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What's up chuckers? This is your served five setter for August 15th and these are your top five stories from the world of racket sports in 10 minutes or less. Fed is making a return with friends. Tiafo joins a super team. Sinner joins the big three in the record books. And Venus is official for nyc. But first, some news that shocked the tennis world. A big announcement from Monica Selles. The nine time Grand Slam champion reveals that she's living with Myastina gravas, a disease more commonly called mg. It's a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease that weakens voluntary muscle control. Selles first noticed symptoms while casually hitting with her family when she suddenly saw two tennis balls coming towards her. In her first public interview about the condition, she told the Associated Press it has made even simple tasks like drying her hair more difficult. Seles frames this as another quote reset in her life alongside her move to the US as a teenager and her recovery from the infamous 1993 on court stabbing. Here's a clip from that interview.
Monica Seles (2:10)
Becoming a great player, it's a reset too, because the fame, money, the attention changes and it's hard as a 16 year old to deal with all that. Then obviously my stabbing had to do a huge reset. And then really being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. Another reset. But one thing as I tell kids that I mentor, you gotta always adjust. That ball is bouncing and you just gotta adjust. And that's what I'm doing now.
Podcast Host (2:36)
Seles is breaking her silence on MG to use her voice to educate and remind others that no one has to face this battle alone. On to set number two and Roger Federer will be back on court, but not for an ATP match. It's going to be an exhibition and in classic fed fashion, the 20 time major winner spoke eloquently about the details.