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Served with Andy Roddick

5 SETTER: Roger Federer Returns, US Open Updates, & more

Served with Andy Roddick

Served Media

Tennis, Society & Culture, Sports

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

5 SETTER: This Week in Racket Sports, where we bring you the top five headlines across tennis, padel, pickleball, and more. In this episode, we cover the biggest stories shaking up the world of racket sports: 1. Monica Seles reveals her fight with myasthenia gravis 2. Roger Federer returns... for an exhibition 3. Frances Tiafoe joins Laver Cup 4. US Open: Who's in? Who's out? 5. Defending champs (Jannik Sinner & Aryna Sabalenka) make history in Cincinnati Watch the Full Maria Sharapova episode here: https://youtu.be/6UFq3dGNL2A If you follow pro tennis, play padel or pickleball, or just want to stay in the loop with the fastest-growing sports on the planet, this is your weekly fix. Subscribe for weekly episodes covering major stories, sharp insights, and fun surprises in the world of racket sports. COMMENT BELOW What was your favorite racket story from this week? 📩 Sign up for the 5 Setter Newsletter here: https://servedmedia.substack.com/ Check out some Served Merch: https://store.servedpodcast.com/ 🎾 Join the Served Chucker's Club for Exclusive Perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0k_--YLuTNuDvq1Dw4zHmw/join 📱If you're new to the Served with Andy Roddick, we're happy you're here! Follow us for more: https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/servedpodcast.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast #TennisNews #RacketSports #2025USOpen #JannikSinner #RogerFederer #TennisPodcast #5Setter #SportsHighlights #WeeklyRecap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here is a big existential question for every media company today. Do they fight the AI

0:07.3

tech overlords or do they just take their money? So far, most of them are taking the money,

0:12.9

but a few are fighting. One of them is Zip Davis. This is Peter Kafka, the host of channels.

0:19.6

And on this week's episode, I'm talking to Zip Davis, CEO of Avec Shah, who tells me he's kind of optimistic about the media business and why he's taking on the people behind ChatGBT.

0:29.3

That's this week on channels, wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

0:35.5

What's up, Chuckers? This is your served five-setter for August 15th, and these are your top five stories from the world of racquet sports in 10 minutes or less.

0:45.5

Fed is making a return with friends.

0:48.0

Tiafo joins a super team.

0:50.1

Sinner joins the big three in the record books and Venus is official for NYC.

0:55.0

But first, some news that shocked the tennis world.

0:59.0

A big announcement from Monica Celis, the nine-time Grand Slam champion, reveals that she's living with Miastina Gravas, a disease more commonly called M.G.

1:09.0

It's a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease that weakens voluntary muscle control.

1:14.6

Sellis first noticed symptoms while casually hitting with her family,

1:17.6

when she suddenly saw two tennis balls coming towards her.

1:21.6

In her first public interview about the condition,

1:23.6

she told the Associated Press,

1:25.6

it has made even simple tasks like drying her hair more difficult.

1:29.3

Celis frames this as another quote, reset in her life, alongside her move to the U.S. as a teenager

1:36.3

and her recovery from the infamous 1993 on court stabbing.

1:40.3

Here's a clip from that interview.

1:42.3

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.

1:51.0

Then obviously my stabbing had to do a huge reset and then really being diagnosed with my Steena Gravis, another reset.

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