--- title: Serena Williams Husband Gets Attention for Supporting Her description: At the 2018 U.S. Open, Alexis Ohanian is continuing to prove that he's Serena Williams's biggest champion — in the sweetest way. canonical: https://time.com/5380155/alexis-ohanian-serena-williams-us-open/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-28T15:11:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:54.530Z og:title: Alexis Ohanian Adds to Proof He's Serena Williams's Best Fan og:description: Good luck finding someone who looks at you like Ohanian looks at Williams og:url: https://time.com/5380155/alexis-ohanian-serena-williams-us-open/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alexis Ohanian Adds to Proof He's Serena Williams's Best Fan twitter:description: Good luck finding someone who looks at you like Ohanian looks at Williams twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Good Luck Finding Someone Who Looks at You Like Alexis Ohanian Looks at Victorious Serena Williams > Sponsored content. 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Serena Williams is the FIRST tennis player to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open era._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 28, 2018 3:11 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 28, 2018 3:11 PM UTC As her husband [Alexis Ohanian](http://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/) puts it, tennis star [Serena Williams](http://time.com/5368858/serena-williams-comeback/) had a “great first day back at the \[New York\] office” this week as she kicked off her return to the tennis courts with a winning round against Poland’s Magda Linette at the 2018 U.S. Open on Sunday. We know the Reddit co-founder and father of baby [Alexis, Jr.](http://time.com/4940076/alexis-ohanian-reddit-cartoon/) is a supportive husband [already](http://time.com/5177565/alexis-ohanian-serena-williams-billboards/), of course. But it doesn’t hurt that his appearance at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to watch Williams play just added to the evidence, giving us more fuel to respect his commitment to seeing his wife succeed. Case in point: an adoring photo of Ohanian spectating on the match that has been making the Twitter rounds. After fans began circulating the image, Ohanian himself retweeted it — because sometimes a photo really is worth a thousand words (or, in the case of Twitter, 280 characters). > [](https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/1034252172496650240) > [](https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/1034279121419943939) Ohanian will have more chances to cheer Williams on this week; [on Wednesday,](https://www.google.com/search?q=US+Open&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NMxIrjLJMow3mcDCCACJDlKKFAAAAA) she plays Germany’s Carina Witthöft in the Round of 64\. This is Williams’s first time back to the U.S. Open competition [since 2016](https://www.si.com/tennis/2018/08/27/serena-williams-us-open-return-magda-linette), after which she gave birth to her daughter. At this summer’s Wimbledon tournament, she finished second behind [Angelique Kerber](http://time.com/5339617/serena-williams-on-wimbledon-final/). There’s a chance Serena could also go on to play her big sister [Venus Williams](http://time.com/5318227/time-with-venus-williams/) during this year’s competition, too. ## Transcript People will look at you and they'll try and define you. Whether you're a woman, whether you're young, they'll try and cabin off what you're able to do. But people can only do that if you let them and so I always viewed my job as defining myself >> If we are in a meeting we're there for a reason, not to just sit there and absorb. If you are only there not speaking you kind of create the impression that you're not prepared to be there. You need to participate and you need to know what you're talking about. You can ask a man to do a job that he's never been qualified to do and he will raise his hand and say, absolutely, I will do that job. Women always say, I'm not sure if I'm ready yet, More experience. I don't necessarily know if there's anything wrong with being more cautious and careful. I mean why have we come to decide that being brash and overly aggressive should be the way we are. But we should also know that we're not going to feel any wiser or any more ready in ten years than we did ten years ago. So we might as well just leave. There is a lot of perception of, My gosh, it's really hard because of the gender. What are you gonna do about that, just not do it? If you want to do something, you just do it, and then hope that people catch up to you. For girls that are going to be playing little league, anything could happen. You could be up by 10 runs, and you can loose the game. So stay focused, make sure you play as a team, and hopefully you hit a home run, because no girl has ever hit a home run, and I'll be cheering for you. You'll never make everyone happy, so you just have to be exactly who it is that you are, and at least know that you've been true to yourself. It's about attitude, aptitude, and opportunity. Who knew I would be here? But it all started with folks that thought I had a good attitude. That put me in places that challenged me and then provided me opportunities because I met and exceeded the standard. You often don't realize, people want you to succeed, and they often have very good solutions, both practical and in terms of thinking of opportunities for you. And the other thing is, I think it's not too bad Periods of great intensity doing one thing or the other. Meryl Streep once said, " Every successful woman's life has its ebbs and flows ." Know your power, know the power of your intellect, of your values and commitment, the courage that you have, and don't let anybody trivialize How you have spent your years. All of them have contributed to making a very unique and special person. Just take joy, don't let anyone discourage you from that thing that you love the most. It's more about making life. 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