Serena Williams Shows Off Killer Curves in a Red Monokini for Fitness Magazine

Top-ranked tennis athlete Serena Williams graced the cover of Fitness magazine's May issue, wearing a red bikini and looking more toned as ever. Inside the issue, Serena also posed in a white bathing suit and even showed off her flexibility by posturing in a backbend pose. Serena talked about a number of things on top of her tennis career in her magazine feature, and one of them is being able to love her body.

Speaking to Fitness magazine, being an athlete with a body like hers, Serena revealed that it bothered her once before until she realised that her body was an inspiration to others. "When I was young, I thought I should be built more like an athlete, long and lean, not with a womanly figure," Serena told Fitness. She explained that people, around the same age as her, would suddenly come up to her and tell her how they love her physique which gave her the motivation to also love her body. "That was really motivating," Serena said before adding "So I learned to be proud of my curves and embrace my large boobs."

"It's all about loving who you are and realizing that you're beautiful."

Serena also talked about her love for other sports, and not only tennis. For Serena, she believes it is vital to play other sports too. "I ran, and then I biked, then I did elliptical, I tried yoga," said Serena. She revealed she even tried dancing.

Take a look at Serena's pictures from the latest Fitness magazine issue here.

Serena has competed in six tennis tournaments to date. She won the 2014 Brisbane International, defeating reigning champion Victoria Azarenka. Serena's next tournament was the Grand Slam of the Asia-Pacific, the 2014 Australian Open, but she lost to Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round. She then competed in the Qatar Open but was forced to pull out due to her back injury. She participated in the Dubai Tennis Championships where she suffered defeat from Alize Cornet in the semifinals.

Serena bagged her second championship title in the 2014 tennis season when she won in the Sony Open, beating China's Li Na in two straight sets. Her last tournament was the Family Circle Cup, but she was ousted by Jana Cepelova in the second round.