After Zendaya sparked engagement rumors by debuting an engagement ring on the Golden Globes’ crimson carpet — Cynthia Erivo virtually did the identical factor on the Grammys crimson carpet — the web is speculating as soon as once more. This time the couple is Venus Williams and her actor beau, Andrea Preti.
The 44-year-old tennis champion was not too long ago noticed after a coaching session in Rome with some new bling on her left ring finger — a shimmery sq. cushion-cut diamond ring.
Different photographs obtained by Folks journal present Williams and the 36-year-old actor canoodling within the Roman streets with smiles on their faces.
Rumors about Williams and Preti’s relationship began final summer time when photographs surfaced of them vacationing collectively in Nerano, Italy.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion was beforehand romantically linked to mannequin Elio Pis in 2012 and Nicholas Hammond in 2017 (who was her date to her little sister Serena’s wedding ceremony). Following a cut up from Hammond in 2019, Williams embraced the one life for a number of years.
Talking to Glamour UK about that section, she admitted “I feel it’s very easy to get caught in a single life and generally – no less than for me – more durable to get out.”
Information of a attainable engagement arrives days after the Olympian reposted a romantic quote from Preti’s Instagram Tales on Wednesday.
“My mom as soon as mentioned to me: ‘You’ll at all times be a precedence for the individuals who actually care about you.’ – Rithvik Singh,” the quote learn, in keeping with a screenshot posted on sports activities and leisure outlet, Sportskeeda.
Whereas Venus could also be within the midst of a brand new chapter in her life, her love for enjoying tennis at a excessive degree stays.
In an interview with the Irish Information she declared that she was “not executed with the racket but.”
“At this level, it’s about choosing and selecting locations I need to be. Final yr I actually needed to play in Miami – residence – as a result of I hadn’t performed there in like 5 years,” she mentioned, including, “It’s good to be in a spot the place I can decide and select, however my recreation is at all times at a excessive degree.”
