Tennis Today: Serena Williams ‘getting ready for the GOAT’ Roger Federer

In Tennis Today, Serena Williams launches a clothing line pop-up and then does a bit of “boxing” ahead of her mixed doubles clash against Roger Federer.

What’s on the site
In part two of our exclusive with Tommy Haas, the German discusses Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Alexander Zverev.

In case you missed part one, here you go…

Things are getting a bit heated between John Isner and Lleyton Hewitt after the Australian urged the ATP “to do something” following Justin Gimelstob’s arrest.

Will Andy Murray return to the top of the game following hip surgery? John McEnroe thinks so.

And finally, the Australian Open is set to follow in Wimbledon’s footsteps by introducing final-set tie-breakers on the back of the Kevin Anderson-John Isner marathon at SW19 this year.

What’s in the news
Serena Williams has been very busy in recent days and on Wednesday she “launched her clothing line pop up in Miami Beach” with Caroline Wozniacki on hand to support, reports the Daily Mail.

As you can see it is a bit of a struggle in terms of stories in the papers at the moment.

What’s on social media
Mark Petchy has taken issue with Catherine Whitaker’s tweet about Andy Murray’s comments regarding sexism in sport…and we might get Murray and Petchy on the Tennis Podcast as a result.

She’s already proposed the idea of a podcast to discuss it with you and Andy, which would be a better place to cover the issue and its nuances. I know that I will have been guilty of sexism, albeit unwittingly, over the years, by the way.

— David Law (@DavidLawTennis) December 5, 2018

Serena Williams #GettingReadyForTheGoat…watch her in the background.

 

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I heard I have to play @rogerfederer in my first tournament back at the @hopmancup next year. So I decided to join @jarmere in his boxing class. I am not sure if I’m cut out for this…. #GettingReadyForTheGOAT

A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Dec 5, 2018 at 9:14am PST

Alexander Zverev hits the gym.

 

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Not perfect yet but not to bad either ???????? @built4tennis

A post shared by Alexander Zverev (@alexzverev123) on Dec 5, 2018 at 2:22am PST

Nick Kyrgios with a bit of boxing as well.

 

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How’s my shoulder roll @bronzebomber ???????????????

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Stick to tennis Alex De Minaur.

 

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@cricketaustralia don’t sign me up!!! #handslikefeet #eatingdirt

A post shared by Alex De Minaur 🇦🇺 (@alexdeminaur) on Dec 5, 2018 at 3:59am PST

Well done to Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber on being the only athlete to make Der Spiegel’s 2018 Annual.

Angelique Kerber is the only athlete on the cover of Der Spiegel’s 2018 Annual, next to the likes of Merkel, the British Royals and Mark Zuckerberg pic.twitter.com/EcgjioBqaC

— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) December 5, 2018

What’s on TV
It’s perhaps best that you don’t look at this section in the next few weeks.