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 99: Rot/Twerp; Slay/Drag
Episode 98: Back to the Wells
Episode 97: Just as Auspected = Novak & Serena
Episode 96: Aussie Aussie Open! Oi, Oi, Oi!
Episode 95: Get Up, Go Under
Episode 94: Secret Santa Edition
Episode 93: The Princess and the Queen
Episode 92: Overstuffed With Thanks
Episode 91: atp DOT wtf DOT com SLASH crybaby
Episode 90: Endings and a New Beginning
Episode 89: Of Great Walls of Fire and Rising Stars
Episode 88: Li Na, Behind the Wall
Episode 87: Li Na Flies Away
Episode 86: U.S. Open is A-O.K.
Episode 85: U.S. Open for Business
Episode 84: The Greatest Roadtrip 2: Check Your Tire Pressure
Episode 83: The Washington and Stanford Files
Episode 82: Copy? Over.
Episode 81b: Question–Tell Me What You Think About…That
Episode 81a: Question--Tell Me What You Think About...This
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