Episode 43 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, plows through the wealth of results from the 2019 season’s first week. We start with Bianca Andreescu’s breakthrough in Auckland and a high-quality first-rounder in Brisbane, then move on Aryna Sabalenka’s title in Shenzhen, along with her aggression and possibly-related predilection for three-set matches.
On the men’s side, we talk about Ivo Karlovic’s surprise run to the Pune final at age 39, the ups and downs of Kei Nishikori’s career, especially in title matches, and a strong showing from Tomas Berdych in his first tournament since June.
We wrap things up by touching on the extremely strong women’s field in Sydney, and the vast difference between the competitiveness there and at the smaller event in Hobart.
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