In a recent video spot, the 43-year-old athlete reveals that Ro helped her lose 31 pounds in eight months. “Yes, I’m on Ro. They say GLP-1s for weight loss is a shortcut. It’s not, it’s science. After kids, it’s a medicine my body needed,” she says.

Williams is not the first sportsperson to promote GLP-1 weight loss medication but she is the most high profile and easily the most significant

The 23-time Grand Slam champion says the medication is no shortcut, but a tool alongside exercise, diet and discipline