure she's chewing her grapes because she shouldn't be coughing while she's eating grape.
"That's the new mom in me and it's good."
Grapes are often considered a choking hazard for babies and small children, so it is generally recommended that parents cut them up before feeding them to their kids.
Williams now faces her sister, Venus, in the second round of the competition on Thursday.
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