Return to Doubles Alley

About this episode

The hosts discuss the Mixed Doubles exhibition at the US Open, reflect on the hardcourt summer, and explore potential future rule changes in tennis.

The Tennis Tragic #065 / Return to Doubles Alley / The US Open spotlight shines brightest on the Mixed Doubles exhibition (tournament). Matte and David re-visit the dark and mysterious zone between the tram lines, while glancing back at the US hardcourt summer and peeking forward towards the upcoming major (a little). We get into the depths of the upset game, discuss radical-but-unlikely future rule changes, express confusion about the identity of our podcast, learn some Australian taxi-based idioms, and revisit Matte's encounter with Australian doubles star Ellen Perez on line at an event merchandise store. In a rank? On line? Finally, Matte foreshadows some upcoming spells.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matte, David

Guest: Ellen Perez

Topics covered

• Mixed Doubles
• US Open
• hardcourt summer
• rule changes
• Australian tennis

Keywords

• doubles
• upset game
• Australian taxi idioms

Mentioned in this episode

Places: US

More episodes of The Tennis Tragic

• We Digress · March 22, 2026 · 1h 8m
• The Crunching Sound · March 1, 2026 · 44 min
• Fading Into Her Prime · February 10, 2026 · 1h 13m
• The Tragedy Watchlist · January 17, 2026 · 1h 15m
• Bidi Labubu Badu · September 20, 2025 · 1h 17m
• The Tribunal of Tennis Etiquette · September 1, 2025 · 1h 15m