December Chris Oddo 12/12/2017

Serena Kicks Up Comeback Excitement

Serena Williams' shoes spiked interest she could be kicking off her comeback at the Australian Open.The reigning Australian Open champion posted this image of her glittering gold new Nike kicks captioned: "Be excited. Be very excited…"

Be excited. Be very excited….
A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on
Dec 11, 2017 at 6:03am PST

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has not played since defeating sister Venus in the 2017 Australian Open final. Williams has been hitting and training and is on the entry list for the Australian Open, which begins on January 15th.Serena gave birth to her first child, daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian, who has her own Twitter account and is already working out.

Dad & I hit the gym hard today.
A post shared by Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. (@olympiaohanian) on
Dec 11, 2017 at 5:32pm PST

Photo credit: Mark Peterson/Corleve]]>

Chris Oddo

Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.