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Payola: 2024 Australian Open Preview
Manage episode 395053836 series 2362029
The 2024 Australian Open is coming whether you're ready or not, this time a day early. The top 4 women are in fine form; Iga’s quarter is cracking, Sabalenka's is less tricky, but the women's draw promises a wild fortnight. We ask whether there's a man who can stop Djokovic's 11th title run (can vs. will is a big distinction). Time is spent on the prevailing sleaziness of the following: the ATP electing Zverev to Players Council, the clueless promotion of Break Point, and Kyrgios' new Osaka-produced podcast and rebrand. We've got a full draw analysis, plus we submit our 2024 breakout picks (James has picked the same person for around 4 years straight).
2:40 Zverev elected to ATP Player Council: they’re trying hard to find rock bottom
8:25 ATP and Break Point get cooked, flayed, sautéed on Twitter
12:20 Nick Kyrgios’ new podcast and rebrand as a righteous ‘disrupter’
25:40 Qualifying results: Hsieh retires from singles, Rodionova out
30:10 This week: Osta-kina, with their powers combined; Draper-Lehecka final
35:50 Breakout picks for 2024
39:05 Women’s draw analysis
55:05 Men’s draw analysis
Join our Australian Open bracket league on the TNNS Live app!
334 episodes
Manage episode 395053836 series 2362029
The 2024 Australian Open is coming whether you're ready or not, this time a day early. The top 4 women are in fine form; Iga’s quarter is cracking, Sabalenka's is less tricky, but the women's draw promises a wild fortnight. We ask whether there's a man who can stop Djokovic's 11th title run (can vs. will is a big distinction). Time is spent on the prevailing sleaziness of the following: the ATP electing Zverev to Players Council, the clueless promotion of Break Point, and Kyrgios' new Osaka-produced podcast and rebrand. We've got a full draw analysis, plus we submit our 2024 breakout picks (James has picked the same person for around 4 years straight).
2:40 Zverev elected to ATP Player Council: they’re trying hard to find rock bottom
8:25 ATP and Break Point get cooked, flayed, sautéed on Twitter
12:20 Nick Kyrgios’ new podcast and rebrand as a righteous ‘disrupter’
25:40 Qualifying results: Hsieh retires from singles, Rodionova out
30:10 This week: Osta-kina, with their powers combined; Draper-Lehecka final
35:50 Breakout picks for 2024
39:05 Women’s draw analysis
55:05 Men’s draw analysis
Join our Australian Open bracket league on the TNNS Live app!
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