Charles in Charge

About this episode

The episode discusses the highlights and controversies from the first Grand Slam of the year, including notable performances and ongoing investigations in tennis.

The first Slam of the year is in the books, and we’ve got the youngest Career Slam winner in the history of maleness, Novak’s 38th major final, and Rybakina continuing her hot streak and bagging her second Slam. We talk you through the scintillating men’s semifinals that injected the tournament with a much-needed spark. You’ll also hear about the smoking gun pickle juice bottle, That Guy’s tantrum, Coco’s semi-covert racquet smash, and Djokovic religious iconography. We finish up with a few serious matters: Craig Tiley’s future, the investigation into coach Rafael Font de Mora, and the PTPA’s latest proposal for … something. 2:30 Youngest male player: Carlos makes history 6:15 I’m not chasing anyone, let’s start there 13:15 Excuses, excuses 21:30 The 5-set king 26:10 Rybakina: don’t underestimate WTA Finals swagger! 37:30 Women’s semis, Cocosmash; Mertens is Australian Open queen 47:50 WTA launches investigation into WTA coach 51:15 What is the PTPA actually going for? 58:00 Remembering Canadian icon and the world’s mom, Catherine O’Hara

People in this episode

Host: The Body Serve Tennis Podcast

Topics covered

• Australian Open
• Career Slam
• tennis semifinals
• WTA investigation
• Djokovic
• Rybakina
• Coco Gauff

Keywords

• Australian Open
• Novak Djokovic
• Carlos Alcaraz
• Rybakina
• WTA Finals
• Coco Gauff
• PTPA
• tennis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WTA, PTPA

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