About this episode
We're back after a two-week hiatus! In this episode, we've enlisted Chad (@CCSMOOTH13) to help us with Serena's return at Fed Cup and Venus' two wins to clinch the tie. We run down some of the tennis action we missed on both tours before Mr. Smooth gives us his birds-eye view of the happenings in Asheville. We finish with a discussion of the wild Darko Grncarov story and what it says about the state of the ATP, its negligence, and male tennis players in general. Be sure to check out Chad's Instagram for his fabulous Fed Cup pics! 04:23 A blazing two week stretch for Petra, and Kiki's back! 06:36 Barty's going to be partnering WHO? 08:55 A brief recap of some of the ATP results 10:53 Davis Cup etcs: Zverev, Cam Norrie, and French depth 15:15 Chad joins us to chit chat about Fed Cup & Darko 24:26 Chad talks to Isha, Alexis, and Jill 34:30 Assessing Venus' game and the BIG doubles surprise 40:53 Chad the Darko Truther, and Aunt Jill goes awf 54:10 Why the idea of Darko took hold, filling an empathy gap on the ATP Tour