In the Episode 8 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, Carl Bialik and I survey the men’s and women’s fields in Rome and consider what last week’s top-tier events have to tell us about Roland Garros. We touch on Alexander Zverev’s maiden Masters title, the mixed signals of Dominic Thiem’s and Novak Djokovic’s tournaments, the rise of Elina Svitolina, and the continued relevance of Venus Williams.
We also have even more to say about wild cards (not Sharapova’s, I promise!) and dive into the potential of the best-of-five, first-to-four-games format set to debut at the NextGen ATP event in November.
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