Tennis Divas: Venus Vaults Back into Top 10

In Episode 29, we're celebrating Venus' big win in Zhuhai and her return to the top 10. In #TennisDivas, we try to find diva counterparts for tennis players.

:30 Effervescing because of Venus' Zhuhai win 5:00 Venus' run to the title: Madison, Saisai, Vinci, Pliskova 7:00 Final vs. Pliskova 14:00 Jonathan does some serious rankings math, Olympic qualification scenarios 18:30 Venus as ambassador for the WTA, taking advantage of WTAsia 25:30 Tennis Divas: what is a diva? 31:00 Which diva is Venus?  34:00 Is Serena a Mariah? Or a Beyonce? 40:00 The non-divas: Ariana, Ashanti, Demi, Selena Gomez 44:00 Sorry, Caroline 46:30 Who gets to be Aretha? 50:30 Sharapova's perfect diva match 55:00 A few male tennis divas: Roger & Rafa get paired with all-time musical greats 1:00:00 The perfect opportunity to shade Justine 1:02:00 Adele and her tennis equivalent, with a digression on Sam Smith

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