imageTennis superstar Serena Williams ended 2016, with a bang after she announced her engagement with Reddit Co Founder Alexis Ohanian.

Regarded as one of the most successful tennis players of all times, Williams who won the womens singles title at Wimbledon in summer this year, announced the engagement in a poem on a Reddit thread.

She said in the poem, posted from her account, informed that Ohanian proposed at the place they first met during a surprise trip to Rome.

"I came home. A little late. Someone had a bag packed for me. And a carriage waited. Destination: Rome. To escort me to my very own charming. Back to where our stars first collided. And now it was full circle. At the same table we first met by chance. But by choice. Down on knee. He said 4 words. And I said yes," wrote Williams.

Williams engagement announcement comes as a surprise for many of her fans,

Ohanian, 33, confirmed the news on his Facebook page, writing: "She said yes".

Williams regarded as one of the best player of her generation has won 22 grand slam singles titles, equaling the tally with German legend Steffi Graf and trailing only Australian Margaret Court by 2 grand slams.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016

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