About this episode
Struggling to keep up with all the tennis? So are we. Join us on this struggle bus episode where we go over the results since our last episode, leading up to Ash Barty and Rafa Nadal's wins this past week. If you haven't seen the Kasatkina interview/doc with sports.ru, it's truly a must-see tennis event. After we flog Fabio and Benoit, James takes a quiz where we end up flogging the U.S. men too. Hurrah. 2:30 Nadal wins 12th Barcelona crown, but it was far from guaranteed 5:30 Is Tsitsipas the ‘second favorite’ after Nadal? Don’t count out Djokovic 11:25 The Djokovic -- er, Serbia Open 19:55 Ash Barty makes it hard on her detractors 24:50 Monte Carlo: Rublev slays the giant and Tsitsipas breaks through 33:10 Madrid women’s draw 36:40 Kasatkina interview: Russian TV does not play! 42:10 Fabio, the boy who cried lupo; and French Federation to Benoit: we do not require your services, thank you 46:15 Other odds and ends: Yastremska update, Rena+Zina 50:50 James takes a rankings quiz! (This is much more fun than it sounds)