Iga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal are joint winners at Roland Garros for the second time, with Iga extending her dominance over women’s tennis and Rafa entering truly uncharted territory as a 14-time RG winner and extending his lead in the all-time Grand Slam count. In keeping with the episode title, we’re trying to understand how Nadal did that in the face of a tough draw, poor preparation, and a career-threatening foot condition. Twenty-one-year-old Iga, on the other hand, is making it look easy. We take you through the major moments of week two, making plenty of time for the Battle of Scandinavia, Mauresmo's unfortunate comments, doubles results, and Rafole #59.
1:15 Racquet Bracket results: sometimes mediocre is all we can hope for
5:20 Unbeatable Iga
11:50 The streak: let’s let the active players live without comparing them to GOATs
20:25 The makeup question … che schifo!
27:00 The men’s quarters on: the endless Ruud-Rune dust-up, an at times imperious Cilic
37:05 Nadalovic didn’t quite live up to expectations
42:20 Nadal-Zverev, that injury, and that weird discourse that resulted
50:50 The final is what we needed – a low-stress denouement to a very tough tournament
62:30 Retirement watch was on but we fight on - more info on the foot
69:25 Men’s double makes history and the reunion of Garcia/Mladenovic
72:55 Rankings watch: lose in the first round, earn a career high ranking!
76:45 Amelie Mauresmo’s turbulent fortnight
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