The Grand Slam Tennis Online Podcast

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Former Sunday Times tennis correspondent Barry Flatman joins Finn to talk Osaka's stand and Pospisil's new players' union. There is also a comprehensive US Open preview: is Djokovic's only enemy himself? Is Serena Williams a favourite? How will Sofia Kenin embrace being top dog? Barry also gives his memories of the great David Mercer, former umpire and legendary BBC commentator, who sadly passed away this week. Music by Drive Me Home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author of The Circuit and award-winning poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips joins Finn to talk about why he is not watching tennis right now. Phillips unpicks the ethics of tennis' return to his hometown, New York, and tells us why we should celebrate the sport's socially conscious players when tennis so often pretends disengagement from the world. He also reveals how he created his epic, a lyrical record of the bewildering and inspiring 2017 season, and describes what the events of that year - in tennis and the world - mean for him now.  The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey won the 2019 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing and is available from Picador for $17.00. You can find Louisa Thomas' essay for The New Yorker here. Subscribe to The Grand Slam Tennis Podcast on Apple and Spotify and leave us a review. You can also find us on the podcast page of Grand Slam Tennis Online. Music by Drive Me Home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week New York Times best-selling author Robert Weintraub joins Finn Ranson to tell the incredible story of Alice Marble, who rose to stardom in the late 1930s but has since faded from the history books. Last month, Robert published the first biography of her life, The Divine Miss Marble. We spoke about the mysteries that inspired him to take her story on and her transformative - and turbulent - relationship with her coach, Eleanor Tennant, who inspired Alice to one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history. The Divine Miss Marble: A life of Tennis, Fame, and Mystery is published by Dutton and is available from Penguin Random House for $29.00. Music by Drive Me Home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.