Decades of Destitution

About this episode

The episode discusses recent tennis events, including Arthur Fils' comeback, Ben Shelton's achievements, and Marketa Vondrousova's doping charge.

Arthur Fils caps his successful comeback to the tour with the Barcelona crown, while official tennis outlets act h-word on main while they trade on his good looks. Ben Shelton wins his first clay title outside of Texas and marks a surprising milestone for US men. Clay queens Coco and Iga are down bad while Elena, Karolina, and Marta soar; and Carlos’ status is questionable for who knows how long. Finally, we talk about the news that interests me most: Marketa Vondrousova has been charged with refusing to give a sample to a doping control officer. Her social media posts about the incident provide interesting context but – as we’ve seen before – could come back to bite. 2:15 Arthur Fils is the truth! 8:55 Rybakina wins Stuttgart again, Muchova exorcises some demons 14:00 Join Elena’s crypto community … 18:35 Ben Shelton, American king of clay? 26:35 Vondrousova’s case 37:40 James talks about books and takes another quiz!

People in this episode

Host: James

Topics covered

• tennis
• comeback
• doping control
• clay court
• social media
• sports news

Keywords

• Arthur Fils
• Ben Shelton
• Marketa Vondrousova
• doping
• clay court
• tennis news
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stuttgart

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