The Body Serve

Episode 40 is here! We're covering Miami, the Giorgi-Italian Federation guerra, doubles domination, and taking a much-needed break from "issues."1:30 Catching up with us - Kinky Boots & Diana Ross!

7:30 LaPorsha & the "lgbt lifestyle." Huh?

12:00 Becoming a Sloane Stephens fan, by James

19:00 Instagram fave Pico wins Houston!

22:00 #SeeWhatHadHappenedWas: Camila Giorgi vs. the Italian Federation

28:30 Vika wins Sunshine Double

35:00 Veterans Kuznetsova & Monfils step up

38:00 Catching up with doubles: Bucie, Santina, Bryans, Mahut/Herbert

41:30 French photo journalist's equipment stolen in Miami, Cornet starts crowdfund

44:00 Previewing the upcoming European clay season

2:00 James revisits Djokovic's comments and follow-up

10:30 Roger Federer tries to add some nuance, and fails

14:00 Warring fandoms and how we interpret players' words

17:00 Tennis Twitter's Manic Monday: Nicole Gibbs stands up

24:00 Andy Murray drops in to read Stakhovsky down

30:00 Neil Harman stops by for no reason

33:00 Going to bat for Andy Murray, currently the only ATP advocate for women

38:45 The trouble with allies/having a daughter makes you a feminist?

46:00 Hashing out the major arguments for/against equal prize money, briefly

50:00 Higher-faster-stronger is not the only measure of athleticism

55:30 Our case for the moral argument in favor of equal prize money

57:30 In praise of Billie Jean King

1:01:00 BJK and Chrissie Evert share great anecdotes about the 70s

1:06:00 Why are the men not focusing on pay disparity on the ATP? Instead, they prefer to blame women.

1:11:00 Big ups! Gibbs, BJK, Andy, and more

Manic Monday

1:00 Getting right into the Sharapova announcement

4:30 Debunking the myth of the purity and virtue of drug testing

15:00 The spirit of the law: what can players do to gain an advantage?

19:00 Maria's true colors come out in her Facebook post

23:00 Reactions from Serena, Venus, WTA, sponsors

29:00 White privilege is real

33:30 UNION

39:30 Venus' return to IW and her Players Tribune essay

45:00 Raymond Moore, misogyny, and our continued gross feelings about Indian Wells

53:45 Novak Djokovic's ill-considered comments on women's tennis

1:01:30 Players should take a sport history course at WTA/ATP University

1:04:15 Talking tennis, briefly: women's final, Rafa, Novak, and a few others who had a good week

Vol. Eleven of #ThisWeekInTennis: "Sexism Row Casts Another Shadow on Tennis at Indian Wells"

0:30 Oscar Recap: white people laughing

12:00 Fresh Off The Boat's tennis episode starring BJK!

14:45 Appreciating Michael Chang

17:30 Big news: a listener happened upon Serena Williams at the gym while listening to The Body Serve!

19:00 New segment: #WheelAndComeAgain - Rafa, Simona, Petra

26:30 #BigUp to Sloane Stephens, now a 3-time WTA champion

30:45 Dominic Thiem: All I Do Is Win

36:00 Marcos Baghdatis, finalist in Dubai

38:30 Stanley's 9-match win streak in finals

42:00 Carla Suarez Navarro wins Doha, destroys ARad in the process

47:30 Verdasco's #thirsttrap

48:30 #SeeWhatHadHappenedWas: Novak's eye problems

New #ThisWeekInTennis -"Thiem At It Again"

3:00 Venus, Ambassador to Asia11:30 New residents of the Top 10: Bencic & Vinci17:00 Dubai carnage. What top 10?21:15 Good news! The Delpo and Barty comebacks28:00 Mega Thiem32:30 Justin Gimelstob's appearance on Beyond the Baseline podcast - why???38:45 Gimelstob addresses his bad behavior45:00 OK, ladies now let's get in formation53:00 Why Formation is not for white people (and why they're mad about it)59:30 Super Bowl halftime show: the art of upstaging1:05:30 The Rant: The Grammys and Taylor Swift, demon1:11:30 What creative heights must black artists reach in order to be recognized?1:18:00 Cam Newton, the Williams sisters, and expectations of black athletes This Week In Tennis

Melbourne crowns a new women's major champion and cements Djokovic's dominance over all opponents, while we debut a (hopefully) long-running segment called The Rant.3:00 Are there any emerging storylines in the men's game?7:30 Odds and ends in the women's game: Konta, Zhang, and Venus returning to IW12:00 Serena def. Maria #19, Serena def. Radwanska17:45 Women's final31:45 Being happy for Kerber; Serena giving praise where it's due36:00 Djokovic-Simon39:00 A sidebar on Rafa in light of Novak's dominance of every top player42:30 Is Novak becoming more beloved? Or at least more respected?47:00 Spare a thought for Andy Murray49:30 Melbourne commercial52:30 Stuff we saw on Twitter: 1) Sharapova fans out in force55:00 2) Superfans taking journalists to task for 'negativity'58:00 New segment: The Rant! Tennis is not only men's tennisThis Week In Tennis: Kerber and Djokovic Score Australian Open TitlesMelbourne commercial Serena-Maria rivalry set to Adele's "Hello"

Melbourne crowns a new women's major champion and cements Djokovic's dominance over all opponents, while we debut a (hopefully) long-running segment called The Rant.

3:00 Are there any emerging storylines in the men's game?7:30 Odds and ends in the women's game: Konta, Zhang, and Venus returning to IW12:00 Serena def. Maria #19, Serena def. Radwanska17:45 Women's final31:45 Being happy for Kerber; Serena giving praise where it's due36:00 Djokovic-Simon39:00 A sidebar on Rafa in light of Novak's dominance of every top player42:30 Is Novak becoming more beloved? Or at least more respected?47:00 Spare a thought for Andy Murray49:30 Melbourne commercial52:30 Stuff we saw on Twitter: 1) Sharapova fans out in force55:00 2) Superfans taking journalists to task for 'negativity'58:00 New segment: The Rant! Tennis is not only men's tennis
This Week In Tennis: Kerber and Djokovic Score Australian Open TitlesMelbourne commercial Serena-Maria rivalry set to Adele's "Hello"

We're attempting a rare mid-Slam podcast; we're chatting about the tennis and some bigger issues floating around tennis this week: match fixing, bad commentary, and Hewitt's retirement.

1:30 We wade into the match-fixing scandal

10:30 Unloading on ESPN for preempting Serena Williams for "journalism"

14:15 Poll results: your least favorite commentators, male and female

15:15 Your winner, the awful Justin Gimelstob (and that NY Times puff piece)

32:00 Bad news first: Venus & Rafa upset

35:00 The (overcooked?) brouhaha over Venus skipping her press conference

41:00 Mouratoglou weighs in on Rafa's game

44:30 Having fun despite the carnage

47:00 How are the pre-tournament faves doing? (SW, Aga, & Igloo domination)

55:00 The top men have a great first week: breaking down the quarters

58:30 Talking through the Lleyton Hewitt retrospective

 

#ThisWeekInTennis: Week One of 2016 Australian Open

Welcome to Season 2 of The Body Serve! It's time to preview the first major of the year::30 What's going on with us.5:00 Oscar nominations, Golden Globes, RIP Alan Rickman14:45 #SeeWhatHadHappenedWas is back! Muguruza steps in it.18:00 Azarenka gets a new nickname, some grief from us23:45 Other Week 1 winners - Sloane, Aga, Novak, Milos, Stan34:00 Australian Open fashion: Double Milos Sleeve38:30 Women's draw - 1st rounds and potential QF matches47:30 Nobody's healthy and everybody's questionable (WTA injury report)52:20 Men's draw - 1st rounds and potential QFs55:30 Where are all the men's dark horses?Jonathan's AO Preview: Where the Seeds FallThis Week In Tennis