Episode 34 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, breaks down the second edition of the Laver Cup, with a look at the structure of the event, how it generates its appeal from an unusual format, and whether it can survive without Roger Federer. We also check in on the WTA Asian swing, and the ups and downs of top players that have made this season so difficult to predict.
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Update: Episode index with links, thanks to FBITennis:
| Laver Cup 2018 | 0:50 |
| Sock as the Best Doubles Player | 6:52 |
| A Laver (King/Gibson) Cup for Women? Or Mixed? | 15:30 |
| Can Laver Cup survive celebrity retirements? | 26:30 |
| Will Laver Cup enthusiasm reach other formats? | 36:20 |
| WTA Guangzhou, Seoul and Tokyo | 39:25 |
| The two sweet Carolines (Wozniacki and Garcia) | 43:55 |
| Are we seeing mediocrity, or stronger parity in the WTA? | 47:10 |
| Probability an existing WTA GS winner wins at least 7 of them | 51:20 |
| Surprise stat fact about Caroline Garcia | 55:05 |