We hadn’t planned to record a podcast today, but then Roger Federer tweeted about merging the ATP and WTA, and we were suddenly in emergency podcast territory.
Why has it taken until now, during a global pandemic and 50 years after Billie Jean King first proposed the idea, for some of the top men to get behind it? How likely is it to actually happen? And what are the potential stumbling blocks?
In the second half of the show, David speaks to John Millman about his life without tennis, the need to support lower-ranked players financially during the coronavirus pandemic, his career-defining matches against Roger Federer, and, of course, his credentials to make it onto The Tennis Podcast boat.
The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, featuring Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners every December.
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US Open Day 9 - The Shelton Show meets Novak The Great; Gauff vs. Muchova - Yes Please!
US Open Day 8 - Heat causes havoc as big names fall
US Open Day 7 - Swiatek shocked, Sabalenka seizes No.1 and is an ATP/WTA Merger coming?
US Open Day 6 - Electric Alcaraz and the darkness of Ons
US Open Day 5 - American pack hunters; Djokovic survives but Rybakina doesn't
US Open Day 4 - Joy, despair: Wawrinka, Murray span the range
US Open Day 3 - Americans advance; Wozniacki rolls back years
US Open Day 2 - Was that the worst Ashe day ever?
US Open Day 1 - Coco survives the circus; Rune relegated to the boondocks
US Open - Tales from the Interview Room
US Open - The Draws!
Cincinnati - Drunk on Djokovic - Alcaraz; Crazy for Coco
Mid-Cincinnati chat
Canada - Pegula, Sinner make statements, but what do they mean?
Montreal & Toronto - Throwbacks, upsets, and a mixed bag for Canada
Gauff and Evans win big in Washington; Thiem takes a big step forward
What's happened since Wimbledon?
Max Eisenbud - Agent to Sharapova, Raducanu, Li Na
Live from Wimbledon Day 14 - Alcaraz achieves the ultimate
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