Episode 40- Tennis, Media & Fame

Inspired by the recent U.S. Open tennis tournament, here’s my take on the grand slam singles finals won by Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic, the G.O.A.T. debate and the sport and its culture in general. From here, we look at two things that are inextricably linked to top-level tennis and sport- media and fame. There’s also discussion of a very important argument put forward in the seminal 1974 tennis/sports psychology book, ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’.

As well as lauding the impressive achievements of these elite athletes, this episode also looks at the dark side of fame and touches on the cautionary tennis tales of Monica Seles, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu.

I wish them all a happy life, whether they’re winning titles or not!

 

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episode links

The Inner Game of Tennis summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-YJePnMrGY

Coco wins and celebrates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0XQWWFIAo

US Open on-court interviews (Coco Gauff, Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCo3Y6DfrVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGZq7_s0XGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgSXzL7Uwk

Coco and Naomi Osaka have a moment…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Al3IA1sbWE

Sloane Stephens humorous truth bombs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCu0tKrzhc

What happened to Emma Raducanu?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnPitPzfjCU

Andy Roddick with Jonathan Ross (funny!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j070zjfq0Uc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5AWJ8aJ4c