The Tennis Abstract Podcast
By Jeff Sackmann
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Episodes: 116
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Jeff Sackmann talks tennis and analytics with a rotating cast of experts and superfans.
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Ep 116: Tennis 128 Wrap-Up
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Ep 115: Jeff McFarland on Jim Courier and GOAT Algorithms
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Ep 114: Ana Mitric on Goran Ivanisevic and Tennis in the Former Yugoslavia
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ep 113: Grace Lichtenstein on A Long Way, Baby and Women's Tennis in 1973
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Ep 112: Carl Bialik on Rosie Casals and A Long Way, Baby
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Ep 111: Tim Boeseler on Michael Stich and Serve-and-Volley Tennis
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ep 110: Carl Bialik on Stan Wawrinka (and the Australian Open)
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Ep 109: Joe Posnanski on the Australian Open and GOAT Lists
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Ep 108: Gerry Marzorati on Serena Williams and Tennis Coverage in the 21st Century
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Ep 107: Book Club: Sudden Death, by Alvaro Enrigue
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May 26, 2021 |
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Ep 106: Monte Carlo Simulations Aren't As Good As the Real Thing
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Ep 105: Book Club: Days of Grace, by Arthur Ashe
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Ep 104: The Present and Future of Jannik Sinner
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Ep 103: Katrina Adams on Role Models, Grassroots Development, and Tennis Governance
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Ep 102: Erik Jonsson on the Rising Wave of Stars in Men's Tennis
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Ep 101: Author Larry Olmsted on the Benefits of Sports Fandom
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Ep 100: 100 Questions for Episode 100
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Ep 99: Author Julie DiCaro on Serena Williams, Women in Sports, and the Limits of Sports Media
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Ep 98: Book Club: Couples, by John Updike
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Ep 97: Matt Futterman on the Australian Open and Sports With Fans
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Ep 96: Author Dave Seminara in the Footsteps of Roger Federer
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Ep 95: Joe Posnanski on Djokovic, Osaka, and Tennis Greatness
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Ep 94: Injury Management, and How Much It Matters In Modern Tennis
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Ep 93: ESPN's Bill Connelly on What Novak Djokovic Does Better
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Ep 92: Natural Experiments and Second-Order Pandemic Effects
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Ep 91: Book Club: A Handful of Summers by Gordon Forbes
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Ep 90: Joshua Robinson on Global Sports (and Tennis) in a Tough Pandemic Year
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Ep 89: Rebuilding the History of Women's Tennis
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Ep 88: Author David Berry on his People's History of Tennis
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Ep 87: Author Sasha Abramsky on Lottie Dod, the Little Wonder
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Ep 86: A New Documentary on Guillermo Vilas and the No. 1 Ranking
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Ep 85: Author Steven Blush on 1970s World Team Tennis
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Ep 84: Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, and a Tactically Brilliant Future
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Ep 83: Is the Practice Court Broken?
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Ep 82: ATP Cup and WTA Season Preview
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Ep 81: Joshua Robinson on Diriyah Cup and the Ethics of Sports in Saudi Arabia
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Ep 80: Martin Ingram on Predicting Match Outcomes, Bayesian Style
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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Ep 79: Paul Timmons on the Broken Structure of Pro Tennis
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Ep 78: The Davis Cup Finals
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Ep 77: Erik Jonsson on Swedish Tennis and the NextGen Finals
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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Ep 76: US Open Recap
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Ep 75: US Open Preview
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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Ep 74: More Aggression For Medvedev, More Control For Madison Keys
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Ep 73: Rogers Cup Review, on Rafa, Medvedev, Andreescu, Serena, Kenin, and More
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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Ep 72: The Unbreakable Alex de Minaur, the Unfocused Alexander Zverev, and the Unaffiliated World Team Tennis
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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Ep 71: An Analytical Approach to the Tennis Hall of Fame
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Ep 70: Djokovic, Federer, Simona, Serena, and a Wimbledon Finals Weekend to Remember
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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Ep 69: Middle Sunday Check-Ins on Gauff, Nadal, Murray, Serena, Barty, and the Draw
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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Ep 68: Wimbledon Preview: Hot Streaks for Pliskova and Fritz, and a Cold Streak for Serve-and-Volley
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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Ep 67: Wimbledon Warm-Up Wins for Federer, Barty, and Andy Murray
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Ep 66: The Grass is Greener, Even For a Few Dirtballers
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Ep 65: Rafa! Barty! Krawietz/Mies! Roland Garros in Review
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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Ep 64: French Open Final Fours
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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Ep 63: The Last 16 at Roland Garros
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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Ep 62: A Roman Holiday for Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova
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May 20, 2019 |
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Ep 61: Reading Rafael Nadal's Tea Leaves
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May 13, 2019 |
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Ep 60: Goodbye, David Ferrer. Hello, Cristian Garin
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May 06, 2019 |
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Ep 59: More Surprises on Clay, and L'Affaire Gimelstob
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Ep 58: An Unexpected Introduction to the European Clay Season
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Ep 57: Clay Court Specialists, Return Attackers, and Predictable Servers
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Ep 56: Gender Differences in Surface Differences
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Ep 55: Miami Titles for Barty and Federer
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Ep 54: Miami At the Half-Way Point
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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Ep 53: Indian Wells in Review
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Ep 52: The Unpredictable WTA of Osaka, Stephens, and Sasnovich
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Ep 51: 100 For Federer, and 50.4% for Kyrgios
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Ep 50: Easy Draws, Tough Draws, and the Difficulty of Forecasting
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Ep 49: The New York Open, Surprise Finalists, and Clay Court Tactics
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Ep 48: Fed Cup and a Survey of Tennis Analytics
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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Ep 47: Davis Cup and Another Week of Tennis Shenanigans
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Ep 46: Australian Open Recap
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Ep 45: Australian Open Week One
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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Ep 44: Andy Murray's Retirement and an Australian Open Preview
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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Ep 43: Berdych's Comeback, Andreescu's Breakthrough, and Karlovic's Longevity
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Ep 42: 2019 Season Preview
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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Ep 41: A Breakthrough for Zverev, a Season In the Books, and a New Team Event
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Ep 40: Fed Cup, the ATP Tour Finals, and a Sandbox Full of Rule Changes
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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Ep 39: Khachanov's Paris Title, and WTA Finals in Review
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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Ep 38: A Look at the WTA Finals Field in Singapore
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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Ep 37: Djokovic and Halep Pad Their Career Totals
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Ep 36: Knights of the Federer Roundtable
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Ep 35: Here Comes Aryna Sabalenka
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Ep 34: Laver Cup and the Changing Tennis Landscape
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Ep 33: Farewell, Davis Cup World Group Playoffs
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Ep 32: US Open Recap
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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Ep 31: US Open Week Two
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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Ep 30: US Open Week One
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Ep 29: A New Davis Cup and a Career Golden Masters
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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Ep 28: Tsitsipas, Sloane, and the Serve Clock
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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Ep 27: Roland Garros Preview
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May 26, 2018 |
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Ep 26: Reasons for Optimism
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May 21, 2018 |
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Ep 25: Number Ones, Present and Future
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May 14, 2018 |
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Ep 24: Figuring Out Who Figures Out Clay
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May 07, 2018 |
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Ep 23: Rafa, Las Undecimas, and The Shot Clock
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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Ep 22: Davis Cup, Present and Future
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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Ep 21: Talking About Talking About Tactics
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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Ep 20: Five Tournaments, Lots of Decisions
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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Ep 19: Comeback Stories
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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Ep 18: A New Season Attacks
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Ep 17: US Open in Review
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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Ep 16: The Second Half of our Second Week Chat
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Sep 08, 2017 |
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Ep 15: We're Back!
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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Ep 14: Wimbledon Preview
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Jul 01, 2017 |
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Ep 13: Kvitova vs Barty, Serena vs McEnroe, and Federer vs The Field
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Jun 27, 2017 |
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Ep 12: Fed's Match Points, Vika's Return, and Wimbledon's Seeding Formula
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Jun 19, 2017 |
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Ep 11: The French Open in Review
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Jun 12, 2017 |
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Ep 10: On and Off Script at Roland Garros
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Jun 05, 2017 |
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Ep 9: Roland Garros Preview and the Value of Surface-Specific Forecasts
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May 28, 2017 |
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Ep 8: Zverev's Title, Emerging WTA Favorites, and a New Match Format
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May 22, 2017 |
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Ep 7: Champion Simona, King Rafa, and Memories of Pico
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May 15, 2017 |
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Ep 6: Djokovic Goes Coachless and Sharapova Looks Dangerous in a Patchy Madrid Field
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May 08, 2017 |
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Episode 5: Sharapova in Stuttgart, Nadal in Barcelona, and a Dose of Doubles
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May 02, 2017 |
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Episode 4: La Decima, a Wild Fed Cup Weekend, and Sharapova's Return
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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Episode 3: Champions Young and Old
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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Episode 2: Doubles, Wild Cards, and the Role of Megastars
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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Episode 1: Indian Wells, Miami, and the Renewal of Federer-Nadal
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Apr 06, 2017 |