Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis Carl Bialik

Rodney Rapson, PlaySight's managing director for Europe & UK, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the company's role in staging and televising the return of live pro tennis, how to write the rules on sports safety during a pandemic, and the way to host an event with the fewest possible people.
Trying something new: The episode has bonus content after the first 30 minutes. If you want to leave before we get to Minute 31, the first playing of the outro music is your cue. 
Previously on Thirty Love:
Ben Rothenberg On PlaySight
PlaySight's Chen Shachar On Helping Tennis Players To Know Themselves
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Freelance tennis writer Ben Rothenberg, host of the No Challenges Remaining tennis podcast, rejoins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the pandemic's effect on the tennis writing business, the seismic effect the tours' interruption could have on its power balance, and his first two acts if he became commissioner of tennis (Carl's idea).
Previously on Thirty Love:
Ben Rothenberg On PlaySight
Ben Rothenberg On Exposing The Darko Grncarov Myth
Ben Rothenberg On Former Phenom Monique Viele
Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Matt Marolf, writer for UbiTennis, rejoins his neighbor Carl Bialik—host of Thirty Love—from an appropriate social distance to talk about Roger Federer's tweeted support for a WTA-ATP merger, speculate wildly (OK, that's mostly Carl) about what drove the move and what might come next, and discuss which member(s) of tennis's Murray family would make the best boss of tennis. 
Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Former college tennis player Alex Aksanov, now a coach and a physical therapist at a Brooklyn hospital, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about helping people with coronavirus recover their health and strength, exercises for the homebound tennis player without a net, and the joys and heartbreak of finding a tennis court to play on in New York City.
Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Carlos Silva, the CEO of World TeamTennis, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about planning for the possible return of the pro game; the range of possibilities for what could constitute World TeamTennis in an age of physical distancing; and why this unusual season could be unusually American, or atypically global.
Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Craig Shapiro, host of the Under Review Tennis Podcast, joins Thirty Love podcast host Carl Bialik to talk about tennis organizations and players uniting during the virus-induced shutdown of sports, which classic matches to watch when there are no live ones, and how he's built and grown his 20-month-old show.
Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."