Episode 24 marks the end of our Grand Slam season. Here's Part 2 of our US Open recap:
1:30 The men's tournament: maybe a bit boring?
3:15 Retirements, the heat, cashing that 1st round check
9:00 Mardy Fish's farewell; his courage turns sports cliches on their head
16:30 James Blake and the NYPD
23:00 Apology does not equal justice
25:00 Stakhovsky update: statements from ATP Players' Council & Sergiy himself
28:30 The inadequacy of "be-who-you-are" politics
31:45 Stako's gaydar and locker room hijinks
37:00 Talking actual tennis: a tough tournament for our faves
38:30 Fabio Fognini def. Rafael Nadal
43:45 Men's QFs; hear Jonathan's (unfair?) disdain for Gasquet
46:30 Tsonga's untapped potential, again
51:00 Men's final - SABR drama and Jonathan lets loose on Boris
57:00 Letting go of resenting Federer
59:45 James on why he can't love Roger, and why he does love Serena
1:03:00 Late-era Roger vs. Sampras
1:06:30 Djokovic's dominance and the nasty NY crowd
1:08:00 Putting the GOAT debate to bed for now
Reading list:
Mardy Fish in The Players Tribune
Stakhovsky, USA Today
Stakhovsky, New York Times
The Doughnut Chronicles
A Pandemic Dahhhling, Do You Know What That Means?!
I Hope That Fish Eats You
TBS Live: The Remix
For the Quarantainment
TBS Live!
Hidden Figures in Tennis
Wiggle It Like Zina
Stay the F#@* at Home
For Once We Do Have The Bandwidth
TBS Rewind: Just For Laughs
Much Ado About Something
It's Sharapover: A Complicated Affair
A Body Serve Over Troubled Water
Where's the Beef?
She's Got Spunk
I Am Not A Tennis Expert
A Bespoke Approach to Natural Phenomena
ATP Sippy Cup
How Do We Talk About Monica Seles?
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