Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis

Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis

By Carl BialikSportsTennis
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Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis episodes

  • Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Matt Marolf Wraps the Tournament and Airs Grievances

    Returning guest Matt Marolf (@mattmarolf), who writes match

    previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host
    Carl Bialik after the 2023 U.S. Open to recap the tournament and
    Matt's prescient picks, predict the careers of the finalists, and
    air grievances about the sport we love and love to find ways to
    make better.

    Links:

    Matt on Twitter

    Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything

    else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

     

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Jeff Sackmann on his project Battles, Boycotts, and Breakouts: 1973 Redux

    Jeff Sackmann, proprietor of the stats and history site Tennis

    Abstract, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Battles,
    Boycotts, and Breakouts: 1973 Redux, Jeff's project to revisit
    memorable moments from the pivotal tennis season of a half-century
    ago. Carl and Jeff discuss the 50th anniversary of equal prize
    money at the U.S. Open, what made 1973 special, and how 2023 might
    look 50 years from now. 

    Links:

    1973

    Redux

    Tennis Abstract

    Jeff on

    Twitter

    Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.

    Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
    else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Tumaini Carayol on Tiafoe, Wozniacki, Kasatkina, and Murray

    Returning guest Tumaini Carayol, the Guardian's

    tennis correspondent, joins the show to talk about players who have
    caught his eye and had memorable matches at this tournament:
    Frances Tiafoe, Caroline Wozniacki, Daria Kasatkina, and Andy
    Murray. He also talks about the rise of hard-court sliding.

    Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.

    Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
    else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Jim Chairusmi on Pickleball and Playing the Pros

    Returning guest Jim

    Chairusmi, part of the Wall Street Journal's team covering the
    2023 U.S. Open, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about
    tennis pros leaving the sport to play pickleball, and how the
    Average Joe, Jane, and Jim would do against pro tennis players.

    Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.

    Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
    else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

    29 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Giri Nathan on seeing the sport with fresh eyes, Wide Tennis, and slow tennis

    Returning guest Giri

    Nathan, who writes about tennis for Defector and
    Racquet, joins Thirty
    Love host Carl Bialik to talk about his experience covering the
    French Open and Wimbledon in person for the first time, how tennis
    speeding up might have slowed it down, and the joys of Wide Tennis
    and Greek Yogurt.

    Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.

    Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
    else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Matt Marolf Previews the Tournament

    Returning guest Matt Marolf (@mattmarolf), who writes match

    previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host
    Carl Bialik after they played a tennis match ahead of the 2023 U.S.
    Open to preview the tournament, explain his process for researching
    players and matches, share insights from a week on the grounds
    before the event began, and rant about the sport's rulebook.

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Matt Marolf Solves All of Tennis's Problems

    Returning guest Matt Marolf, who writes match previews for big

    tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik after
    they played a windy tennis match to wrap the 2022 U.S. Open,
    preview the rest of the season, and solve all of tennis's problems
    along the way: how a change to the scoring system could simplify
    the fan experience and prevent late finishes, what to do about
    faulty let calls, which singles runner-up will win their first
    major first, and what to watch for at Laver Cup and the WTA tour
    finals.

    Links:

    Matt Marolf on

    Twitter

    Thirty Love returned for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S.

    Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or
    anything else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Jeff Sackmann on the Tennis 128

    Jeff Sackmann, proprietor of the stats and history site Tennis

    Abstract, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the
    Tennis 128, Jeff's project to name and profile the 128 greatest
    tennis players from 1919 to the present. Carl and Jeff discuss the
    project's progress, whether players at the U.S. Open have a shot at
    better spots, and how Jeff will handle the response when he unveils
    his algorithm's ranking of the very best. 

    Links:

    The Tennis 128

    Tennis Abstract

    Jeff on Twitter

    (while he's still there, anyway)

    Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open.

    Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
    else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

    Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

    Roll" and "Glass
    Android."

    30 min
  • Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Caitlin Thompson on Racquet

    Returning guest Caitlin Thompson, co-founder of Racquet, joins

    Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to catch up on what's new at her
    tennis media company: Racquet House, Ambush Tennis, and dealmaking.
    We also talk about junior wheelchair tennis at the U.S. Open, what
    makes something Racquet, and what she has learned about her
    audience.

    Links:

    • Caitlin on
      • Twitter
    • Racquet on
      • Twitter
    • Racquet in
      • Hellgate
    • Racquet
      • House
    • Ambush Tennis
    • 1976 Davis Cup final

      Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open.

      Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
      else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

      Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

      Roll" and "Glass
      Android."

      30 min
    • Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: A day after Serena Williams's last match (?), with Jim Chairusmi

      Returning guest Jim

      Chairusmi, part of the Wall Street Journal's team covering the
      2022 U.S. Open, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik the day after
      Serena Williams's loss in what she has said will be her final
      tournament, to talk about what's next for her and he sister Venus
      Williams. We also talk about what's left in the tournament and
      memories of
      Tom Perrotta.

      Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open.

      Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
      else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]

      Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit

      Roll" and "Glass
      Android."

      30 min

    About Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis

    From the publisher's feed

    Conversations about tennis, always under 30:00, with host Carl Bialik and guests.