The Tennis Tragic

The Tennis Tragic #027 / Going to the Dirt Shop / The gang professes its love for clay court tennis (of various colors); scrappy Dan Evans gets the royal treatment in Monte Carlo; Alex recaps Rublev and Rafa's rumble; we engage in our regularly scheduled debate about whether or not Hawkeye should be adopted on clay; Matte imagines socialist utopian tennis clubs; Davy Gravy reveals his favorite blue thing.

The Tennis Tragic #026 / Avocado or Pear? / The Tragic Three reconvene to discuss the events of Acapulco, Doha, and Miami.  Talking points include:  fruit-shaped trophies, muscle locations, players who may have sold their souls to the Devil, Roger Federer's beautiful serve, whether the post-match lie-down celebration is appropriate, how to procure clay for your court, player unions, and the vibe of the Miami Dolphins' stadium parking lot.  David introduces new AI friend "Davy Gravy" and offers up a monologue about the joy of watching dramatic Bianca Andreescu matches during the Miami Open.

The Tennis Tragic #025 / The King of Hard / Novak reigns.. but what are his powers?  Jayne Hrdlicka works the crowd.  Protestors disrupt the match.  Predictions fail to manifest.  The impact of athlete endorsements is considered.

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Tennis Tragic #024 / Bit of a Legend / Reflections on herbal tea, birdsong, service motions, Naomi Osaka, Jen Brady, and doubles (doubles!)

The Tennis Tragic #023 / Body Positive / David pens a letter to the Tennis Podcast and receives an unexpected response.  Features the AO2021 Fashion Roundup with Matte and David.  Discussion topics include the meaning of the word 'journeyman', Alex Bolt's post-playing career, the trend towards meditation and mental training, joyless tennis, and Victoria's flash Covid lockdown.

The Tennis Tragic #022 / Next Door to Yulia / The Tragic Three imagine conditions in the hard quarantine, remember The Match That Time Forgot and Michael Pervolarakis, and discuss general topics during the lead-up to the AO, including (but not limited to) doping bans, blackface, clickbait, vaccines, and the throng of the AO crowd.

The Tennis Tragic #021 / The Fake Crowd Noise Era / Alex returns and Maritsa joins for various Tragic Chats discussing the US Open 2020, fake crowd noise, Djokovic's default, line judge conspiracy theories, the value of towel kids, Patrick McEnroe's walkabout, Medvedev, Thiem, Vika, Serena, Osaka, Zverev, players eating salads, and more.  Features the First Ever Segment of "Tennis and the Arts"; Matte brings our attention to Cigdem Aydemir's performance piece "The New National Sport." 

The Tennis Tragic #020 / Hiding Under The Bed / Rafa calls in from quarantine, Matte catches Linsanity, David and his father discuss formative sports memories, and more dreams of great players retiring from matches.

The Tennis Tragic #019 / Fig Ignorant / Roger goes under the knife, Vasek spoons out a little maple, and Matte and David stick a fork in the GOAT convo.  Is it fully cooked?  Hard to say!

The Tennis Tragic #018 / Dreams-Come-True-Girl / Do dreams really come true?  Do you just need to believe in your dreams?  Is that enough?

Matte and David discuss childhood dreams, premonitory dreams, endings, Margaret Court, Godwin's Law, John McEnroe, Martina Navratalova, Evonne Goolagong, Colin Kaepernick, Ash Barty, Tennys Sandgren, commerce, Garbine Muguruza, and Sofia Kenin's first major title.  As it was foretold.