Ben and Tumaini reconvened this week to react to the news that the WTA Finals are going to Saudi Arabia, a move that felt unfathomable five years ago but has more recently felt inevitable. What do we make of the news? Should women's sports be held to a different standard when it comes to selling out? And what does the deal say about both the recent past and near future of women's tennis?
We then shift to a conversation about the proposed Premier Tour, a radical revamp described in detail in an interview of USTA CEO Lew Sherr in his interview with Jon Wertheim. What would tennis be losing with massive streamlining? Would the gains offset the losses?
We also discuss the cancellation of Netflix's Break Point after two seasons. In a time of discord in tennis, nearly everyone can agree on how disappointing it was; what went wrong?
Next time, a review of Luca Guadanigno's Challengers!
Episode 304: Barty, Djokovic Win Wimbledon; Olympic Exodus
Episode 303d: Wimbledon's Second Week, With Tumaini Carayol
Episode 303c: Wimbledon, on the Last Middle Sunday
Episdoe 303b: Wimbledon Round 3: On Being Here, With Tumaini Carayol
Episode 303a: Wimbledon Round 1: Falling Stars (With Pam Shriver)
Episode 302: Quiet, Please - Wimbledon 2021 Draw
Episode 301i: French Open Day 15: Novak Djokovic the Inevitable
Episode 301h: French Open Day 14: Barbora Krejcikova Breaks In
Episode 301g: French Open: A Serbian Special (With Saša Ozmo)
Episode 301f: French Open Day 13: Djokovic Turns Back Nadal
Episode 301e: French Open Day 12: Speaking Greek Tennis (With Vicky Georgatou)
Episode 301d: French Open Day 11 - Women Open Up, Top Men March Onward (With Pam Shriver)
Episode 301c: French Open Day 10: Tsitsipas Beats Medvedev
Episode 301b: French Open Day 9: Quarterfinal Previews and Such
Episode 301a: French Open Day 8: Federer and Serena Age Out
Episode 300: This Is A Spartan! Maria Sakkari (French Open Day 7)
Episode 299k: French Open Day 6: Sorana Cirstea & Picks With Ricky
Episode 299j: French Open Day 5: RG Recap: Barty Bows Out; Bob Van De Slap
Episode 299i: French Open Day 4: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Episode 299h: French Open Day 3: Reilly Opelka
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