We’ve ended the final Masters 1000 of the season in the basement. Literally. The most important question has been answered! Holger Rune does, in fact, eat gummy bears during matches. Hope you get that golden bag from Harbio, Holger! On the tennis front, at least the boys fought harder against Novak Djokovic, giving him a harder time, but still, not even the beautiful, brown-eyed Bulgarian, Grigor Dimitrov could take him down. Katie revives her Doubles Alley section to talk about all of the breakups happening over on the doubles side of the tour, and the fact that one of the doubles players, Harri Heliovaara, runs a blog spilling all of that tea. Oh, and bed bugs weren’t a problem in Paris, but maybe that’s because some of the players hardly got to sleep in those beds because of scheduling problems. 

On a serious note, we also report on the recent legal proceedings surrounding Zverev and the penalty order for bodily harm against his former girlfriend. Of course, there is no response or even a whiff of a domestic violence policy from the ATP. If discussions around domestic violence or domestic assault are potentially triggering material, we talk about it from (28:14-56:26). We do not discuss the physical acts of violence, but rather the legal proceedings and our thoughts on the matter. 

Finally, we end the episode looking forward to the ATP Finals and what potential groupings we could have. Will Stefanos get a Top 10 win this year? Will Carlitos meet Djokovic in the semifinal? Are the players more evenly matched than last year? 

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