The Tennis Tragic

The Tennis Tragic #017 / AO 2020 Day Six / The gang discuss the finer points of Kyrgios's performance (and behavior) in his match against some Russian guy?  Hatch-a-something?  Khachanov!  That guy is pretty good.  Also:  Goffin-Rublev, Bethany Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin on the doubles court, and a look forward to a desperately tedious Raonic-Cilic match.

The Tennis Tragic #016 / AO 2020 Day Five - The Demons Are Always There / Federer summons forth another unholy victory against a righteous John Millman.  Coco defeats elder stateswoman Osaka.  Serena bows out to Wang Qiang.  Tennys Sandgren's guns were out, as the suns... were out?

The Tennis Tragic #015 / AO 2020 Day Three - More Sweetie / We doubled down on a couple of long and delightful five-setters and explored some on-site commercial activations.

The Tennis Tragic #014 / AO 2020 Day Two - Tragic Tuesday / 88 Completed Matches!  88 pro athletes, fallen in fierce competition!  We gathered the morning after this epic day at Melbourne Park to discuss the highlights, the smashed racquets, the heartbreak, the occasionally sublime play, Court 3 acoustics, and RESPECT.

The Tennis Tragic #013 - AO 2020 Day One - Are we doing daily episodes?  We're doing daily episodes!  Or mini-episodes?  Whatever the case, Matte, Alex, and David rolled down to the AO grounds under the threat of rain and got stuck in the squall.  The tennis was unexceptional and mostly water-logged, and we came away musing mostly about the season's new fashion lines.

The Tennis Tragic #012 / AO 2020 Draw Show / Matte and Alex just arrived in Melbourne and we immediately started talking about brackets, the space-time continuum, possible future screaming matches, and whether or not anything is truly inevitable.

The Tennis Tragic #011 / January 14 2020 / For the first time since meeting at the 2019 Australian Open, The Tragic Three convened in Brisbane, Australia to watch real, live tennis - checking out the inaugural ATP Cup's Group Stage with a little WTA Brisbane International bonus action on the side!

We witnessed grown men smashing racquets, speculated about the true lineage of some rising stars, gently argued about the use of instant replay and towel racks, and discussed the pros and cons of nation-based competitions.  Matte also set a world record at the serve machine!

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The Tennis Tragic #010 / November 24 2019 / The tennis season is finally coming to a close... or is it?  What will we do with our lives?  Well, for now, we've recorded 80+ minutes of chat about the new Davis Cup, the ATP Finals, the WTA Finals, World Team Tennis, Team Tennis, Tennis Teams, the Tennis Tragic Slam, Bill Gates, Milos Raonic, and more!  We invent a personal backstory for Dan Evans, dig a little deeper into the meaning of the word "disgrace," and attempt to answer the pressing question: who among the Big 3 is most likely to "let loose" in their retirement years?

The Tennis Tragic #009 / November 2 2019 / The gang delves into the controversy surrounding Darren Cahill's coaching methodology, shows the love for the WTA Finals and ATP Paris Masters events, delves into Matte's subconscious, discusses the inequitable prize money distribution at Wimbledon in 1982, and debate the pros and cons of the Round Robin format.  We also debut our latest innovation - dramatic readings of press conferences and on-court coaching!

The Tennis Tragic #008 / On Kid Mascots

Asia keeps on swinging, as do the Tragic Three.  Our gang sneaks into the ATP Shanghai Masters event just after Novak and Roger departed, and just prior to Daniil's eventual triumph.  We recap the epic battle between Naomi and Bianca in Beijing, revisit the topic of weirdo umps, say hello to our fifth Instagram follower, learn about what it takes to become a line judge, and speculate about what it takes to be chosen as a kid mascot.

And for the gamblers out there, you might want to put some money on next year's US Open Final.  David had a dream...