{"id":2728,"date":"2018-08-13T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T18:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2018-08-13T18:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T18:37:42","slug":"podcast-episode-28-tsitsipas-sloane-and-the-serve-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/13\/podcast-episode-28-tsitsipas-sloane-and-the-serve-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 28: Tsitsipas, Sloane, and the Serve Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 28 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/the-tennis-abstract-podcast\/\">Tennis Abstract Podcast<\/a>, with\u00a0Carl Bialik of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thirtylove.libsyn.com\/\">Thirty Love podcast<\/a>, is our triumphant (re-) return to podcasting. We cover all the highlights from last week&#8217;s Rogers Cup, especially the breakout week from Stefanos Tsitsipas, the strong showing from Sloane Stephens, and the quiet dominance of Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep.<\/p>\n<p>We also cover tennis&#8217;s new serve clock, which has entered the game surprisingly smoothly &#8230; but without much effect on the pace of play. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2728-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode028.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode028.mp3\">http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode028.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>(Note: this week&#8217;s episode is about 63 minutes long; in some browsers the audio player may display a different length. Sorry about that!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode028.mp3\">Click to listen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-tennis-abstract-podcast\/id1223937610\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>, or use <a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/feed.xml\">our feed<\/a> to get updates on your favorite podcast software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>Episode index with links, thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/fbitennis.tumblr.com\/\">FBITennis<\/a>:<\/p>\n<table width=\"477\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"397\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/reports\/atp_elo_ratings.html\">Tsitsipas in Toronto<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"80\">1:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/wtafiles.wtatennis.com\/pdf\/publications\/2018WTARulebook.pdf\">Performance Byes<\/a> [pp 45-46 in linked pdf]<\/td>\n<td>8:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Next Gen One-Handed Backhands<\/td>\n<td>13:29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openerarankings.com\/WTAHome\">Sloane Stephens&#8217; Ranking Profile<\/a><\/td>\n<td>19:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Effectiveness of Kamau Murray<\/td>\n<td>27:40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Do the Canadian Results Affect US Open Favorites?<\/td>\n<td>33:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com\/en\/players\/fedex-head-2-head\/novak-djokovic-vs-grigor-dimitrov\/D643\/D875\">Dimitrov defending in Cincinnati<\/a><\/td>\n<td>37:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Federer returns in Cincinnati<\/td>\n<td>40:55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Muguruza defending in Cincinnati<\/td>\n<td>45:06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/maybe-finally-the-next-generation-is-here\/\">Average Age of ATP Top 50 Declining<\/a><\/td>\n<td>48:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/11\/sports\/us-open-serve-clock.html\">Serve Clock<\/a><\/td>\n<td>52:34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 28 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with\u00a0Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, is our triumphant (re-) return to podcasting. We cover all the highlights from last week&#8217;s Rogers Cup, especially the breakout week from Stefanos Tsitsipas, the strong showing from Sloane Stephens, and the quiet dominance of Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/13\/podcast-episode-28-tsitsipas-sloane-and-the-serve-clock\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Podcast Episode 28: Tsitsipas, Sloane, and the Serve Clock<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}