Serena Williams and Her Daughters Denied Entry to Paris Restaurant

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Serena Williams and Her Daughters Denied Entry to Paris Restaurant

Serena Williams and her daughters were prevented from entering a restaurant in Paris.

The retired tennis champion criticized a luxury hotel in Paris on Monday evening, August 5, for being “denied access” to the hotel’s rooftop restaurant along with her children.

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Serena, who served as a torch bearer at the opening ceremony of this summer’s Olympics, wrote on X: “Yikes @peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places … but never with my kids.”

“Always a first.” She added on a hashtag for the Olympics.

Serena Williams and Her Daughters Denied Entry to Paris Restaurant

Williams first arrived in the French capital in late July, ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony in which she participated as a torch bearer.

Williams won four Olympic gold medals over the course of her career.

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