30 episodes
Nice Point Podcast Joe Antonini, Joe Hallman
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Mondays from the Australian Open through the US Open
For the most casual of tennis fans. Joe & Joe are talking arcs, rivalries, narratives, fits, and gossip. We're turning that fringe pro sport, and four two-week stretches per year, into a source of joy, for you.
Coco has emerged as America's reigning champion. Many more are hungry to follow and even more across the world and even more are committed to shutting us down. All of us are playing and looking for hitting partners. We can find you drinking & watching partners.
The next era of tennis begins now.
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S2E22: French Open Mid Tourmey
0:55 - Men's Week One Tales / Thoughts About Quarters & Beyond feat. We want to bet Dimitrov to upset Sinner
43:09 - Men's Week One Tales / Thoughts About Quarters & Beyond feat. The Resurrection of Naomi Osaka -
S2E21: French Open 2024 Preview
0:00 - Things Are Happening! feat. Nadal vs. Zverev
10:49 - Women on Clay in 2024 feat. Iga Swiatek dominance and Danielle Collins ferocity
21:45 - Men on Clay in 2024 feat. Joe and I try to make sense of a remarkably open and competitive field
39:18 - French Open Week 1 (Women's) feat. Mirra Andreeva and "The Latvian Hammer" Jelena Ostapenko
49:39 - French Open Week 1 (Men's) feat. a 2010s throwback and Joe goes in on Grigor Dimitrov while I go in on Stefanos Tsistsipas -
S2E20: Tennis in Cinema w/ Johnny Antonini
0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Iga Swiatek, Mary Stoiana, and TCU dominance
17:06 - Welcome Johnny Antonini, Let's Talk Tennis in Cinema feat. The Royal Tenenbaums, George Clooney, and being rich in film (i.e. Saltburn and Patrick Zweig but he won't admit it)
27:50 - Top 5 Tennis Movies Discussion feat. Paul Bettany, Emma Stone, and the wild card vs. by-the-book dichotomy trope
1:03:41 - Top 5 Tennis Movies Decision
Eligible Movies
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
The Break (1995)
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
Break Point (2014)
Challengers (2024)
King Richard (2021)
Match Point (2005)
Seven Days in Hell (2015)
Wimbledon (2004) -
S2E19: Challengers Pt. II w/ Johnny Antonini & Suhana Chander
0:00 - In-depth discussion of Luca Guadagnino's Challengers (2024) from a tennis & tennis fandom perspective. We cover sport insider topics like vintage Taco Bell bags, "Is Mike Faist hot?", and those serves at the end of the movie...
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S2E18: Challengers Pt. I w/ Johnny Antonini & Suhana Chander
0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Rafael Nadal, The Madrid Open, and the underhand serve
18:05 - Introduction of Guests Johnny Antonini & Suhana Chander
26:06 - Spoiler-Free discussion of Luca Guadagnino's Challengers -
S2E16: The Lifetime Slam Draft w/ Ravi Popat & Steve Nicknish
In The Slam Draft, we pick four players who we think will win Grand Slam Singles Titles in their life. When anyone from your squad wins, the rest of the draftees pay you - forever!
0:00 - Warm Up Rally (The Danielle Collins Era, Ruud/Tsitsipas Spring Clay Rivalry)
12:28 - Draft Rules & Arguments
23:40 - The Slam Draft
1:04:04 - Post Draft Strategy Revelations, Emotional Debriefing, Immediate Regrets, and Stages of Acceptance That The Past Hour Will Impact Our Lives for Twentysome Years
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