Episode 39 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, covers the breakthrough Masters title of Karen Khachanov, along with the memorable semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. We also give an update on Jack Sock’s career choices and the career accomplishments of doubles whiz Rajeev Ram.
The second half of the episode is our recap of the WTA Finals in Singapore and the Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. We get distracted from our discussion of Svitolina, Sabalenka, and Barty by delving into the weeds of tournament formats, considering the pros and cons of the various round-robin and wild-card approaches that events use this time of year.
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(Note: this week’s episode is 61 minutes long; in some browsers the audio player may display a different length. Sorry about that!)
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