Episodes

Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Episode 175a: Ana, Auckland, and Anamneses
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
It's our Season 6 premiere! This is our 217th episode, and golly do Ben and Courtney have lots to reflect on before we get started with 2017. Time to look back to move forward.
First, we look back at the career and legacy of Ana Ivanovic, who played excellent tennis at times and was a joy to be around always. We discuss the role she plays in our separate and joint tennis origin stories, and what made her such a welcome presence on tour. Then, Ben chats with Auckland tournament director Karl Budge about running a tournament that has attracted increasingly star-studded fields (including Serena, Venus, and Wozniacki this year), and the differences between running ATP and WTA events.
Then we get into the meat of the show, which is our annual nostalgia trip known as "Remember When...?" It's so meaty this time that we need to carve it into two pieces, so this #175a will be followed by #175b in the near future.
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
Episode 141m: Australian Open Day 14/Wrap: Novak Sends Us Home
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
Another Australian Open, another Novak Djokovic title. Ben and Courtney know the unsurprisingness of it all is unsurprising, because it's becoming clear that Novak Djokovic is just in a league of his own. So, how will he do against a tougher opponent than any now on tour: history? And where does this tournament leave Andy Murray, besides once again cementing his trophy ceremony tearjerker crown? Then, we wrap up the tournament with a brief look at Petra Kvitova splitting with longtime coach David Kotyza, and who we're going to be watching coming out of Australia.

Saturday Jan 30, 2016
Episode 141l: Australian Open Day 13: Kerber Stuns Serena for Title
Saturday Jan 30, 2016
Saturday Jan 30, 2016

Friday Jan 29, 2016
Episode 141k: Australian Open Day 12: Djokovic-Murray Will Go Again
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Friday Jan 29, 2016

Thursday Jan 28, 2016
Episode 141j: Australian Open Day 11: Serena and Kerber Into the Final
Thursday Jan 28, 2016
Thursday Jan 28, 2016
We're wrapping up just the women's semifinals from Melbourne today (chat on both men's semifinals coming to you tomorrow), and Ben and Courtney are pretty happy with the final we got. Serena was crazy good against Radwanska, and you'll hear about it from *both* coaches involved, Tomasz Wiktorowski and Patrick Mouratoglou. Serena will face Angelique Kerber in the final, so we hear from both Angie and veteran German reporter Doris Henkel about the state of German tennis and other such bossly goodies. Will this final be a good one? We think/hope so.

Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Episode 141i: Australian Open Day 10: Kerber Switches On
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016

Monday Jan 25, 2016
Episode 141g: Australian Open Day 8: Serena-Maria Nostalgia
Monday Jan 25, 2016
Monday Jan 25, 2016

Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Episode 141f: Australian Open Day 7: The Unexpecteds
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Sunday Jan 24, 2016

Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Episode 141b: Australian Open Day 2: Feel-Good Upset
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016

Monday Jan 18, 2016
Episode 141a: Australian Open Day 1: Fixin' for a Fixin'
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Monday Jan 18, 2016
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