{"id":457751,"date":"2019-07-14T13:23:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T13:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457751"},"modified":"2025-07-17T06:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:25:04","slug":"serena-william-thanks-great-friend-duchess-meghan-for-wimbledon-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457751","title":{"rendered":"Serena William thanks &#039;great friend&#039; Duchess Meghan for Wimbledon support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"US player Serena Williams is interviewed during the presentation after losing against Romania&#039;s Simona Halep during their women&#039;s singles final on day twelve of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 13, 2019.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"615434\" data-portal-copyright=\"GLYN KIRK\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afp_1ip5kr-e1563110588677-1.jpg\" title=\"US player Serena Williams is interviewed during the presentation after losing against Romania&#039;s Simona Halep during their women&#039;s singles final on day twelve of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 13, 2019.\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Serena Williams thanked her \u201cgreat friend\u201d Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex, for her overwhelming support during Wimbledon. <\/p>\n<p> The tennis ace was defeated in the women\u2019s singles final by Romania\u2019s Simona Halep on Saturday, and the mother-of-one was grateful for Meghan attending her matches during the championship. <\/p>\n<p> Serena told reporters at her post-match press conference that having the support and friendship of the Duchess \u201cis great,\u201d and added: \u201cShe\u2019s such a great friend and a great person as well. And always positive, no matter what.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" Britain\u2019s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, sits in the Royal Box on Centre Court to watch Romania\u2019s Simona Halep playing US player Serena Williams during their women\u2019s singles final on day twelve of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 13, 2019.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"615433\" data-portal-copyright=\"BEN STANSALL\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afp_1ip4ak-e1563110518858.jpg\" title=\" Britain\u2019s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, sits in the Royal Box on Centre Court to watch Romania\u2019s Simona Halep playing US player Serena Williams during their women\u2019s singles final on day twelve of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 13, 2019.\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt\u2019s so good to have people like that, just to know\u2026 (she\u2019s) such a fan of the sport,\u201d the 37-year-old shared. \u201cShe too is happy for Simona. She saw that she played unbelievably, and that\u2019s just the kind of person that she is.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Meghan attended the match on Saturday alongside sister-in-law Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, and the royal duo were joined by Kate\u2019s sister Pippa Middleton. <\/p>\n<p> Kate suited the Wimbledon colours perfectly in a dark green Dolce &amp; Gabbana dress, while new mum Meghan opted for a pleated Hugo Boss skirt paired with a white shirt. <\/p>\n<p> Meghan previously supported Serena at her Wimbledon match against 18-year-old Kaja Juvan earlier this month, and sat in the stands alongside close friends Lindsay Roth and Genevieve Hillis. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cYes, I knew she was there. It\u2019s always exciting when she comes out to watch and support the tennis so I was happy,\u201d Serena said at the time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Serena Williams thanked her \u201cgreat friend\u201d Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex, for her overwhelming support during Wimbledon. The tennis ace was defeated in the women\u2019s singles <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457751\" title=\"Serena William thanks &#039;great friend&#039; Duchess Meghan for Wimbledon support\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":457753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457757,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457751\/revisions\/457757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/457753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=457751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=457751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}