The Body Serve
The Body Serve
The Body Serve Tennis Podcast
The Sins of Our Fathers
1 hour 30 minutes Posted Sep 9, 2024 at 3:26 pm.
Not the most brilliant three weeks of tennis in history but OK!
The women’s final was fun! Aryna Sabalenka bookends her year with hardcourt Slams
Billionaires, they’re just like us!
Notable week two matches: Navarro d. Badosa; Zheng d. Vekic; Aryna evolving into the most consistent Slam player on tour
Rennae cooks coach/commentator Brad Gilbert on air, and why that’s totally fine
An unseasoned final
The American narrative + Frances Tiafoe getting so close again
Penko a first-time Slam doubles winner; Taylor/Katka, Mladenovic/Zhang, D. Young
“Little grim reapers” and a few more observations from the grounds
ESPN commentators discover player name pronunciations and immediately get mean about it
Nick Kyrgios, misogyny, and the insider hypocrisy that protects him
Ben Rothenberg appeals a lawsuit from Alexander Zverev + its broader implications for journalism
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Show notes
The final major of the year is over and the champions are the same as in January: Aryna Sabalenka stakes her claim as hardcourt queen while Jannik Sinner dominates mere days after being cleared in an anti-doping case. We recap some of our highlights from week two, which had a ton of potential but didn’t deliver many (any?) classics. We dig into why disliking billionaires is actually totally fine; conflicts of interest and their sometimes humorous results; online mean girl/mean boy behavior from some famous commentators; and more observations from the site. We finish up with a look at commentator Nick Kyrgios and the complacency that led broadcasters, journalists, and commentators to excuse his misogyny; plus the ongoing lawsuit over Ben Rothenberg’s reporting on the Zverev abuse allegations.