Roger Federer vs Serena Williams: Hopman Cup live stream, TV guide and preview

Roger Federer will take on Serena Williams for the first time ever on the tennis court in what will be a dream match for fans worldwide.

The dream match between Roger Federer and Serena Williams is finally upon us and it takes place at the Perth Arena in Australia on Tuesday, January 1.

When does the match start and how to watch it live online

The much-anticipated Hopman Cup match will not start before 8:30 pm local time, 6 pm IST and 12:30 pm GMT.

Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 2 HD will provide live television coverage of the match in India. The live stream will be available on Sony Liv.

Roger Federer vs Serena Williams preview

Two athletes with parallel excellence are finally destined to meet each other when Federer and Williams take on each other in a mixed doubles match at the Hopman Cup. While the former will be partnering Belinda Bencic to represent Switzerland, the latter will team up with Frances Tiafoe for the United States of America.

Roger Federer Serena Williams — Roger Federer and Serena Williams with their respective Wimbledon 2012 titles.Tom Lovelock / AELTC via Getty Images

"I've been looking forward to it since I saw it. I was like, 'Oh, my God, this is so cool.' So it's just something that, as a player, is something that you would dream of, to play Roger Federer," the New York Times reported Williams as saying.

Federer echoed similar sentiments saying this might perhaps be the only meeting between the two legends.

"It's very exciting for both of us. I hope that a lot of tennis fans are going to tune in and watch it, because it's going to be one time and probably never again, in this kind of a competition."

"We're both fierce competitors and we always want to win. We try our best," Federer added.

Williams and Federer are perhaps the greatest tennis players in the history of the game and hold the record for winning the most number of grand slam titles for any man and woman in the open era. Federer has 20 men's singles grand slam victories and Williams has won 23 grand slams.

The Swiss and the American have won titles on the same court on the same weekend eight times with the first of them being in 2003 and the final one coming in 2017.