Episode 35 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, starts with a look at the newest star on the WTA tour, Aryna Sabalenka. The 20-year-old Belarussian won the Wuhan trophy last week, and already looks like one of the strongest hard-court players in the field. We also touch on the rise of Hawkeye line-calling competitor FoxTenn, and the ATP titles claimed a couple of players on the comeback trail, Bernard Tomic and Yoshihito Nishioka.
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Update: Episode index with links, thanks to FBITennis:
| Sabalenka-mania | 1:00 | |
| Australian Open preview based on WTA Elo | 7:58 | |
| Is Osaka the next Serena? Is Sabalenka the next Maria? | 16:25 | |
| Swinging around to swinging volleys | 17:55 | |
| Performance byes | 21:50 | |
| Fox “Force” 10 and challenges | 25:15 | And the payoff |
| The return of Bernard Tomic | 39:45 | |
| Disappointing result for Fabio Fognini | 46:10 | |
| The effect of injury on consistency | 49:00 | |
| Nishioka’s first title | 52:50 |