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Looks Like We Made It: US Open Preview
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We're piecing together a preview for the US Open on precarious hotel wifi, but the show must go on! After all, this is Serena's final Slam. Jonathan is in NY taking in the action, while James holds down the TBS fort (i.e. Vince) in Toronto. Hear Jonathan's initial thoughts on TBS’s first trip to a Slam, plus we're talking about Novak’s eleventh hour withdrawal, this year’s version of the bathroom break distraction, and of course the just released US Open draws, seemingly some of the most balanced draws in recent memory.
01:05 Jonathan's initial thoughts on Flushing Meadows and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
12:25 To no one’s surprise the entry requirements did not change and Novak Djokovic pulls out of the US Open at the last minute
20:00 Kyrgios legal update plus a perfect distraction, a ridiculous defamation suit
27:30 WTA draw: hey, it could have been a lot worse
30:30 Women’s top half: cracking first rounds, including Queenwen vs. Ostapenko and Raducanu vs. Consecutive Slam Queen Cornet
42:00 Women’s bottom half: Madison gets a tough road early on; Serena’s fourth quarter … what to make of it
48:30 Men’s draw: a historic #1 seed leads a wide open draw
01:05 Jonathan's initial thoughts on Flushing Meadows and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
12:25 To no one’s surprise the entry requirements did not change and Novak Djokovic pulls out of the US Open at the last minute
20:00 Kyrgios legal update plus a perfect distraction, a ridiculous defamation suit
27:30 WTA draw: hey, it could have been a lot worse
30:30 Women’s top half: cracking first rounds, including Queenwen vs. Ostapenko and Raducanu vs. Consecutive Slam Queen Cornet
42:00 Women’s bottom half: Madison gets a tough road early on; Serena’s fourth quarter … what to make of it
48:30 Men’s draw: a historic #1 seed leads a wide open draw
Released:
Aug 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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