How Serena's British hitting partner kept comeback secret

How Serena's British hitting partner kept comeback secretTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, How Serena's training partner from Wigan kept her return secretByRussell FullerTennis correspondentPublished9 minutes agoDavid Quayle was visiting his parents when his phone rang, and he was asked to fly to Florida to help prepare Serena Williams for a return to professional tennis.The 26-year-old from Wigan has become an established hitting partner since his playing days on the Futures Tour, and shared a court with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at last year's Wimbledon.But after fielding that call in May - and once he had finished "pacing around the house in excitement" - he soon realised he would need to keep it a closely guarded secret."There was this excitement that she was going to play Queen's, but no-one knew yet," Quayle told BBC Sport."I didn't tell anyone, [no-one] except my family knew where I was going. "It was quite exciting to be in on this little secret that you knew when the tennis world hears it would be huge news."Quayle practised with Williams for just over a week on a hard court at one of her Floridian properties. He stayed nearby with Jarmere Jenkins, who once served as the 44-year-old's hitting partner, but will now coach her in conjunction with Grand Slam doubles champion Rennae Stubbs.When Jenkins first called to invite Quayle to Florida, the Briton told him he had met Williams when he was a teenager.In fact, he had spent the best part of a month training with her at the Mouratoglou Academy in France in the lead up to the 2018 French Open, where Williams made her Grand Slam return after maternity leave."Send me the photos," Jenkins told him, and promised to show them to Williams to see if she remembered - which Quayle thinks she did "a little bit".The sessions in Florida were a success and Qu...