Serena Williams puts unrest year behind her as she gets engaged

 
2016 might not have been the best year by Serena William's standard but the tennis great can celebrate the end of the year with her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. 

According to CNN, a spokesperson for Ohanian confirmed that he popped the question while the two were vacationing in Rome.

Williams has actually announced the engegement herself in a Reddit post on its "r/isaidyes" forum.

"I came home/A little late/Someone had a bag packed for me/And a carriage awaited", Williams said in her Reddit post, which was written like a poem and had a cartoon of the couple at the top.

Ohanian, 33, also announced the engagement on his Facebook page, linking to Williams' Reddit post and adding, "She said yes."

Williams and Ohanian, who have been dating since the fall of 2015 and have mostly kept their romance out of the spotlight.

She however post pictures of them on her Instagram account from time to time.