United Kingdom, Aug. 21 -- Serena Williams has lost over 30lbs with the aid of weight-loss medication.

The tennis champion found it hugely "frustrating" when she was unable to get her pre-pregnancy physique back after giving birth to daughter Olympia in 2017 and faced similar struggles when her second daughter Adira was born in August 2023.

She told People magazine: "[After Olympia]I never was able to get to the weight I needed to be no matter what I did, no matter how much I trained.

"It was crazy because I'd never been in a place like that in my life where I worked so hard, ate so healthy and could never get down to where I needed to be at.

"I had never taken shortcuts in my career and always worked really hard. I know what it takes...