Happy New Year! Wait, it's too late to say "Happy New Year", everyone stop saying "Happy New Year". But it's Tennis New Year here in the run-up to the Australian Open, and Michele has predictions for 2026: <ul><li>How long will Venus Williams play (and how long will the sun continue to shine)?</li><li>Will Serena return to tennis?</li><li>Nick Kyrgios' dumb podcast, Nadal's hair, Djokovic's final tournament, Carlitos' coach and more!</li></ul> Plus: who will enter our respective tennis fandom polycules this year? Will they hold together? Send us your hot takes at <a href="mailto:perfectmatchpodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">perfectmatchpodcast@gmail.com</a> As always tell your friends, rate this podcast in your app, and send us feedback at <a href="https://www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/</a> You can also follow us on Bluesky at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/perfectmatchpodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@perfectmatchpodcast.com</a> or <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/shellsteak.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@shellsteak</a> and YouTube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PerfectMatchPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PerfectMatchPodcast</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Perfect Match? is a tennis podcast serving up the most recent tennis&nbsp;headlines and heaps of off-court chat. What bad behavior occurred this week? Do people who move to Wimbledon get to complain about the Tournament? Why have there never been any openly gay players in the ATP top 100? You know, the good stuff.Co-hosts, partnered couple and dare we say doubles partners, Bryan and Michele get into it exploring the big game, their own game and anything else that's making tennis fans talk from the sidelines.&nbsp;Episodes drop weekly. Stay in touch: Bluesky at @perfectmatchpodcast.com&nbsp;or @shellsteak, and Instagram at @perfectmatchpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.