Serena Williams and Alexis aanan fell head over heels for one another in 2015 and they've been getting stronger ever since the former professional tennis player and the tech entrepreneur met by chance while staying at the same hotel in Rome this guy comes and he just plops down at the table next to us and I'm like huh all these tables and he's sitting here Williams told Vanity Fair in 2017 of her first interaction with her now Husband by the hotel pool just over a year after bumped into each other aan proposed to Williams in December 2016 at the same hotel that sparked their romance before they could exchange their vows the couple hit another major milestone in their relationship their first child the athlete accidentally revealed her pregnancy via Snapchat in April 2017 and 5 months later gave birth to Daughter Alexis Olympia aanan Jr the pair eventually tied the knot in New Orleans in November 2017 and they expanded their family in August 2023 with the birth of Adra River the dynamic duo met while coincidentally staying at the same hotel in Rome in May 2015 Williams was in town for the Italian Open while the Reddit co-founder was speaking at the festival of media Global conference one morning at the hotel pool the pair sparred over claiming a free table and the rest is history shortly after their chance encounter in Rome Williams invited her now husband to meet her in Paris reflecting on their romance in 2017 aan told Vanity Fair even if she blows me off and we don't hang out I'm still going to have an amazing time in Paris and I'll have an even better story for all my childhood friends