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People aren’t happy about this prediction of Serena Williams’ career

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Tennis superstar Serena Williams has announced she’s pregnant – but among the congratulatory responses, some weren’t so supportive.

Williams won the Australian Open while two months pregnant, and people were impressed:

However, an article on the Sydney Morning Herald asked if Williams would “want to fight her way back to the top of the game in 2018, having become a mother some time around the US Open in early September”.

It states:

The real question relates to motivation: how much would she want her career back? Even Williams herself may not know the answer to that one yet.

People weren't happy about it:

And, erm, most of the criticisms made sense....

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