Episode 40- Tennis, Media & Fame
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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!   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to [email protected] Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/ If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on [email protected] or [email protected]  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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    
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