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Love game for Serena: Spokewoman says Williams is pregnant

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FILE PHOTO: Serena Williams, of the United States, looks up at the scoreboard during her match against Francesca Schiavone, of Italy, in the first round of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, in New York. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Charles Krupa

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A spokeswoman for Serena Williams says the tennis star is pregnant.

Kelly Bush Novak wrote in an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday: “I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this Fall.”

Earlier in the day, Williams posted a photo of herself on the social media site Snapchat with the caption “20 weeks.”

A representative for @serenawilliams confirms the tennis star is pregnant and "is expecting a baby this Fall." https://t.co/ozZPtzgIha pic.twitter.com/cEB5fFreDu

— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 19, 2017

The 35-year-old Williams won her 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in January — a little less than 12 weeks ago — and has not competed since, citing a knee injury when withdrawing from tournaments at Indian Wells, California, and Key Biscayne, Florida.

She announced in late December that she was engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
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