Episode 72 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, discusses the awkward position of World Team Tennis, which is loaded with stars but has a hard time succeeding outside the structure of the tennis tours. We ask whether tennis, which has become steadily more global, would connect better with its fans by shifting more focus to the local.
On court, they look at the spectacular serving performance of sub-six-foot Alex de Minaur, another disappointing loss for Alexander Zverev, and a shock comeback from Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.
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