Serena Williams awarded as Sportsperson of the year 2015 on Tuesday from Sports Illustrated magazine. She is the third lady to be honoured with this prestigious award ever after 1956 inception.
34-year-old tennis player won the first three Grand Slam singles titles of 2015 after taking last year’s US Open to hold all four crowns at once for her second career “Serena Slam”.
“I’ve been doing what I do for over 20 years professionally and that’s a long time to be playing,” Serena told Reuters before Tuesday’s awards dinner. “And this is the first time I was ever recognised as Sportsperson of the Year.
“So it really, really meant a lot to me. And being a woman and being only the third to be recognised is pretty awesome.”
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who Williams is reportedly dating, sat at her family’s table and lingered after the awards portion was complete.
