Fans melt as Serena Williams' husband extends support in unique fashion at Aus Open

Serena Williams' husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian (Source: Twitter)

Serena Williams' husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is arguably the biggest supporter of the tennis great. The 39-year-old, who is chasing her 24th Grand Slam title, is currently enjoying supreme form in the ongoing Australian Open and her convincing win against Simona Halep in the quarter-finals on Tuesday was just a mere reflection of it. 

As Serena dismantled the reigning Wimbledon champion, her husband enjoyed the sight from the players’ box wearing an eye-catching piece of fanwear. Ohanian donned a t-shirt that had Serena's picture in the front with text in red bold letters, which read: "Greatest Female Athlete", with the word 'Female' being crossed out.  

The shirt dedicated to the 23 Grand Slam winner was released by Nike ahead of the tournament.

Serena wasn’t the only one impressing her admirers at the Rod Laver Arena, as many took to Twitter to applaud Ohanian's effortless display of love and support for his wife.

Serena’s husband being the biggest Serena fan is just absolutely what she deserves x pic.twitter.com/7ewHl2Kajt

— not again ben (@NotAgainBen) February 16, 2021

Serena’s husband is the best! He always brings sth to the court!  #Ao2021 pic.twitter.com/x93UdzlQ9v — Bee (@Bridget_Otoo) February 16, 2021

Hey @alexisohanian, where can I get one of these? #GOAT #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/x7Dxu1zeRW — Vanessa Sanchez (@VanSan3000) February 16, 2021

Following the conclusion of the match, Ohanian also took a dig against Ion Tiriac, who had suggested that Serena should draw curtains on her tennis career because of her age and weight. 

Good thing no one listens to that racist sexist  Ion Țiriac https://t.co/Dz0LVephE0 — §AlexisOhanian  (@alexisohanian) February 16, 2021

Serena came through a huge test of her Australian Open title credentials to reach the last four at Melbourne Park for the ninth time with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Halep in a high-quality quarter-final. The 39-year-old went toe-to-toe with the Romanian second seed over 80 minutes on Rod Laver Arena before she was finally able to move to within two victories of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.

Williams hit some ferocious forehands and moved around the court with a freedom that she has not enjoyed for a good while to set up a semi-final meeting against in-form Japanese third seed Naomi Osaka.