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Serena Williams Shares Sweet Moment Of Richard Williams Encouraging Daughter Alexis Olympia

<p>People say a good coach never retires&excl; So might be the case with Richard Williams&comma; father of tennis icons <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;michael-b-jordan-serena-williams-partner-to-give-hbcu-students-a-chance-to-win-1m&sol;">Serena<&sol;a> and Venus Williams&period; Richard recently stood on the sidelines as his grandbaby Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr&period; tackled bike riding&period; Serena took to Instagram on Friday to share the sweet moment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;A rare sighting&comma; the one and only G&period;O&period;A&period;T&period; still motivating&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Serena wrote in the Instagram caption&period; &&num;8220&semi;King Richard&comma; but I call him daddy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Entertainment Weekly&comma; Richard has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eonline&period;com&sol;news&sol;1309151&sol;serena-williams-shares-rare-sighting-of-dad-richard-sweetly-motivating-her-daughter-olympia">steered clear<&sol;a> of the spotlight since his 2016 health complications&period; But the short video shared by his daughter Serena gave insight to his role as a granddad&period; The clip shows Serena&comma; Alexis and Richard in an outdoor scene&period; Alexis is practicing her riding skills on her pink-and-white bicycle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As she rides down the sidewalk&comma; Richard records on a cellphone&period; He offers kind words while Alexis Olympia is plugged into her steady riding&period; Richard cheers her on saying &&num;8220&semi;Go on&comma; girl&comma; you are the best&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CWLhza0J4ip&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CWLhza0J4ip&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The moment seems to be full circle for Serena&comma; who was trained by her father to be one of tennis&&num;8217&semi; greatest players&period; His coaching of both daughters into being top athletes and global celebrities has landed him a biopic called &&num;8216&semi;King Richard&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Will Smith will portray the famed father and coach in the upcoming film&period; He began the physical transformation for the role in February by growing out his beard&period; The look reflects Richard during Serena and Venus&&num;8217&semi; early tennis careers in the &&num;8217&semi;90s&period; The film will cover that time period as well as how he propelled his daughters into their status with little prior tennis knowledge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Richard started training his daughters as early as four years old&period; He reportedly <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;will-smith-begins-physical-transformation-to-play-venus-serena-williams-dad-richard-williams-in-upcoming-biopic-king-richard&sol;">wrote and followed a 78-page custom plan<&sol;a> to make stars of Venus and Serena&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Back in August Serena <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;refinery29&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;10633268&sol;serena-williams-interview-migraines-king-richard-olympia">spoke to Refinery29<&sol;a> and praised her father for &&num;8220&semi;always thinking on a different level&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There would be no Venus and Serena if it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t for Richard&comma;&&num;8221&semi; 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