--- title: Serena Williams Talks Engagement to Reddit Co-Founder description: Serena Williams took a break from the Australian Open to discuss her engagement to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian canonical: https://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-18T17:15:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:25.566Z og:title: Serena Williams Says ‘It Feels Good’ to Be Engaged og:description: She and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are getting their happily ever og:url: https://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477c81ef185997ae/6988b5e60a4a224ae49cc951/serena-williams-reddit-engage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5260 og:image:height: 2959 og:image:alt: 'Do it for yourself' Berlei Sport Campaign Featuring Serena Williams og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Serena Williams Says ‘It Feels Good’ to Be Engaged twitter:description: She and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are getting their happily ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477c81ef185997ae/6988b5e60a4a224ae49cc951/serena-williams-reddit-engage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Serena Williams Says ‘It Feels Good’ to Be Engaged > Sponsored content. 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Serena Williams poses during the media opportunity at The Blackman on January 12, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Stefan Postles—Getty Images for Berlei by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Jan 18, 2017 5:15 PM UTC Professional tennis player [Serena Williams](http://motto.time.com/4607840/serena-williams-sexism-race-common/), who has been called one of the[ greatest athletes ever](http://motto.time.com/4479956/serena-williams-roger-federer-grand-slam-record/), has a little more on her plate recently than competing for her [next Grand Slam title](http://motto.time.com/4585961/serena-williams-feminist-open-letter/). The trophy collector found love off the tennis scoreboards — she recently got engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and said she’s still processing the next steps. “It feels good,” Williams [said at a press conference](http://people.com/sports/serena-williams-engagement-feels-good/). “I really haven’t thought about it too much, because I wasn’t even really gonna think about it until after the tournament. So, I just keep saying, ‘February, I’ll start looking at the bigger picture of my life.’ But right now, I’m just so focused that this is all I can think about.” Williams didn’t take a break from serving up success to celebrate: She’s currently competing in the Australian Open, as Ohanian posted on his Instagram: \[h/t [People.com](http://people.com/sports/serena-williams-engagement-feels-good/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/"},"headline":"Serena Williams Says ‘It Feels Good’ to Be Engaged","datePublished":"2017-01-18T17:15:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:25.566Z","description":"She and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are getting their happily ever","url":"https://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477c81ef185997ae/6988b5e60a4a224ae49cc951/serena-williams-reddit-engage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477c81ef185997ae/6988b5e60a4a224ae49cc951/serena-williams-reddit-engage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'Do it for yourself' Berlei Sport Campaign Featuring Serena Williams","caption":"Serena Williams poses during the media opportunity at The Blackman on January 12, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.","creditText":"Stefan Postles—Getty Images for Berlei","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/","name":"Serena Williams Says ‘It Feels Good’ to Be Engaged"}}]}] ```