Picking up where we left off on the last episode, Ben and Tumaini cover several other big stories from the first part of this season. We talk about the diverging fates of Brits in tennis, as Andy Murray sets a dispirited retirement date while Katie Boulter surges to a new high.
We then spend quite a while on the health of women's tennis as a product, which seems to be getting left in the dust while the men surge, with no apparent strategy for building interest in their product. What can be done? And how transformative can the looming infusion of Saudi cash be? (Here's a link to a separate Cracked Racquets podcast Ben did on the Saudi ATP sponsorship.)
We also catch up on recent results in men's tennis, talk about the pleasant alternate tennis universe that is the South American "Golden Swing," and cover the Netflix Slam (we recorded before Break Point was cancelled), with a bit on its uncertain star Rafael Nadal.
Thanks for listening!
Episode 165d: U.S. Open - The Women in the Room
Episode 165c: U.S. Open - Halfway Home
Episode 165b: U.S. Open Foot Soldiers
Episode 164: US Open Preview State of Mind
Episode 163: Golden Girl Monica Puig and More Rio Results
Episode 162a: Olympian Upset: Delpo Defeats Djokovic
Episode 162: Federer Out, Olderers In
Episode 161: Vika, Zika, Paprika
Episode 160d: Wimbledon Volley 4: Serena and Murray Slay
Episode 160c: Wimbledon Volley 3: Super Semifinals Set!
Episode 160b: Wimbledon Volley 2: Querrey Stuns Djokovic
Episode 160a: Wimbledon Volley 1: Marcus Willis (Cartman)
Episode 159: Wimbledon 2016 Draw Preview Super-Duperness!
Episode 158: Walking Wimbledon, From Lands Of Grass and Ice
Episode 157: Nick Lester
Episode 156: Muguruza Wins a First; Djokovic Wins Everything
Episode 155c: French Open Petit, Trois: Into the Second Week
Episode 155b: French Open Petit, Deux: Adios, Rafa (With Marta Mateo)
Episode 155a: French Open Petit, Un: Maria, Osaka, Gulbis
Episode 154: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, Part Deux
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