The Body Serve
The Body Serve
The Body Serve Tennis Podcast
Swallowed Whole: Australian Open Week One
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Jan 23, 2024 at 1:13 am.
Men’s quarters Djokovic rounding into form
Women’s draw: some would say carnage, we would say chill
Noskova d. #1 Swiatek
The fashions: are the fashions in the room with us?
Eight mothers in the AO draw: what are the tours doing on mat/pat leave?
Sports Illustrated lays off all editorial staff
Andre and Steffi present … Simona?
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We’ve reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where the women’s draw has swallowed up all but 4 seeded players. Amidst the chaos, we’ve still got the defending champion, the US Open champion, and a number of players who’ve been expected to break out for a while. On the men's side, only seeded players have made the quarters. We chat a bit about the surprises (Borges, Cazaux) and whether anyone will stop Novak from getting his 11th title. We also talk about the kits we liked (Coco and Grigor ftw); the Sports Illustrated layoffs; and, in light of so many mothers playing this Australian Open, we answer a listener question about maternity and paternity leave.