With the WTA season wrapping up in Singapore this week, there's no better time to check in with women's tennis boss Steve Simon, who is finishing up his first full year as the tour's chief executive. It's been a turbulent year in tennis, at times, but Simon also made waves of his own this fall by expressing interest in revamping the tennis scoring system to shorten singles matches, including eliminating third sets in lieu of super tiebreaks. Speaking to Ben by phone from Singapore on semifinal Saturday, Simon discusses that as well as other various tour quandaries, including what, if anything, the WTA has planned to cover for its exodus from the ATP Media controled streaming platform, TennisTV, starting in 2017.
Speaking of streaming, we then shift to an issue that more affects the journalistic side of the equation: the live streaming of press conferences. After a snippet of the Steve Simon's State of the WTA address via the WTA Insider podcast, We bat around the topic in a roundtable with two NCR favorite guests, Reem Abulleil and Simon Cambers.
And as always, thanks for liking us on Facebook (leave comments on the episode thread!), following us on Twitter (discuss this episode with hashtag #NCR169!), and subscribing/reviewing on iTunes or whatever your podcasting app/platform of choice may be.
Episode 149: Doubly Dominant Dominos
Episode 148: Forehands and Backhands (sorta)
Episode 147: "Ladies Know What I'm Talking About"
Episode 146: Rounding up Maria Sharapova
Episode 145A: Maria Sharapova Tests Positive for Banned Substance
Episode 145: Tennis Goes Hollywood
Episode 144: Overpromised, Underdelivered
Episode 143: Twitchy on the Trigger
Episode 142: Gaming the System
Episode 141m: Australian Open Day 14/Wrap: Novak Sends Us Home
Episode 141l: Australian Open Day 13: Kerber Stuns Serena for Title
Episode 141k: Australian Open Day 12: Djokovic-Murray Will Go Again
Episode 141j: Australian Open Day 11: Serena and Kerber Into the Final
Episode 141i: Australian Open Day 10: Kerber Switches On
Episode 141h: Australian Open Day 9: Eating at Us
Episode 141g: Australian Open Day 8: Serena-Maria Nostalgia
Episode 141f: Australian Open Day 7: The Unexpecteds
Episode 141e: Australian Open Day 5-6: Donna Kelso
Episode 141d: Australian Open Day 4: Hooroo, Hewitt! Yokoso, Osaka!
Episode 141c: Australian Open Day 3: Stanky or Tanky?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Tennis Podcast
Served with Andy Roddick
Monday Match Analysis
Baseline Intelligence with Jonathan Stokke
Tennis Unfiltered