Episode 104 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, is our recap of the Miami Open, with a particular focus on the Italian teenager who reached the final there.
Jannik Sinner has a relatively weak first serve, but seems to do everything else right. We talk about how to balance what he is with what he could be, the importance of his evident emotional maturity, whether he’ll eventually win more first serve points, how well he’ll fare on clay this year, and just how much we can compare him with Rafael Nadal.
We also discuss the man who beat Sinner in the Miami final, Hubert Hurkacz. Is a 24-year-old without any obvious elite-level weapons still on the rise, or will the Masters 1000 title mark his career peak?
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(Note: this week’s episode is about 58 minutes long; in some browsers the audio player may display a different length. Sorry about that!)
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Podcast housekeeping:
- The TAP book club will resume next week with Arthur Ashe’s memoir, Days of Grace. I’ve posted a few notes about Ashe and the book here. If you have thoughts or questions for us to consider, please let me know.
- In case you haven’t heard, I’m 52 episodes into a short (~4 minute) daily podcast called Expected Points. Here’s today’s episode. I’m also doing a daily baseball podcast with the same format during the MLB season–check out The Opener.
