{"id":3708,"date":"2019-08-12T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/?p=3708"},"modified":"2019-08-12T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:25:48","slug":"podcast-episode-73-rogers-cup-review-on-rafa-medvedev-andreescu-serena-kenin-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/12\/podcast-episode-73-rogers-cup-review-on-rafa-medvedev-andreescu-serena-kenin-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 73: Rogers Cup Review, on Rafa, Medvedev, Andreescu, Serena, Kenin, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Episode 73 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/the-tennis-abstract-podcast\/\">Tennis Abstract Podcast<\/a>, with Carl Bialik of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thirtylove.libsyn.com\/\">Thirty Love podcast<\/a>, digs into the unique tactical approach of fast-rising Daniil Medvedev, whose inside-out backhand offers an unusual look to the rest of the tour. Medvedev reached the Montreal final last week but failed to make a dent against Rafael Nadal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We continue on the subject of ATP tactics, looking at the importance of point-finishing skills, the declining role of surface speed, and whether the current crop of young players is less surface sensitive than their predecessors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also celebrate the return of Bianca Andreescu to the winner&#8217;s circle, mull over how Serena Williams will fare at the US Open, and ask whether our current approach to forecasting tournament results is giving the 23-time slam champion her due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3708-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode073.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode073.mp3\">http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode073.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Note: this week&#8217;s episode is about 60 minutes long; in some browsers the audio player may display a different length. Sorry about that!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode073.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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 73 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast, with Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast, digs into the unique tactical approach of fast-rising Daniil Medvedev, whose inside-out backhand offers an unusual look to the rest of the tour. Medvedev reached the Montreal final last week but failed to make a dent against Rafael Nadal. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/12\/podcast-episode-73-rogers-cup-review-on-rafa-medvedev-andreescu-serena-kenin-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Podcast Episode 73: Rogers Cup Review, on Rafa, Medvedev, Andreescu, Serena, Kenin, and More<\/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-3708","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\/3708","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=3708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}