We discuss matches from the first week of play. Players include Nick Kyrgios, Serena Williams, Emma Raducanu, and Hubert Hurkacz, among others.

We discuss all of the key matchups including Coco Gauff's first Slam final and Rafa's matchups with Djokovic, Zverev, and Rune. We also discuss the upcoming ban on Russian players at Wimbledon.

We highlight some of the week's top matches as well as preview a couple of likely meeting in week 2. Players discussed include: Swiatek, Zheng, Fernandez, Bencic, Nadal, Korda, Alcaraz, Djokovic, and Tsitsipas, among others.

Intangibles are any qualities that impact a match that cannot be quantified with statistics. We contrast the statistical analysis of Carlos Alcaraz' strokes on Bob's Deconstructing Tennis website with the intangibles of attitude, effort, and communication. Concrete examples of how to better use your intangibles are provided.

After a short discussion of some recent events on the Pro Tour (Zverev smashing his racquet on the umpire's chair, Osaka's reaction to being heckled, and what constitutes permissible cheering), we go on to discuss sportsmanship in tennis and offer some concrete ways of dealing with opponents who don't follow the Rules.

Chestnut Ridge hosted a high-level doubles tournament on Saturday 2/19. All players either held ITF junior rankings or played on the ATP Futures or Challenger Tours. Ten teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 and competed against each of the other 4 teams within their group in a one set no-ad scoring format. First and second place finishers within the groups moved on to the semifinals. Our interviews with five of the teams are in this podcast. These teams (in order) are:

1) Peter Aarts/Brad Maisey

2) Gary Kushnirovich/Cameron Silverman

3) Guillermo Nunez/Francisco Dias

4) Enrique Catter/ Gabe Friedrich

5) Lucas Gonzalez/Gerhard Gruindelingh

Chestnut Ridge hosted a high-level doubles tournament on Saturday 2/19. All players either held ITF junior rankings or played on the ATP Futures or Challenger Tours. Ten teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 and competed against each of the other 4 teams within their group in a one set no-ad scoring format. First and second place finishers within the groups moved on to the semifinals. Our interviews with five of the teams are in this podcast. These teams (in order) are:

1) Chenhi Li/Alexander Nielsen

2) Clinton DeVries/Harry Walsh

3) Gustavo Loza/Borja Zarco

4) Manuel Barroetavena/Stefano DiAloy

5) Lucas Branco/Chizzy Lumeta

Bob and Scott are joined by colleague and fellow Westchester and Connecticut pro, Tom Carey to share their insights on several of the finals: Medvedev vs. Nadal, Barty vs. Collins, and Krygios/Kokkinakis vs. Purcell/Ebden. It seems that top pros are often guilty of the same mental errors that lower-level players make.

We review several matches from week #1 of the 2022 Australian Open with the idea of making the matches relevant to club players. Players discussed include Rafa Nadal, Ash Barty, Matteo Berrettini, Gael Monfils, Dennis Shapovalov, Corey Gauff, Sloane Stephens, and Emma Raducanu among others.

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