Serena Williams breaks the internet with photos of herself teaching her 2-year-old daughter tennis

From one little sister to another: Serena Williams had social media smiling this week when she shared photos of herself teaching tennis to the younger of her two daughters, 2-year-old Adira.

Williams, who also shares the elder Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. with entrepreneur husband Alexis Ohanian, wrote Tuesday on Instagram that she was "sharing her passion for tennis" with her youngest, who was fittingly born days ahead of the one-year anniversary of Williams' last professional match. On a backyard tennis court, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion showed Adira forehand form as the toddler balanced a lower-compression red ball on her tiny racquet.

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More than 81,000 Instagram users smashed the 'like' button when they scrolled past the sweet scene, which wasn't the first time Williams has been photographed on court with Adira this year. One fan is even convinced that the toddler will be the 2040 US Open champion.

"I think she is the one to carry on that tennis greatness and create her own legacy," another wrote.

A third asked Williams if the now 8-year-old Olympia was still interested in swinging a racquet. Williams was in early pregnancy with her first child when she won the 2017 Australian Open, and her firstborn had a racquet in her hands by 2020. The former world No. 1 owing to tennis' status as a safe socially-distant sport during the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the chief reasons for Olympia getting on court.

In 2022, she dished about Olympia's tennis skills on *The Ellen Degeneres Show*, calling the then-4-year-old "alright," and that she signed her up for private lessons with a coach who "didn't know" that Olympia was her daughter. But a year later, she was telling CBS News' Norah O'Donnell that Olympia "doesn't actually like to play tennis too much" despite being "actually really good."

"So we are trying to figure out a way to get her to play a little bit," she said.

But Williams has always stayed firm in saying that she would never pressure either of her girls to play the game that made her and sister Venus global superstars, saying instead that the trait she most hopes to foster in them is their individuality.

“I want them to always be certain of who they are and never shy away from being themselves,” she continued. “Whether it’s through fashion or in life, it’s about celebrating what sets them apart and feeling strong and comfortable with who they are.”