Mid-Aussie Open Chat: Scandal & Upsets
We're attempting a rare mid-Slam podcast; we're chatting about the tennis and some bigger issues floating around tennis this week: match fixing, bad commentary, and Hewitt's retirement.
1:30 We wade into the match-fixing scandal
10:30 Unloading on ESPN for preempting Serena Williams for "journalism" 14:15 Poll results: your least favorite commentators, male and female 15:15 Your winner, the awful Justin Gimelstob (and that NY Times puff piece) 32:00 Bad news first: Venus & Rafa upset 35:00 The (overcooked?) brouhaha over Venus skipping her press conference 41:00 Mouratoglou weighs in on Rafa's game 44:30 Having fun despite the carnage 47:00 How are the pre-tournament faves doing? (SW, Aga, & Igloo domination) 55:00 The top men have a great first week: breaking down the quarters 58:30 Talking through the Lleyton Hewitt retrospective#ThisWeekInTennis: Week One of 2016 Australian Open