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Years After Carefully Securing Wife Serena Williams’ Heroics for Olympia, Alexis Ohanian Expected to Take Over Huge Task for Die-Hard Tennis Fans

Published 05/13/2023, 2:18 PM EDT

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Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams‘ husband, is an enthusiastic sports card collector. And he typically collects tennis-themed sports cards featuring his wife. But this time, the tennis player has been invited to an open competition by another enthusiast who tweeted to call out the entrepreneur. And, it seems Ohanian is all ready to give a tough fight to whoever tries to challenge him in his expertise.

Additionally, the 40-year-old American businessman is very interested in investing in NFD and never misses an opportunity to do so. Furthermore, did you know that the co-founder of Reddit owns one of the greatest collections of Serena Williams cards, and for very good reason too?

Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, ready to take a huge risk 

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A few days ago, a card collector, Will Stern shared a piece of news on his Twitter account that he recently bought a great card that features the three well-known tennis personalities from the ATP world. Yes, the card featured Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, and Rafael Nadal. And he stated how the card is unique and rare.

Further, over the Win comment, Stern commented that there is one more person who is into collecting cards and might have more cards than him. He was talking about none other than the American tennis legend’s husband, who is a huge card collector. Stern replied to the comment and stated his true competition. He wrote, “I’m battling @alexisohanian to become the top tennis collector. He’s got a slight head start…” 

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Meanwhile, seeing that open challenge, the Reddit co-founder confronted him and replied to his true competition comment. He wrote, “GOOD LUCK.” Well, after being a huge personal card collector for his wife, will Ohanian be able to turn into to become the top tennis collector?

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But why is the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s husband collecting Williams’ sports cards for so many years that he himself has a record of having the highest number of Williams cards?

Ohanian secures Williams’ card collection for his daughter 

The co-founder of Reddit took advantage of the right circumstances in 2021 to communicate with his Instagram followers. And shared the exact justification for collecting the largest Williams card collection in the world. Ohanian revealed that this is one of the biggest investments for his wife and his daughter.

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In addition, he disclosed that there was a time when he was handing the 41-year-old tennis legend these cards. However, mention that she was not quite satisfied with these gifts and wished for jewelry and other types of presents. But when she noticed the rising market value, she was overjoyed with the gifts.

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Pratishtha Prakash

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. Being a sports enthusiast, she has been following varied sports like tennis, cricket and Esports from her childhood.
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Hitesh Nigam