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 153a: The NCRvision Song Contest!
Episode 153: Madrid, Murresmo, Mozzarella
Episode 152: In Madrid with Timea Bacsinszky
Episode 151: You Can't Do That on Television
Episode 150: Southern Fried Tennis
Episode 149b: Tax Day! With Kelsey Anderson
Episode 149a: 69-year-old Gail Falkenberg, "The Legend"
Episode 149: Doubly Dominant Dominos
Episode 148: Forehands and Backhands (sorta)
Episode 147: "Ladies Know What I'm Talking About"
Episode 146: Rounding up Maria Sharapova
Episode 145A: Maria Sharapova Tests Positive for Banned Substance
Episode 145: Tennis Goes Hollywood
Episode 144: Overpromised, Underdelivered
Episode 143: Twitchy on the Trigger
Episode 142: Gaming the System
Episode 141m: Australian Open Day 14/Wrap: Novak Sends Us Home
Episode 141l: Australian Open Day 13: Kerber Stuns Serena for Title
Episode 141k: Australian Open Day 12: Djokovic-Murray Will Go Again
Episode 141j: Australian Open Day 11: Serena and Kerber Into the Final
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