Serena Williams praised for showing postpartum struggles after failing to fit back into denim skirt

She’s not skirting around the hard conversations.

Fans applauded Serena Williams for opening up about her postpartum body struggles while trying on a denim skirt that used to fit her before giving birth to her two children.

“Ok everyone, I have been working my 🍑 off!” the tennis champion, 42, captioned an Instagram video Wednesday. “Let’s see what happens with my jean skirt. Can I fit it yet? Check it out!”

In the video, Williams is seen wearing shapewear as she attempts to squeeze into the maxi skirt.

“I’ve been gyming a lot, but I don’t know if the needle is moving,” she said while stepping into the rigid garment. “Let’s see if Compton has a problem still.”

As the athlete struggled to get the skirt over her hips, she admitted, “I can’t say I’m happy about this.”

Williams shared that she had tried on the skirt nearly six weeks prior and was hoping for more progress.

“It’s getting there,” she said with a laugh, adding that “before” she could only pull it to under her butt and she was now able to pull it up a little higher this time.

“So, almost there,” she said. “See? We’re going to have to do a side-by-side ’cause it’s like an inch higher.”