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A podcast discussing the happenings in the wacky world of professional tennis. Hosted by Ben Rothenberg and Courtney Nguyen.

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Episode 357: The Year in Me...

11.02.2023

With Ricky Dimon in town to run his sixth Marine Corps Marathon, he joins Ben for their annual wrap show on the year that was in men's tennis, which was another season of Novak Djokovic, now 36, lording over a ...

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11.02.2023 Episode 357: The Year in Men’s Tennis (With Ricky Dimon) With Ricky Dimon in town to run his sixth Marine Corps Marathon, he joins Ben for their annual wrap show on the year that was in men's tennis, which was another season of Novak Djokovic, now 36, lording over a ...
09.26.2023 Episode 356: Simona Halep and the Biggest Doping Conviction in Tennis History Ben and Tumaini read the 126-page decision in the tribunal's decision to convict former No. 1 Simona Halep on two charges of intentional doping, and give you a deep dive into the details of the document and expound on what ...
09.12.2023 Episode 355i: 2023 US Open Finals - Coco Gauff’s First; Djokovic’s 24th Ben and Tumaini wrap the US Open finals in their eighth show of the tournament, starting with Coco Gauff fulfilling the years of hype and hope by winning her first grand slam title. What did this win show us about ...
09.09.2023 Episode 355h: 2023 US Open - Semifinals Wrap, Finals Preview Ben and Tumaini discuss the four semifinals that were, and all the storylines they contained, before looking ahead a bit to the fast-approaching US Open finals. First, what do they think of the protest that lengthily interrupted Coco Gauff's win? ...
09.07.2023 Episode 355g: 2023 US Open Day 10 - Blair Henley, the New Voice of the US Open Ben is joined by Blair Henley, the star interviewer on tennis courts around the world, to talk about her new role as an announcer inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, and the many different roles she's had at this US Open. What ...
09.06.2023 Episode 355f: 2023 US Open Day 9 - Shelton Upsets Order, Beats Tiafoe Ben and NCR's Youth correspondent Alex Gruskin discuss Ben Shelton's big win Tuesday night over Frances Tiafoe in the US Open quarterfinals, a big result both within the American tennis ladder and in the big picture of the ATP generations ...
09.04.2023 Episode 355e: 2023 US Open Day 7 - Ostapenko Ends Swiatek’s Reign Ben and Tumaini convene in the late hours of the night after Jelena Ostapenko thunderously knocked out Iga Swiatek, emphatically ending both Swiatek's title defense and her 75-week reign at the #1 ranking. Given Ostapenko's talent and head-to-head record, should ...
08.31.2023 Episode 355d: 2023 US Open Day 4 - Going Back to Tennis For our fourth daily show from the US Open, Ben is joined by tennis writer AJ Eccles to discuss his return to live tennis at the US Open last night, and what the sport looks like from inside the stadium. ...
08.31.2023 Episode 355c: 2023 US Open Day 3 - Is the US Open a Good Neighbor? Ben is joined by David Waldstein of The New York Times, who recently wrote about the disconnect between the US Open and its neighbors, the Latino communities of Corona and other neighborhoods like Elmhurst and Flushing. Why is the US ...
08.30.2023 Episode 355b: 2023 US Open Day 2 - John Isner’s Legacy Ben and Tumaini reconvene on Day 2 of this US Open to talk about players retiring at this US Open, including Barbora Strycova (who you'll hear), CoCo Vandeweghe, and Jack Sock. But mostly, we talk about John Isner, the towering ...
08.29.2023 Episode 355a: 2023 US Open Day 1 - Saudis, Sakkari, and Schedule Screeching Ben and Tumaini are back together again at the US Open, for the first of what will be daily shows here! We discuss the big story off-court, which is the Saudi bid to move into women's tennis, as well as ...
07.31.2023 Episode 354: Bianca Andreescu As he wraps up the book he's been writing about Naomi Osaka (pre-order now, please, thank you!) Ben is back on site at the ATP-WTA tournament in Washington, where he did a short-but-sweet interview with Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. ...
07.17.2023 Episode 353: Wimbledon Wrap - Alcaraz Upends Djokovic; Vondrousova Vexes Jabeur Ben and Reem Abulleil chat about the big stories of the business end of Wimbledon, starting with the massive narrative potential of the men's final. Does Carlos Alcaraz's win over Novak Djokovic in the final represent a passing of the ...
07.02.2023 Episode 352b: 2023 Wimbledon Draw Show (REUPLOAD) With their preamble out of the way, Ben and Tumaini Carayol (*who is audible in this fixed, reuploaded audio!) dig into the 2023 Wimbledon women's and men's draws to discuss the favorites and other notable names among the 256 players ...
07.02.2023 Episode 352b: 2023 Wimbledon Draw Show With their preamble out of the way, Ben and Tumaini dig into the 2023 Wimbledon women's and men's draws to discuss the favorites and other notable names among the 256 players competing for the singles crowns at SW19. Both respective ...
07.01.2023 Episode 352a: A Wimbledon Preamble Ben and Tumaini Carayol sat down to record a draw show, but there was enough other stuff they wanted to touch on beforehand that they're breaking it into a separate prologue episode for you to enjoy here as an amuse ...
06.12.2023 Episode 351: Djokovic & Swiatek Rack ’em Up Again in Paris Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek both won their third French Open titles this weekend at Roland Garros, separating them from their respective fields in meaningful ways, and Ben and Tumaini Carayol discuss them and more! First on Djokovic, we discuss ...
05.26.2023 Episode 350: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2023 Ben and Tumaini Carayol dust off the NCR machine to bring you a look at the 2023 French Open women's and men's draws, breaking down the contenders and darkhorses while touching on several of the big stories of the past ...
01.31.2023 Episode 349: Sabalenka and Djokovic on Top Down Under at Australian Open Ben and Tumaini Carayol wrap up the year's first Slam with two hours of chatting across all sorts of topics. First, we discuss the breakthrough win of Aryna Sabalenka, who conquered her demons (and braved new frontiers in her iconic ...
01.14.2023 Episode 348: Australian Open Draw Show, 2023 Ben and Tumaini Carayol break down the women's and men's draws at the year's first Grand Slam event, and also discuss some of the early season storylines like United Cup and Netflix's "Break Point" that have dominated discussion in the ...
01.09.2023 Episode 347: Netflix’s ”Break Point” Hits and Misses To start our 12th(!) season of NCR, Ben and Reem Abulleil preview and review the highly anticipated Netflix tennis docuseries "Break Point," which features a group of young challengers on the tours in the first half of the 2022 season. ...
11.01.2022 Episode 346: Men of the Year (With Ricky Dimon) Ben is stepping back briefly from book writing hiatus on the occasion of being joined by Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand for a look back at the year that was in men's tennis, and how it's setting up for the ...
09.14.2022 Episode 345: Swiatek, Alcaraz Reach New Heights at US Open Ben and Tumaini Carayol reconvene a bit after the U.S. Open to reflect on the tournament that was, with two winners who capped off great seasons with their first titles in New York. And they've only just begun? First, Iga ...
08.28.2022 Episode 344: U.S. Open Draw Show 2022! Ben and Tumaini Carayol are courtside at the U.S. Open to give you the outlook on how the year's last Grand Slam and Serena Williams' last tournament is shaking up. We start with the women, where we discuss Iga Swiatek ...
08.10.2022 Episode 343: Serena’s Sunset Ben and Tumaini Carayol convene to discuss Serena Williams, the greatest women's tennis player of our lives, calling time on her career. Well, she didn't exactly call Time; she called Vogue, and penned a first-person cover story explaining her thoughts ...
07.10.2022 Episode 342: Rybakina and Djokovic Win Wimbledon Ben and Tumaini Carayol (before he turns into a pumpkin) wrap up the Wimbledon that was, which featured both some feel-good and some uncomfortable storylines across the fortnight. We begin with the women, with Elena Rybakina making good on her ...
06.26.2022 Episode 341: Walking Around Wimbledon’s Century On the 100th birthday of Centre Court, Ben is joined by Alexandra Willis, the director of communications and marketing for Wimbledon, and the two of them take a walk into Centre Court's most hallowed places. Along the way, we discuss ...
06.24.2022 Episode 340: Wimbledon 2022 Draw Preview Ben and Tumaini Carayol are back together again at Wimbledon for another look ahead at a Grand Slam draw, looking at the men's field, the women's field, and a concerning hole on the side of Court 14. After a general ...
06.18.2022 Episode 339: The Book on Emma Raducanu (With Mike Dickson) As Emma Raducanu readies for her first Wimbledon as a Grand Slam champion, Ben chats with Mike Dickson, the man who literally wrote the book on the young British sensation's origin story and remarkably meteoric rise to stardom last year. ...
06.06.2022 Episode 338: Swiatek and Nadal Roll Roland Garros Ben and Tumaini Carayol meet back up just hours after the men's final at Roland Garros to discuss Rafael Nadal's record extending 14th title here and Iga Swiatek's streak extending 35th win and second French Open title. We start with ...
05.21.2022 Episode 337: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2022 We are delighted to return to you, and to return to Paris, and to return our favorite annual episode title! Ben and Tumaini Carayol start this French Open draw show with a bit first on the big news of the ...
04.22.2022 Episode 336: Was Wimbledon Right to Ban Russians and Belarusians? Wimbledon took the drastic step of banning all Russian and Belarusian players from this year's tournament, escalating the impact that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had on the world of tennis. Tumaini Carayol joins Ben to discuss this decision, where ...
04.15.2022 Episode 335: José Morgado on Tennis Twitter Taking the face of your tennis scrolling into your ears, Ben is joined by José Morgado, the Portuguese reporter and commentator who has become the most complete and comprehensive stop on Tennis Twitter for news and information about this never-stopping ...
04.03.2022 Episode 334: Harvey Fialkov, Miami Maven Harvey Fialkov, a veteran sportswriter who covers the Miami Open with more gusto than anybody, joins Ben to share his contagious excitements for all things tennis. Chatting before the women's final, Ben and Harvey discuss the pros and cons of ...
04.01.2022 Episode 333: Rick Macci on ’King Richard’ In a week where the Williams family got a bizarre twist on what should have been a Hollywood ending for their cinematic journey, Ben traveled to the Rick Macci Tennis Academy in Boca Raton to chat with Rick Macci, whose ...
03.23.2022 Episode 332: Ash Barty Goes Out On Top Emergency Episode! Top-ranked Ash Barty's surprise announcement that she is calling it a career at only 25 years old and less than two months after winning the Australian Open was urgent cause for our first emergency episode in a long ...
03.22.2022 Episode 331: Indian Wells - Fritz Breaks Through; Swiatek Soars Just back from the desert, Ben chats with David Avakian about the weeks that were at Indian Wells, with culminated in a surprise triumph for Taylor Fritz over Rafael Nadal, and an increasingly expected victory for Iga Swiatek, over Maria ...
03.03.2022 Episode 330: Dayana Yastremska on Escaping the War in Ukraine [Reupload] (Reuploading this episode as a duplicate because of issues with iTunes and Apple Podcasts services) With war suddenly raging in Ukraine after Russia's invasion, Ben is joined on this episode by Dayana Yastremska, the 21-year-old WTA player who had to ...
03.02.2022 Episode 330: Dayana Yastremska on Escaping the War in Ukraine With war suddenly raging in Ukraine after Russia's invasion, Ben is joined on this episode by Dayana Yastremska, the 21-year-old WTA player who had to flee her hometown of Odessa, Ukraine, after the bombs began dropping on her city. Yastremska ...
02.25.2022 Episode 329: The Men in Mexico (with Mike Cation) Acapulco has turned into one of the biggest tennis destinations on the ATP calendar, and our buddy Mike Cation is there this week, checking in on a week of festive fun, new highs, and distressing lows. We discuss the atmosphere ...
02.20.2022 Episode 328: Our Woman in Dubai (with Reem Abulleil) Ben is joined by NCR's intrepid Middle East and North Africa correspondent Reem Abulleil to discuss the tennis happening in Dubai this month, where she enjoyed more access to players than she has been able to get at any time ...
02.15.2022 Episode 327: Adiós, Delpo With Juan Martín del Potro playing what is set to be the last match of his career last week in Buenos Aires, Ben and Courtney reflect on the career of the gentle giant who had an outsized presence and popularity ...
02.04.2022 Episode 326: Australian Open - Nadal and Barty’s Fairytale Endings The stormy lead-up to the Australian Open ended with two great resplendent victories, with Ash Barty becoming the first Aussie champ in Melbourne in four decades, and Rafael Nadal winning just his second Australian Open to win a record 21st ...
01.27.2022 Episode 325: Australian Open - Semifinal Showdowns Ben and Tumaini Carayol are back to discuss the four women and four men still in contention to win this Australian Open, which has held up to set up for some surprisingly unsurprising semifinals. On the women's side, can anyone ...
01.23.2022 Episode 324: Australian Open - The Slam After the Storm Now that the Djokovic debacle has ended and the tennis has begun, Ben and Tumaini Carayol wrap up the big stories of the first week of the Australian Open. What did we see from Naomi Osaka in how she won ...
01.17.2022 Episode 323: Djokovic’s Deportation Debacle is Done The Djokovic deportation drama dragged deliriously Down Under, feeling a whole 'nother Grand Slam's worth of drama and intrigue before finally resolving itself on Sunday with a panel of judges upholding a second deportation order and sending Djokovic on a ...
01.16.2022 Episode 322: 2022 Australian Open Draw Preview Ben and Courtney(!) know that a whole lot else has been going on in the world of tennis, but now that Novak Djokovic is on a plane out of Australia (which wasn't yet settled when we recorded), the coast is ...
01.07.2022 Episode 321: Deciphering Details of Djokovic’s Deportation Drama Novak Djokovic's Australian Open fate changed drastically while he was up in the air during the recording of our last episode, but luckily for us Paul Sakkal, Victoria Political reporter for The Age, is here to break everything down with ...
01.05.2022 Episode 320: Djokovic’s Exemption and The Vibes Ben and Tumaini Carayol reunite in Melbourne's newest arena (which could have better acoustics, sorry) to discuss the great vibes at the tournament, and the news which harshed them considerably. Novak Djokovic's announcement that he had received a medical exemption ...
12.08.2021 Episode 319: Wrapping Up Tennis in December (With Reem Abulleil) Ben is rejoined by NCR's Middle East and North Africa correspondent Reem Abulleil for a discussion of the very late and fairly busy finish to the tennis season, which went into December and will have less than a month of ...

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Episode 357: The Year in Men’s Tennis (With Ricky Dimon)

Episode 356: Simona Halep and the Biggest Doping Conviction in Tennis History

Episode 355i: 2023 US Open Finals - Coco Gauff’s First; Djokovic’s 24th

Episode 355h: 2023 US Open - Semifinals Wrap, Finals Preview

Episode 355g: 2023 US Open Day 10 - Blair Henley, the New Voice of the US Open

Episode 355f: 2023 US Open Day 9 - Shelton Upsets Order, Beats Tiafoe

Episode 355e: 2023 US Open Day 7 - Ostapenko Ends Swiatek’s Reign

Episode 355d: 2023 US Open Day 4 - Going Back to Tennis

Episode 355c: 2023 US Open Day 3 - Is the US Open a Good Neighbor?

Episode 355b: 2023 US Open Day 2 - John Isner’s Legacy

Episode 355a: 2023 US Open Day 1 - Saudis, Sakkari, and Schedule Screeching

Episode 354: Bianca Andreescu

Episode 353: Wimbledon Wrap - Alcaraz Upends Djokovic; Vondrousova Vexes Jabeur

Episode 352b: 2023 Wimbledon Draw Show (REUPLOAD)

Episode 352b: 2023 Wimbledon Draw Show

Episode 352a: A Wimbledon Preamble

Episode 351: Djokovic & Swiatek Rack ’em Up Again in Paris

Episode 350: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2023

Episode 349: Sabalenka and Djokovic on Top Down Under at Australian Open

Episode 348: Australian Open Draw Show, 2023

Episode 347: Netflix’s ”Break Point” Hits and Misses

Episode 346: Men of the Year (With Ricky Dimon)

Episode 345: Swiatek, Alcaraz Reach New Heights at US Open

Episode 344: U.S. Open Draw Show 2022!

Episode 343: Serena’s Sunset

Episode 342: Rybakina and Djokovic Win Wimbledon

Episode 341: Walking Around Wimbledon’s Century

Episode 340: Wimbledon 2022 Draw Preview

Episode 339: The Book on Emma Raducanu (With Mike Dickson)

Episode 338: Swiatek and Nadal Roll Roland Garros

Episode 337: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2022

Episode 336: Was Wimbledon Right to Ban Russians and Belarusians?

Episode 335: José Morgado on Tennis Twitter

Episode 334: Harvey Fialkov, Miami Maven

Episode 333: Rick Macci on ’King Richard’

Episode 332: Ash Barty Goes Out On Top

Episode 331: Indian Wells - Fritz Breaks Through; Swiatek Soars

Episode 330: Dayana Yastremska on Escaping the War in Ukraine [Reupload]

Episode 330: Dayana Yastremska on Escaping the War in Ukraine

Episode 329: The Men in Mexico (with Mike Cation)

Episode 328: Our Woman in Dubai (with Reem Abulleil)

Episode 327: Adiós, Delpo

Episode 326: Australian Open - Nadal and Barty’s Fairytale Endings

Episode 325: Australian Open - Semifinal Showdowns

Episode 324: Australian Open - The Slam After the Storm

Episode 323: Djokovic’s Deportation Debacle is Done

Episode 322: 2022 Australian Open Draw Preview

Episode 321: Deciphering Details of Djokovic’s Deportation Drama

Episode 320: Djokovic’s Exemption and The Vibes

Episode 319: Wrapping Up Tennis in December (With Reem Abulleil)