Ben and Courtney reconvene to discuss the eight women and eight men left standing after four rounds at Roland Garros, and how things might play out from here.
We start with Andy Murray fave Iga Swiatek, the last to book her spot, who is becoming an increasingly prohibitive favorite. How will she handle that role? And what of the other women in the top draw who can trouble her? And how might things shake out on the more open bottom half?
In the men's draw, after Courtney weighs in on Federer's withdrawal, we give some props to Diego Schwartzman and then dive into the weird Musetti-Djokovic, which was thrilling and close and then immediately stopped being either of those things on a dime. Also some hopes for Tsitsipas-Medvedev and how we talk about that other quarterfinalist.
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Episode 223: Australian Open - Djokovic and Osaka Again
Episode 222: Steve The Talk - Stefanos Tsitsipas, with Vicky Georgatou
Episode 221: Mary Carillo Returns
Episode 220: 2019 Australian Open Draw Show
Episode 219c: Remember When? 2018, Part 3
Episode 219b: Remember When? 2018, Part 2
Episode 219a: Remember When? 2018, Part 1
Episode 218: A Season Ends; A Ninja Departs
Episode 217: Talking Dudes (With Ricky Dimon)
Episode 216: Julie Heldman
Episode 215: Laver Cup with Liz Clarke
Episode 214b: Shutting the U.S. Open, Part 2: Everything Else
Episode 214a: Shutting the U.S. Open, Part 1: Osaka, Serena, Ramos
Episode 213: When NCR Met Naomi Osaka
Episode 212: U.S. Open 2018 Draw Preview Spectacular
Episode 211: Open Playbook (LGBT in Tennis, Feat. Nick McCarvel, Brian Vahaly, Casey Dellacqua)
Episode 210: Wimbledon Draw 2018
Episode 209: Strokes of Genius with Jon Wertheim (and Federer, Nadal...and Gulbis)
Episode 208: Eleanor Preston
Episode 207: Nadal's 11th, Halep's 1st
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