It looks like Serena Williams will be enjoying some time off! The tennis champion will be going on maternity leave after announcing her pregnancy this week. He representative confirmed her pregnancy with ET, and said she will miss the rest of the 2017 season. He little one is due in the fall, and Williams will return to tennis in 2018. Williams surprised fans with the news on social media. She took to snap chat to share a picture of her growing baby bump in a yellow swimsuit and wrote "20 weeks.