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Serena Williams is a mom!

MIAMI BEACH, FL - NOVEMBER 29:  Serena Williams attends the Audemars Piguet Art Commission Presents "Reconstruction of the Universe" By Sun Xun on November 29, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida.  (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Audemars Piguet)
MIAMI BEACH, FL - NOVEMBER 29: Serena Williams attends the Audemars Piguet Art Commission Presents "Reconstruction of the Universe" By Sun Xun on November 29, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Audemars Piguet) Getty Images for Audemars Piguet

She’s a mom!

Serena Williams was induced Thursday night at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Palm Beach, according to CBS12

The tennis star, 35, gave birth on Friday to a baby girl with her fiance Alexis Ohanian by her side. UsWeekly confirmed the happy news. 

Palm Beach’s WPBF-25 TV producer Chris Shepherd announced on Twitter that the infant weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, but his source is unclear. 

She announced her pregnancy by accident in April.

This story was originally published September 1, 2017 at 12:09 AM with the headline "Serena Williams is a mom!."

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