In an oddly normal week, Daniil Medvedev wins a terrible bird trophy in Doha, Cam Norrie beats an injured Carlitos in Rio, and Hubi Hurkacz slays a Frenchman in Marseille. We, as usual, give the rundown of the most important happenings, like Andrey Rublev finally getting a win outside of a Grand Slam, Carlos's GenZ Instagram handle, the balls discourse, Novak Djokovic's water manifestations. We also ask the important questions, why does George Russell think he's Rafa Nadal? Why is Stefanos Tsitsipas a financial influencer now? And why do men think all blonde girls look alike? Stay until the end to hear some predictions about the next tournaments age like milk. 

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Flop-off February continues as Daniil Medvedev wins Rotterdam, Carlos Alcaraz wins Buenos Aires, and Taylor Fritz wins Delray Beach. We talk about all the important topics, like whether we’re worried about Andrey Rublev (yes) and whether Felix Auger-Aliassime named his new dog after Tim Hortons (maybe?). Is there a budding rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas? How do we give the Golden Swing the respect it deserves? Also included: a new segment, Deucemoi, which is Deuxmoi, but tennis, naturally.

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TW: We discuss the decisions made in the cases surrounding Kyrgios and Zverev. We give ample warning before these topics are discuss, and once we start discussing this, you can skip to 1:08:00 to get to our end of show game. 

February tennis is in full swing and thrown into post-AO chaos. The slam race is tied, and we truly couldn’t care less. We discuss all the happenings from the past couple weeks, from on-court to off-court to in-court. To soothe the burn of the ATP not caring about women, Katie and Miranda also give their top ten list of the best hair in the ATP and play a game of Guess the-Tweeter.

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 In big week-two-of-a-slam fashion, please enjoy this slightly late recap of round three through the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open. Aside from the most important matches, we discuss the player GQ photoshoot, the real reason Stefanos Tsitsipas is actually obsessed with Margot Robbie, and a personified net cord getting her revenge. You can also enjoy making fun of our predictions that are already out of date. 

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It's been a wild first four days of the 2023 Australian Open. Katie and Miranda sit down to dissect all the most important tennis moments. By that we mean The Netflix Curse, new player kits, and the matches that have left us the most devastated. Our sleep schedules have gone to hell, and so have our draws. 

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The 2023 Australian Open draw has been unveiled. Time to grab your energy drinks and popcorn, and get ready for the first slam of the 2023 season. Katie gives a tarot reading for the tournament before we dive into a breakdown of each quarter, the matchups to watch, and the potential upsets in round one. It's all hypothetical, unfortunately, but we still provide our feelings, reactions, and Miranda lets you know who is in the ~hottie quarter~.

There is also an update to the "Jannik Sinner foot OnlyFans" bingo square, so you won't want to miss that.

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The first week of the 2023 ATP Tennis Season is in the books, and so is the first weekly episode of Backhands & Compliments! In this one, Katie and Miranda recap everything that happened during the week, except Novak Djokovic winning a title. (What, like it's hard?) The US won a team tennis event, and we explained the unhinged edits we would make to the United Cup format. Also, we're not sure who watched more tennis this week, Andrey Rublev's dad or us. 

Come for the tennis recap. Stay for us using jelly beans as tarot cards. Which flavor predicts how we'll feel about Break Point? You'll have to listen to find out. 

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Welcome to Backhands and Compliments! The 2022 tennis season may have come to an end, but the 2023 season is upon us! Katie and Miranda make their predictions (bingo board style) for 2023, and it really runs the gamut. Predictions include a certain someone starting an OnlyFans, someone breaking a curse another player allegedly placed on them, and everything in between. 

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Welcome to Backhands and Compliments, a tennis podcast and safe space for anyone looking to get into tennis! 

On today's episode we talk about how tennis works! The tournaments, the point system, the surfaces, and how the season plays out. If 101 was the characters, then this is the plot. We also recommend our favorite apps for getting scores and updates and where we watch tennis.

On a serious note, we also discuss why we don’t talk about certain players. With the potential for new fans to join in after watching the Netflix show Break Point, we encourage everyone to look into what allegations are against Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev. We do not support these men and we believe the women. Period.

CULT TENNIS’s video on Alexander Zverev

Article about Sharypova’s Experiences

When Zverev was kicked out of Acapulco

Information about the ATP’s investigation, and more here

Nick Kyrgios Abuse Allegations

Article about Passari's Experiences

We have linked more information from domestic violence helpline websites if you or a loved one is in trouble.

United States of America - https://www.thehotline.org/

United Kingdom - https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

Australia - https://www.1800respect.org.au/

List for other Countries - https://wave-network.org/list-of-helplines-in-46-countries/

TennisChannel - https://tennischannel.com/

TennisTV - https://www.tennistv.com/

TNNS App - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tnns-tennis-live-scores/id1547205724

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Welcome to Backhands and Compliments, a tennis podcast and safe space for anyone looking to get into tennis.

On today's episode we talk about the culture surrounding tennis, rivalries, and our favorite characters--I mean athletes.

Follow us on Instagram @backhandsandcompliments and on Twitter @backhandspod

Follow Miranda @tennisera for Morgan Riddle fancams, lessons on feminism, and tennis screaming.