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Showbiz I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Serena Williams has shared her post-baby body struggles after welcoming her second child nine months ago.

The tennis champ, 42, took to Instagram to share a video of her trying on a Valentino denim skirt to test whether she had shed enough weight post-baby to fit into it. "Okay, everyone, I have been working my [peach emoji] off!" Williams captioned the clip. 'Let's see what happens with my jean skirt.



Can I fit it yet? Check it out!" The clip showed the Wimbledon and US Open ace forcing her self to fit into the garment.. "Okay, so I am going to try on my skirt again to see if it's any closer than it was four weeks ago.

.. Honestly, I feel like it's gonna fit the same," she said.

As she tried to pull the skirt above her hips repeatedly, she gave herself a bit of a pep talk and said: "It's getting there." Unfortunately, no amount of self-motivation helped as she just could not get the item past her bum and ultimately gave up. "I just wanna cry," said the gold medal Olympian.

"But I'm not. I'm just gonna stop eating all those snacks." Williams was met with support from fans and celeb pals in the comments section.

"Thank you for doing this and showing that it's a process after giving birth for world class athletes," wrote actress Octavia Spencer . "You're even more stunning and real!" A fan wrote: "Thanks for showing us that you have the same struggles we do,' one f.

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