The Body Serve The Body Serve Tennis Podcast

So rarely does a championship weekend feel this great. The widely adored Babs Krejcikova has done it again, this time winning the Wimbledon title amidst an injury-plagued year. It’s her 12th major title across all disciplines. Carlos Alcaraz is now the youngest male Channel Slam winner, sweeping past 7-time champion Djokovic in a rematch of last year’s final. In more good news, Taylor Townsend claims her first major title and Sinikova and Hsieh add to their impressive resumes. Plus, we chat about some extraneous stuff, as usual, like Medvedev’s near-default, Djokovic’s lecture to the crowd, and the “4 the girls” controversy. 
2:55 This time, the tougher roads resulted in titles
7:40 Babs is a big match player
24:00 The men’s tournament: where’s the rest of the field?
26:50 Men’s final: all Carlos
37:25 Fritz, Riddle, and That Guy: 4 the girls?
44:55 I know all the tricks
53:15 Medvedev narrowly avoids a default in the semis
56:50 Doubles: Townsend is now a Slam winner! Siniakova & Hsieh add to their historic hauls

We made it to Middle Sunday at Wimbledon! (Well, not all of us.) The bottom half of the women’s draw is guaranteed to see a surprising finalist; in the top half, slightly more order prevails, even after the dismissals of Swiatek and Jabeur. The men’s draw is proceeding mostly as expected on the top half, while the bottom has seen the rapid rise of Perricard, the precarious state of Djokovic's repaired knee, and a slightly spicy beef between Taylor Fritz and Arthur Rinderknech. We also witnessed the last of Andy Murray at Wimbledon, featuring a moving tribute, a singles withdrawal, and mother Judy getting into a self-inflicted internet scrape.
1:00 Early upsets set up a very interesting and unexpected women’s bottom half
10:10 Navarro knocks out Gauff 
18:55 Iga and Ons out within 20 minutes of each other 
29:50 The return of Caroline Wozniacki, Esq.
35:50 Andy Murray’s last dance at Wimbledon
41:10 AstonishGate
47:25 Stefanos was just here for the *filmmaking*, not the tradwife content
50:40 Have a nice flight home 
53:25 Men’s results: top half going to form, bottom's a little messy

The year's third major is upon us as we face the first Williams-less Wimbledon in 28 years . Novak is back from knee surgery and sheltered from world #1 Sinner and defending champion Alcaraz, who share a balanced but tricky top half. Iga’s draw has done her no favors, but some of the grass stalwarts are questionable, including Rybakina, Vondrousova, and the injured Sabalenka. And buckle up, because early on we’ll be treated to the Your Behavior Is Terrible classic, featuring Steve Carell and Lil’ Wayne’s favorite tennis player.
0:35 The end of the Williams Wimbledon Era
3:20 This week’s results: Dasha, Shnaider, Tabilo, T. Fritz
9:20 Injury updates: Andy Murray intent on playing, Sabalenka dealing with shoulder problem
20:00 Men’s draw: Sinner’s tough draw, a potential Paul Rudd matchup 
32:15 Men’s bottom half: Djokovic, Hubert, de Minaur + a messy third quarter 
39:35 Women's draw: Iga in peril or does the draw not matter? 
50:15 Women’s bottom half hinges on Sabalenka’s health

Grass season is well underway -- almost over, actually -- and we’ve got British players coming out of hibernation, a tennis power couple winning again, the new ATP #1 switching surfaces with ease, and basically all the top WTA grass contenders out with injury or illness in Berlin. Elsewhere, Carlos is unhappy with the ATP’s latest rule experiment and a commentator is unhappy with a problem he just made up. We also cover Tsitsipas’ bizarre tradwife posting and the Olympic qualifications; and finally, it wouldn’t be a Slam without wild card drama.
1:55 Grass titlists: Draper, tennis’ actual power couple, and another birthday humiliation
7:10 FOMO in Berlin until all those retirements …
12:30 Castle’s totally unprovoked rant on pronunciation
14:10 Why are you messing with the shot clock rules during an actual tournament?
17:40 Unfortunately yes, we’re still talking about wild cards 
22:20 A bunch of Americans say thank you, next to Olympics 
29:25 Andy Murray not out yet 
34:00 Tsitsipas shares weird tradwife fantasy
41:45 Thoughts on the Federer documentary

Iga Swiatek further cements her position as the highly feared queen of Roland Garros and Carlos Alcaraz completes a “Surface Slam” amid injury problems and less than ideal preparation. The years-long ordeal surrounding domestic violence allegations and criminal charges against Zverev has been resolved, at least legally, but the tennis community will continue to reckon with its comprehensive failure in their handling of it. We’ve also got doubles news, WTA CEO announcement, and more takeaways from the tournament like umpire headcams (did they get headcam premium pay?).  
2:50 Alcaraz wins his first French title, that other guy loses another Slam final up 2 sets to 1
8:05 Zverev assault case has been settled
13:40 The sport has utterly failed in its handling of domestic violence 
22:15 Carlos & Jannik in ascendance, Novak out with meniscus tear 
32:55 Iga thoroughly dominates the field post-Naomi 
41:20 Coco Gauff wins her first Slam doubles title - and Siniakova her 8th!
45:45 WTA announces a new CEO 
47:00 Tournament et ceteras: first up, the umpire head cams
49:05 The Djokovic/Jockovic vowel shift 
53:30 Danielle Collins addresses the incredulity about her impending retirement
61:10 PTPA announces additional funds raised for its commercial arm, Winners Alliance

It’s been a rainy slog through the first week of Roland Garros. The weather has wreaked chaos on scheduling, the tournament banned alcohol on Philippe Chatrier because the fans didn’t know how to act, and the night session has no women (but who would want it anyway?). We analyze the draw as it stands and take you through the highlights and lowlights: Rafa may or may not have played his last match here, Swiatek-Osaka put on a clinic, Djokovic’s fire got lit at 2am on a Sunday, and Dimitrov completed his collection of Slam quarterfinals. 
1:55 Did Rafa play his last match at Roland Garros? Not 100%
7:05 Zverev goes to court for intimate partner violence, his colleagues remain (at best) indifferent
12:35 Musetti awakens the Djokovic beast
21:15 Rublev is upset as his on-court behavior gets worse 
27:00 Looking ahead to the men’s quarters
32:20 Iga & Naomi throw in a classic, Naomi’s performance inspires optimism
42:35 Upsets: Sakkari, Collins, Ostapenko
46:50 Looking ahead to the women’s quarters
60:25 Rybakina vs the press: the brief journey from drama to indifference
68:00 Nonstop rain + weird scheduling = misery
72:50 Roland Garros enters its Prohibition era