It’s the halfway point at the US Open! Simon and Devang return to breakdown the weirdness we’ve experienced so far and go in-depth on Coco Gauff, Daniil Medvedev and Maria Sakkari. In Parting Shots there’s a new ball-gate, this time featuring Vasek Pospisil. Have our predictions for the final changed after one week? And new discussions about a WTA/ATP merger has the guys discussing timing. Finally, there’s John Isner and some Arctic Monkeys.

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