Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian have always supported women’s sports as well as their equality in every sphere. The couple has always been vocal about their take. Alexis Ohanian has promoted the ‘Weareangelcity’- Angel City FC- football team of women.

He took to his Instagram to hail Ali Riley, defender of the team for representing the team with the baseball player Clayton Kershaw, by exchanging their sports jerseys.

Alexis Ohanian hails jersey exchange between football and baseball

Alexis Ohanian is also the owner of the Angel City football team, founded by actress Natalie Portman.

He took to his Instagram story to share the jersey exchange of the Ali Riley of the team with Clayton Kershaw, the pitcher of the baseball team Dodgers. He stated, “Way to represent @rileythree”.

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Some of the most influential women in the world are the owners of the soccer team. Along with Alexis Ohanian, his wife, and 23-time grand slam winner, Serena Williams is also one of the owners of the team.

Steps by Serena Williams to promote equality

Both Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams have been very vocal about their take on promoting equality in all sports. Both the Williams sisters have voiced their take on equal pay in tennis as well.

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Gradually, tennis authorities are making tangible changes to promote equality. Wimbledon too recently made a move to use the names of the female players instead of their husbands’ surnames. It also removed ‘Ms’ or ‘Mrs’ as prefixes from their names.

Though these are small steps, these are considerable steps towards an egalitarian sport. These steps will influence changes in other sports as well where there is not much importance given to female players.

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Serena Williams had made a comeback after one whole year because of her hamstring injury. However, French player Harmony Tan defeated her in the first round of Wimbledon. Nonetheless, she is still optimistic about her presence at the US Open.