--- title: Serena Williams Dedicates Wimbledon Final to All Moms description: “Let’s keep making noise everyday in everything we do,” Serena Williams wrote on Twitter after Wimbledon finals canonical: https://time.com/5339617/serena-williams-on-wimbledon-final/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-16T14:27:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:52.282Z og:title: Serena Williams Dedicates Wimbledon Final to “All Moms” og:description: “Let’s keep making noise everyday in everything we do,” Williams tweeted og:url: https://time.com/5339617/serena-williams-on-wimbledon-final/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt209cad6bb0d0d77e/6989356cfb4eac7c7c8971e4/gettyimages-999293914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4781 og:image:height: 2689 og:image:alt: Day Twelve: The Championships - Wimbledon 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Serena Williams Dedicates Wimbledon Final to “All Moms” twitter:description: “Let’s keep making noise everyday in everything we do,” Williams tweeted twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt209cad6bb0d0d77e/6989356cfb4eac7c7c8971e4/gettyimages-999293914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Let's Keep Making Noise.' 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(Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images) Serena Williams (USA) in action during her defeat in the Ladies' singles final against Angelique Kerber (GER) at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images) Rob Newell - CameraSport—CameraSport via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 16, 2018 2:27 PM UTC Serena Williams competed in her 30th Grand Slam singles final at [Wimbledon](http://time.com/5335848/federer-exits-wimbledon/) this weekend, in a re-match of the 2016 [Wimbledon](http://time.com/5323876/wimbledon-2018-dress-code/) final when she defeated Angelique Kerber. While Williams didn’t win in their most recent face-off, the fact that she was in the tennis competition’s final a mere ten months after giving birth to [to her daughter Alexis Olympia](http://time.com/5096845/serena-williams-doesnt-want-daughter-to-play-tennis/) is an impressive feat in and of itself. Particularly as her pregnancy and birth led to a number of [health issues](http://fortune.com/2018/01/12/serena-williams-birth-story-black-women/), including a pulmonary embolism and multiple surgeries. While Williams lost to Kerber, she was still surprised by her performance, noting in a [post-game interview](https://twitter.com/DavidLawTennis/status/1017427119599771648) that she “didn’t expect to do this well in my fourth tournament back.” After the final, Williams took to Twitter to express her appreciation for her fans with a shout-out to all moms. She wrote that the “past 2 weeks was a sound for all moms” whether they choose to “stay home” or work, adding “you can do it you really can! I’m not any better or diff than any of you all.” > [](https://twitter.com/serenawilliams/status/1018833515536928768) Williams’s husband Alexis Ohanian took to Twitter to express his awe at his wife’s accomplishment. He noted that after her pregnancy lead to a pulmonary embolism that nearly cost Williams her life. > [](https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/1018204669930360832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339617/serena-williams-on-wimbledon-final/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339617/serena-williams-on-wimbledon-final/"},"headline":"'Let's Keep Making Noise.' 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