{"id":4006,"date":"2020-11-24T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2020-11-24T18:29:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:29:27","slug":"podcast-episode-84-daniil-medvedev-dominic-thiem-and-a-tactically-brilliant-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/24\/podcast-episode-84-daniil-medvedev-dominic-thiem-and-a-tactically-brilliant-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 84: Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, and a Tactically Brilliant Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Episode 84 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/the-tennis-abstract-podcast\/\">Tennis Abstract Podcast<\/a> features Jeff and co-host Carl Bialik, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thirtylove.libsyn.com\/\">Thirty Love podcast<\/a>, celebrating a fantastic championship match to end the 2020 ATP season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We discuss Medvedev&#8217;s tactical savvy and physical versaility, along with over- and under-rated parts of Thiem&#8217;s game. Also on the agenda: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Are Medvedev and Thiem a clear &#8220;second group&#8221; behind Djokovic and Nadal but ahead of the rest of the pack? <\/li><li>Will Medvedev have a better career than Alexander Zverev or Andrey Rublev? <\/li><li>What constitutes tactical perfection? How could we measure it? <\/li><li>Are we biased toward all-around players when listing the strongest tacticians? <\/li><li>Is it possible for a 30-stroke rally to be tactically strong?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, if you like hearing us talk about stuff, you&#8217;ll be glad to know that we&#8217;re launching a non-tennis podcast called Dangerous Exponents, on all things (well, some things) Covid-19. We recorded a pilot episode today, which should be available shortly. I&#8217;ll post it here and on Twitter when it&#8217;s released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for listening! <\/p>\n\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4006-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode084.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode084.mp3\">http:\/\/tennisabstract.com\/podcast\/TennisAbstractPodcast-episode084.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Note: this week&#8217;s episode is about 43 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-episode084.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 84 of the Tennis Abstract Podcast features Jeff and co-host Carl Bialik, of the Thirty Love podcast, celebrating a fantastic championship match to end the 2020 ATP season. We discuss Medvedev&#8217;s tactical savvy and physical versaility, along with over- and under-rated parts of Thiem&#8217;s game. Also on the agenda: Are Medvedev and Thiem a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/24\/podcast-episode-84-daniil-medvedev-dominic-thiem-and-a-tactically-brilliant-future\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Podcast Episode 84: Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, and a Tactically Brilliant Future<\/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-4006","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\/4006","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=4006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}