Rome in Ruins

The Body Serve

Another clay Masters, another disastrous finale. They couldn’t help the rain, but between the weird scheduling and the fumbled women’s singles trophy presentation, Rome left a bad taste in our mouths after this expanded clay experiment. Rybakina and Medvedev prevailed: Rybakina recording her third straight win over Iga Swiatek and Medvedev shakes up Roland Garros predictions with his first clay title. We dive into the proposal to move the Western & Southern Open to Charlotte, NC, plus a segment on the latest Simona Halep anti-doping news and Hugo Gaston’s shocking behavior and fine.

1:00 Rafa pulls out of RG, gives career update

3:05 Another fortnight, another Master disaster

9:55 Rybakina emerges from the Rome ruins

13:20 Daniil Medvedev did WHAT?!

18:10 Djoko smashed, new Iga allegations & Aryna’s deft touch

26:05 Cincinnati moving to Charlotte? More public money for what …

31:55 RG withdrawals: Thiem didn’t get a wild card but it didn’t matter

35:00 Gaston unsportsmanlike conducts his way to one of the largest fines in history

36:45 More bad anti-doping news for Simona Halep: what is an athlete biological passport?

39:40 Simona & Patrick accuse the ITIA of “harassment”