Serve and Return Podcast: Tennis, Racquet Sports & More

Joel Drucker - Prolific writer for Tennis Channel, Tennis.com and historian for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.


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Episode 8 - Joel Drucker and I discuss tennis from the 1970s to the present day. Major topics of discussion include:

- Tennis now, the recent UTR events and the upcoming(?) US Open.
- Roger Federer, Serena Williams, the Olympics and the near future.
- How the surfaces and playing styles have changed and become more similar in recent years: and how that has aided accumulation of Grand Slam title totals for today's greatest players.
- Can you really compare players from different eras?
- Joel Drucker's book, How Jimmy Connors Saved My Life - plus Connors' 1991 US Open SF run.
- Rivalries - Connors, McEnroe & Lendl and Seles / Graf.
- Quick look at Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Jimmy Arias, Yannick Noah, Andre Agassi.


Joel Drucker can be found here:

http://joeldrucker.com
http://thetennischannel.com/joel-drucker

Twitter:
@joeldrucker

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Serve and Return Podcast: Tennis, Racquet Sports & MoreBy Chris Trieste