Serena Williams says she’s ‘super interested’ in owning a WNBA team [Video]

Serena Williams said she would be “super interested” in owning a WNBA team, adding that the sport of women’s basketball is having its moment while speaking with CNN on Monday.

The 23-time grand slam tennis champion said because of the infectious excitement surrounding women’s sports, and especially women’s basketball, “it’s an overly safe bet” for her to invest.

“I absolutely would be [interested]. With the right market, I would definitely be super-interested in that,” she said to CNN. 

Williams had been working on her investment portfolio before she started to venture from her tennis career. She’s one of the main investors in Angel City FC, a National Women’s Soccer League team, and she’s part-owner of the Los Angeles Golf Club team in the Tomorrow Golf League. 

According to CNN, her company Serena Ventures has invested in 66 startups, and 78% of them were formed by women and people of color — something she …