Serena Williams told the world that she has learned to love her ‘curves,’ in an interview with the May issue of the Fitness Magazine, the 32-year-old tennis champion showed us that she meant what she said,

Serena put her muscular but shapely physique on full display in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday. The sports star splashed her way through a fun day at the beach with friends.

Looking like she was having a blast, the player and a girlfriend alternated between soaking up the sun on beach chairs and sipping on drinks in the small waves.

She told the May issue of the magazine: ‘When I was young I thought I should be built more like an athlete – long and lean – not with a womanly figure.’

But with her fans’ support and admiration realized she was perfect the way she was.

‘People my age started coming up to me and saying, “I love you because of the way you look.” That was really motivating.

Here are the pictures.