But while the tennis world was quick to congratulate the 23-time Grand Slam champion on what appeared to be her first child with fiance Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, the picture disappeared hours later from Snapchat, leaving her fans wondering what is going on. Later on Wednesday she posted her photo while flaunting a baby bump with caption of "20 weeks" she was wearing a yellow swim suit in the photo and then she deleted the photo after a couple of minutes.
And US Open Tennis responded: "Serena Williams will have a new pride and joy to hug and call her own soon!"
Serena's spokeswoman, Kelly Bush Novak, said: "I'm happy to confirm that Serena is expecting a baby this fall".
Williams claimed her first Slam - the US Open - 18 years ago.
Australians Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court also won majors after having children.
Five-times Grand Slam victor Maria Sharapova, who returns to competition next week after a 15-month doping ban, could also benefit if she rediscovers her top form. Very impressive! Winning the Australian Open also meant that she beat Steffi Graf's previous record for the most Grand Slam singles titles, taking her into the record books. Last month, Williams pulled out of Indian Wells and Miami, citing a left knee injury. She'll finish the season 8-1 over two tournaments, with a second round loss amid blustering winds to Madison Brengle in Auckland preceding her triumph in Melbourne.
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Serena Williams just shut down anyone who considers women "the weaker sex". Wimbledon begins in early July, and the US Open is in late August.
Relatively recent Grand Slam winners such as Li Na and Marion Bartoli retired, while Garbine Muguruza has not followed up on her French Open title of 2016.
Speaking to Glamour magazine last summer, she said: "I definitely want to have kids one day".
It would be perfectly safe for Williams to continue with rigorous training throughout pregnancy, but how quickly she would return to tournament tennis was uncertain, the researchers said.
Williams is a five-time Tour finals victor, the last of which came in 2014, and was recently picked as the greatest female tennis player of the Open era by BBC Sport readers.
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