Episode 66 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, starts with a discussion about Matteo Berrettini, the Italian clay specialist who proved himself a dangerous competitor on the Stuttgart grass last week. We talk about the tactics that work on grass, and how those sometimes overlap with clay-court strategies, despite the differences between the natural surfaces.
We also cover Andy Murray’s return to the doubles court, Murray’s possibly-tour-best lob, the Herbert-Mahut split, the indoor hard court matches at the Nottingham grass court event, the excellent Nottingham final between Caroline Garcia and Donna Vekic, and finally, the US Open’s decision to allow coaching from the stands at this year’s event.
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(Note: this week’s episode is about 64 minutes long; in some browsers the audio player may display a different length. Sorry about that!)
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