SHE OPENED MORE TO STEPHANIE RUEHL.
HEY, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY.
SERENA, YOU KNOW HER.
SHE HAS DOMINATED TENNIS FOR
YEARS.
NOW SHE'S FACING A DIFFERENT
CHALLENGE, JUST LIKE US, BEING A
NEW MOM.
WE MET UP AT INTREPID SEA AND
SPACE MUSEUM TO TALK ABOUT HER
TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO TENNIS AND
BALANCE OFF THE COURT.
>> THIS TIME LAST YEAR YOU WERE
EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT PREPARING
FOR CHILDBIRTH.
>> YES.
>> TODAY YOU'RE PREPARING TO GO
BACK ON THE COURT AND MAYBE GO
FOR ANOTHER GRAND SLAM TITLE.
>> YES.
>> WALK ME THROUGH THIS YEAR.
>> IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR.
HAVING THE BABY AND THEN COMING
BACK.
IT'S SO SPECIAL TO HAVE OLYMPIA
TURN ONE SOON.
MAYBE I'LL BE PLAYING ON THAT
DAY.
I'LL JUST HAVE THOSE MEMORIES OF
BEING IN THE HOSPITAL AND GIVING
BIRTH TO MY DAUGHTER.
>> SERENA WILLIAMS IS MORE THAN
ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST
ATHLETES.
SHE'S A PROUT MOM HAVING A TIME
OF HER LIFE.
>> DO YOU FEEL JOYFUL.
>> I FEEL DIFFERENT JOYFUL.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A JOYFUL PERSON
BUT IT'S DIFFERENT, JUST LIGHT.
A GREAT FEELING.
>> SHE TOOK A BREAK LAST YEAR
FROM TENNIS WHERE A NEW FOCUS,
RAISING HER DAUGHTER OLYMPIA.
TRAVELING SIDE BY SIDE, THE TWO
HAVE SPENT EVERY DAY TOGETHER.
>> I'M REALLY FORTUNATE.
A LOT OF WOMEN DON'T HAVE
AYATOLLAH OPPORTUNITY.
IN A WEIRD WAY I'M KIND OF DOING
IT FOR THOSE WOMEN THAT CAN'T.
FOR ME LIKE BEING AROUND HER
EVERY DAY IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
I WANT HER TO HAVE JUST A GREAT
UPBRINGING THE BEST WAY I KNOW
HOW.
>> SERENA AND HER HUSBAND HAVE
SHARED SOME OF THAT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> THAT'S MOMMY'S.
>> SERENA'S BIGGEST TAKEAWAY,
SHE'S NOT ALONE.
>> WHEN I MISSED OLYMPIA'S
WALKING, I WROTE ABOUT IT.
SO MANY PARENTS WROTE AND SAID,
DON'T WORRY, I MISSED IT, TOO.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS MORE
NORMAL TO MISS IT THAN TO MAKE
IT.
I RELY ON EVERYONE'S HELP AND
IT'S BEEN SO AMAZING.
>> THAT PIECE OFF THE COURT HAS
GIVEN THE TENNIS ICON STRENGTH
ON IT.
LAST MONTH SHE NEARLY WON
WIMBLEDON.
NEXT WEEK SERENA RETURNED TO
ANOTHER M'S EVENT, U.S. OPEN.
>> DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK.
>> EVEN AWAY SHE STAYED FOCUSED
AND READY.
THIS DEBUTING AT JPMORGAN CHASE
EVENT CELEBRATING WORKING
MOTHERS, AS WELL AS SERENA'S
RETURN TO THE OPEN.
>> I WAS ALWAYS THERE MENTALLY.
I WAS WATCHING AND BEING A PART
OF IT.
I NEVER WANTED TO HANG UP MY
RACKET AT THAT POINT.
I'M STILL TRYING TO COMPETE AND
WIN GRAND SLAMS AND MOST OF ALL
DO IT WHILE I HAVE A DAUGHTER.
>> WITH HER TRUSTED TRAVEL BUDDY
BY HER SIDE AND ONE GRAND SLAM
TITLE SHY OF TYING THE ALL-TIME
RECORD OF 24, SERENA WILLIAMS IS
FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE AND READY
TO HOLD COURT.
>> THIS IS THE BEGINNING FOR A
NEW CAREER FOR ME.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE GONE AFTER
THE OPEN.
I'M GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT
GRAND SLAM AND THE NEXT AND THE
NEXT AND THE NEXT AND THE NEXT.
IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING.
>> SHE'S GOING TO KEEP GOING.
>> YES.
>> SHE IS GOING TO KEEP GOING.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT SWEATSHIRT
SHE HAD ON, IT SAYS ROYAL.
YOU MIGHT SEE IT ON HER FRIEND
MEGHAN MARKLE, SHE SENT HER ONE.
A PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE HER
FLAIR FOR FASHION IS OLYMPIA.
SHE SHARED OLYMPIA LIKES TO BE
NAKED.
SHE RUNS AROUND NAKED.
LIKE ANY MOM, SHE'S LIKE, I'VE
GOT TO NEGOTIATE.
SHE WANTS TO DO IT, AS LONG AS
SHE WEARS PAJAMAS TO BED.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE CAN
SAY SERENA WILLIAMS, SHE'S JUST
LIKE US.
>> WHEN SHE GAVE THE SPEECH
AFTER SHE CAME IN SECOND AT
WIMBLEDON, I REMEMBER HOW IT
TOUCHED SO MANY MOMS WHEN SHE
SAID I'M JUST TRYING JUST LIKE
YOU.
I FELT THAT, TOO.
>> THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER, SHE'S
OPENING UP.
WHEN SHE LOST AT WIMBLEDON AND
ATTRIBUTED IT TO POSTPARTUM
EMOTIONS.
WHAT, ONE OF THE GREATEST
ATHLETES OF ALL TIME SHOWING US
THIS.
SHE SAID THE SUPPORT SHE GOT
FROM FANS SHE THINKS MADE HER
STRONGER.
>> HOW OLD IS OLYMPIA, ONE YEAR?
>> ONE YEAR AND ONE WEEK.