SERENA WILLIAMS has highlighted the need for “self-love” as she posed in a bikini photo to celebrate her postpartum body.

The tennis legend posted herself on Monday with her second daughter who she gave birth to just six months ago.

5Serena Williams has called for ‘self-love’ to celebrate her postpartum body as she posed with her second daughter AdiraCredit: Instagram @serenawilliams

5The tennis icon has been vocal about spreading body positivity since her retirement in 2022Credit: Getty

5Williams opened up about how she ‘loves that her body is not picture perfect’Credit: EPA

Williams, 42, has been vocal about spreading body positivity since her retirement from tennis in 2022.

And she has highlighted to her fans the need for “self-love” in her recent Instagram post.

The American captioned the photo: “Loving yourself is essential. I find that I have to remind myself of that self-love through all different stages in my life.

“Right now I love that my body is not picture perfect. I love that I smell like milk – that milk sustains Adira Ohanian.