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 273i: 2020 U.S. Open Day 8 - Quarterfinals!
Episode 273h: 2020 U.S. Open Day 7 - Djokovic Defaulted; NextGen Get Slam Chance
Episode 273g: 2020 U.S. Open Day 6 - French Fracas (The Paire 11)
Episode 273f: 2020 U.S. Open Day 5 - The Mystery Files and Shelby Rogers
Episode 273e: 2020 U.S.Open Day 4 - In Order to Form a More Perfect Union
Episode 273d: 2020 U.S. Open Day 3 - Wild Women's Wednesday
Episode 273c: 2020 U.S. Open Day 2 - Tsvetana Pironkova Finishes Her Question
Episode 273b: 2020 U.S. Open Day 1: Bubble Trouble
Episode 273a: 2020 U.S. Open Day 0 - Blair Henley, Inside the Bubble
Episode 272: 2020 U.S. Open Draw Breakdown!
Episode 271: Naomi Osaka Takes a Stand and Tennis Follows
Episode 270: Courtney's Back! (And So Is Tennis)
Episode 269: Sendhil Ramamurthy of "Never Have I Ever"
Episode 268: Louisa Thomas on the Fractured World of Tennis
Episode 267: Tennis Returns, But a Rocky Road Ahead
Episode 266: Glenn Greenwald on Martina Navratilova
Episode 265: Knowing When to Call It Off, with Mark Ein
Episode 264: Sports Bubbles Roundtable
Episode 263: Can Tennis Stars Be Trusted to Act Responsibly? (With Reem Abulleil)
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