With conditions tougher than many players had expected for the mandatory quarantine period in Melbourne, and with gripes about how unevenly players have been treated, there were plenty of complaints to be heard from players, and then even louder complaints from the Australian public about those complaints.
Ben and Reem Abulleil discuss what's been going on in Melbourne, whether or not players are entitled to being upset, the perception from the public, the Melbourne-Adelaide divide.
And, most existentially, whether doing all of this, with everything it takes and how much can go wrong, was a bad idea from the jump.
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Episode 277i: 2020 French Open Day 9 - Quarterfinal Previews (With Reem Abulleil)
Episode 277h: 2020 French Open Day 8 - Halep Falls; Zverev Ails
Episode 277g: 2020 French Open Day 7 - Different Faces, Different Voices
Episode 277f: 2020 French Open Day 6 - Barbora Krejcikova, Making It on Her Own
Episode 277e: 2020 French Open Day 5 - Hot Take-Off (with Alex Gruskin)
Episode 277d: 2020 French Open Day 4 - Exits and Arrivals
Episode 277c: 2020 French Open Day 3 - Fun With Props with Ricky Dimon
Episode 277b: 2020 French Open Day 2 - Alexander Bublik Bursts Monfils' Bubble
Episode 277a: 2020 French Open Day 1 - The British Are...Leaving
Episode 276: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2020
Episode 275b: Original 9 - Kristy Pigeon
Episode 275a: Original 9 - 50th Anniversary Approaches
Episode 274: In a Roomy Rome
Episode 273o: 2020 U.S. Open Day 14 - Under Pressure, Thiem Outlasts Zverev
Episode 273n: 2020 U.S. Open Day 13 - Naomi Osaka's Statement Win
Episode 273m: 2020 U.S. Open Day 12 - Zverev & Thiem are Last Men Standing
Episode 273l: U.S. Open Day 11 - Azarenka & Osaka Win Semifinal Showstoppers
Episode 273k: 2020 U.S. Open Day 10 - Mary Carillo and the Final Fours
Episode 273j: 2020 U.S. Open Day 9 - Pam Shriver's Distance Learning
Episode 273i: 2020 U.S. Open Day 8 - Quarterfinals!
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