United Kingdom, April 16 -- Serena Williams has revealed why she held back from securing a Taylor Swift autograph for her daughter during the 2025 Super Bowl.

The 43-year-old tennis champion told Time magazine in a new interview about the incident, saying she swerved the chance to snag the star's signature after realising the singer was facing a tough evening as her boyfriend's team began to fall behind.

Serena said: "I was ready to go in here myself and be like, 'Taylor, come get this girl'.

"It's hard when your team is losing. I totally get it."

She added she her husband Alexis Ohanian, 41, had hoped to introduce their six-year-old daughter Olympia to 35-year-old Taylor in her private suite at the Caesar's Superdome, where the star ...