Inspired by the recent U.S. Open tennis tournament, here’s my take on the grand slam singles finals won by Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic, the G.O.A.T. debate and the sport and its culture in general. From here, we look at two things that are inextricably linked to top-level tennis and sport- media and fame. There’s also discussion of a very important argument put forward in the seminal 1974 tennis/sports psychology book, ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’.
As well as lauding the impressive achievements of these elite athletes, this episode also looks at the dark side of fame and touches on the cautionary tennis tales of Monica Seles, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu.
I wish them all a happy life, whether they’re winning titles or not!
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episode links
The Inner Game of Tennis summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-YJePnMrGY
Coco wins and celebrates!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0XQWWFIAo
US Open on-court interviews (Coco Gauff, Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCo3Y6DfrVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGZq7_s0XGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgSXzL7Uwk
Coco and Naomi Osaka have a moment…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Al3IA1sbWE
Sloane Stephens humorous truth bombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCu0tKrzhc
What happened to Emma Raducanu?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnPitPzfjCU
Andy Roddick with Jonathan Ross (funny!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j070zjfq0Uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5AWJ8aJ4c