Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis

Nick Bollettieri On Coaching Ten No. 1s And The Next ATP No. 1: Roger Federer

February 17, 2018 03:27 - 14 minutes - 8.43 MB

Longtime tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, who has coached 10 players who have reached world No. 1 in singles, joins host Carl Bialik from the New York Open to talk about "Love Means Zero," the new documentary about his life; Roger Federer's return to No. 1; and why the best coaches speak differently to every player. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Clip of "Love Means Zero": http://www.sho.com/video/58002/love-means-zero-clip

Ben Rothenberg On Exposing The Darko Grncarov Myth

February 13, 2018 21:45 - 29 minutes - 18.6 MB

Tennis freelance writer Ben Rothenberg, Thirty Love's first-ever guest, rejoins host Carl Bialik to discuss the story behind Rothenberg's investigation into Darko Grncarov, the socially progressive professional tennis player who everyone loved until he turned out not to be a professional tennis player. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Rothenberg's article on Grncarov: https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/how-darko-grncarov-tricked-serena-williams-and-the-bbc...

Kimberly Woodard On The Return Of Serena Williams, Tennis Fandom, And Tennys Sandgren

February 12, 2018 05:43 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MB

Kimberly Woodard, a longtime tennis fan, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the return of Serena Williams after more than a year away from tennis, how tennis fandom has gotten better, and what she'd ask Tennys Sandgren. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Kimberly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeingKimmie Her favorite tennis magazine: https://racquetmag.com/

Tennis Writer Andrew Burton On Roger Federer Fandom And Online Tennis Discourse

February 05, 2018 04:30 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

Andrew Burton, former blogger for Tennis.com and The Changeover, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about how he fell for Federer, how he tries to bridge the divide between rival fanbases, and the difficulty of changing adults' minds. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/burtonad

'Balls' Co-Director Ianthe Demos On Re-Creating The Battle Of The Sexes On Stage

January 31, 2018 10:30 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB

Ianthe Demos -- co-director of the off-Broadway play "Balls" about the 1973 exhibition match between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs and 29-year old Billie Jean King and co-artistic director of One Year Lease theater company -- joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the very different film on the same topic, the theatricality of tennis, and the influence on the play of the 2016 election. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. More on "Balls," playing at 59E5...

Tumaini Carayol On The Australian Open And The Future Of Tennis

January 28, 2018 16:52 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MB

U.K.-based freelance tennis writer Tumaini Carayol joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik from Melbourne to talk about the return of Angelique Kerber, with an edge; Roger Federer's butterflies; and the great tennis experiments of 2017-18. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Tumaini on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tumcarayol Tumaini in the Ringer on the future of tennis: https://www.theringer.com/2018/1/27/16936458/tennis-modernization-rule-changes-australian-o...

Louisa Thomas, Newyorker.com Tennis Writer, On The Australian Open

January 28, 2018 14:03 - 28 minutes - 11.1 MB

Louisa Thomas, who writes about tennis for newyorker.com, rejoins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Roger Federer's 20th major title, Caroline Wozniacki's first, and the matches that will stay with her from 2018's first major. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Louisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/louisahthomas Louisa's archive on newyorker.com: http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/louisa-thomas

The USTA's Eric Butorac On The Australian Open And Player Politics

January 25, 2018 21:06 - 29 minutes - 15 MB

Retired U.S. doubles standout Eric Butorac, now director of player relations for the USTA, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to preview the final rounds of the Australian Open and reminisce about his own run to the 2014 men's doubles final; talk Tennys Sandren, U.S. player politics, and the idea of player unionization; and recount how much Roger Federer cared about doubles rules and prize money when he served on the ATP Player Council, plus the story of the fan who mistook Federer for a guy...

Mackenzie McDonald On Going Five With Grigor

January 24, 2018 14:52 - 28 minutes - 10.7 MB

U.S. tennis pro Mackenzie ("Mackie") McDonald joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his five-set Australian Open thriller against Grigor Dimitrov; what he learned from his first coach,Rosie Bareis; what he gained by playing college tennis; and what he thinks of Tennys Sandgren, the surprise Australian Open quarterfinalist who beat McDonald four times last year. (Though this political science major says he never talks politics.) Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosever...

Anita Stahl On Gender Inequality In Tennis

January 22, 2018 04:30 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

Anita Stahl, a freelance tennis writer and photographer and a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, studying women's tennis, tells Thirty Love host Carl Bialik what she learned after spending eight hours analyzing the gender inequity in 321 Australian Open Instagram posts, why a player union is a good idea but Novak Djokovic might not be the best champion of the idea, and what the debate over renaming Margaret Court Arena is missing. Produced and edited by Jorge Estra...

Tennis Australia Data Scientist Stephanie Kovalchik On The Australian Open

January 14, 2018 06:50 - 29 minutes - 24.3 MB

Stephanie Kovalchik, senior data scientist with Tennis Australia's Game Insight Group, joins Thirty Love Host Carl Bialik to explain why a first-time Slam champ is so much more likely in the women's draw of the Australian Open than in the men's draw, and to invite entries to the other big January tennis tournament: to crack the code of what makes an error forced or unforced, using the biggest-ever public release of Hawk-Eye data. Thirty Love is produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with mu...

PlaySight's Chen Shachar On Helping Tennis Players To Know Themselves

January 07, 2018 19:55 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MB

Chen Shachar, CEO and cofounder of the sports video and technology company PlaySight, tells host Carl Bialik about how video is revolutionizing tennis training and performance in the same way it did the Israeli Air Force: by showing people who they really are and what they really did. Thirty Love is produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Chen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chenshachar PlaySight on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaySight Playsight's website:...

Universal Tennis CEO Mark Leschly On Rating All The World's Tennis Players

January 03, 2018 17:22 - 29 minutes - 12 MB

Former tennis pro Mark Leschly, the new CEO of Universal Tennis, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the company's goal of rating all the world's tennis players, pro and amateur, on a single scale: theUniversal Tennis Rating. Thirty Love is produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. MyUTR.com: https://myutr.com/ Mark becomes CEO: http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Universal-Tennis-Builds-Momentum-for-UTR-Announces-New-CEO-Ownership-and-P...

Mary Carillo on Serena Williams, Andy Murray, and Margaret Court

December 30, 2017 16:59 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MB

Former tennis pro and longtime tennis TV commentator Mary Carillo joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Serena Williams's return to tennis, the thoughtful Sir Andy Murray, and Carillo's upcoming HBO Sports segment on Margaret Court, the tennis champ who is now a pastor outspoken against gay rights. Thirty Love is produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Weekly Standard interview with Carillo: http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-mary-carillo-interview-ten...

Peter-Gil Sheridan on 'The Rafa Play'

December 23, 2017 15:06 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MB

Playwright Peter-Gil Sheridan joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about his NYC play inspired by a fantastical version of Rafael Nadal, why tennis is so theatrical, and why he never would have written 'The Roger Play.' Thirty Love is produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. 'The Rafa Play' in The New York Times, by previous Thirty Love guest Ben Rothenberg: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/sports/tennis/the-rafa-play-nadal.html

Kevin Schmidt On USTA Ratings -- And The Players Who Abuse Them

December 18, 2017 05:03 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MB

Kevin Schmidt, a tennis fan and player who has created the Schmidt Computer Ratings, joins host Carl Bialik to talk USTA player ratings, amateur leagues, and how some trophy hunters abuse the system to win the hardware. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/computerratings Schmidt Computer Ratings: https://computerratings.blogspot.com/

Caitlin Thompson on Racquet Magazine's Sophomore Surge

December 11, 2017 04:30 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

Racquet Magazine cofounder Caitlin Thompson, also cohost of The Main Draw podcast, tells Thirty Love host Carl Bialik which forthcoming Racquet articles she's most excited about, the politics of tennis, and her new one-handed backhand. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Caitlin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/caitlin_thomps Racquet: https://racquetmag.com/ The Main Draw: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-main-draw/id1002026920?mt=2

Corporate Comedian Greg Schwem Says Golf Is Funnier Than Tennis

December 08, 2017 05:13 - 29 minutes - 14.6 MB

Corporate comedian Greg Schwem invites himself onto the show to tell host Carl Bialik about finding matches when he travels for gigs, traveling in the same Illinois tennis circles as David Foster Wallace, and whether Chicago can support a pro tournament. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Greg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregSchwem

Briana Foust on Rafa, Serena and the 2018 Season

December 04, 2017 03:30 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

Tennis blogger Briana Foust tells host Carl Bialik how she became hooked on tennis, why she chose Rafa over Roger, and who will fulfill her hashtag #BlackPeopleSavingUSTennis in the future. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Bri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4TheTennis Bri's blog: https://openerareview.wordpress.com/

Croatian tennis player Dino Marcan on ATP University

November 27, 2017 03:29 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

Newly minted ATP University graduate Dino Marcan tells host Carl Bialik what he learned at tennis school, what it was like attending two months after retiring, and how he plans to stay involved in tennis. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Dino on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DinoMarcan

Gerry Marzorati recapping the 2017 ATP season

November 21, 2017 05:35 - 29 minutes - 14.3 MB

Gerry Marzorati, who writes about tennis for newyorker.com and Racquet magazine and is the author of "Late to the Ball," joins host Carl Bialik to recap the ATP season and look ahead to 2018 in tennis. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Marzorati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marzoTennis Marzorati at the newyorker.com: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/gerald-marzorati

Mikey Perera on the life of a WTA commentator

November 13, 2017 04:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MB

Mikey Perera, who comments about tennis, soccer and cricket from the U.K., joins host Carl Bialik to talk about the WTA finals and 2018 season, and the life of a freelance tennis broadcaster -- including driving to the London studio in the middle of the night. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Mikey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeyperera

Chloé Cooper Jones and Giri Nathan on the Next Gen ATP Finals

November 09, 2017 05:07 - 29 minutes - 14.3 MB

Tennis writers Chloé Cooper Jones (GQ) and Giri Nathan (Deadspin) join host Carl Bialik to watch, then talk about, the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. Will any of these guys ever win a Slam, or even qualify for the ATP Finals in London? Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Chloé on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCooperJones Giri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/girinathan

Marty Smith on his new book, 'Absolute Tennis'

November 06, 2017 04:45 - 27 minutes - 20.6 MB

Marty Smith, longtime director of tennis at the New York Athletic Club, joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his new book, "Absolute Tennis," and what the tennis strokes of the future might look like. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartySmithAT His book website: http://www.absolutetennis.net/

USTA Pro Circuit broadcaster Mike Cation on chasing the Challengers

November 01, 2017 22:25 - 29 minutes - 15.1 MB

USTA Pro Circuit broadcaster Mike Cation joins host Carl Bialik to talk about how he got his dream job calling Challenger Tour events and what it's like to travel the circuit alongside players. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeCTennis Watch USTA Pro Circuit matches: https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-tennis-events/usta-pro-circuit-men-s-live-streaming.html

Press Association's Eleanor Crooks on the WTA Finals

October 29, 2017 23:23 - 29 minutes - 25.2 MB

Eleanor Crooks, tennis correspondent for the Press Association, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Caroline Wozniacki's triumph in Singapore, the state of British women's tennis, and what to look forward to at the ATP's World Tour Finals in London. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Crooks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EleanorcrooksPA Crooks in Romania in April: https://twitter.com/EleanorcrooksPA/status/855778538695380996

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan on her tennis life

October 25, 2017 04:55 - 29 minutes - 27.9 MB

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about her lifetime love of the sport and what she learned from reading the tennis writings of David Foster Wallace and Brad Gilbert. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Margaret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sulliview

Brian Hrebec on his superior tennis scoreboard

October 23, 2017 03:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MB

Brian Hrebec, a Springfield, Missouri-based computer programmer and creator of the best online scoreboard in tennis, joins host Carl Bialik to explain how he solved in a week a major problem faced by fans of the fractured sport. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Brian's scoreboard: http://www.definish.com/tennis/ Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rabbitsblinkity

Anna Ziegler on writing -- and rewriting -- a play about tennis

October 16, 2017 03:00 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

Playwright Anna Ziegler joins Carl Bialik to talk about her off-Broadway play, "The Last Match," about a US Open semifinal between an aging great and a young upstart. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. "The Last Match": https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Last-Match.aspx Anna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abziegs

ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. on the Battle of the Sexes

October 09, 2017 01:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MB

Don Van Natta Jr., senior writer at ESPN the Magazine, joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his investigation into the famous 1973 exhibition match won by Billie Jean King over Bobby Riggs. Van Natta's explosive reporting suggested that Riggs was paid to throw the match. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Van Natta's 2013 ESPN article and "Outside The Lines" segment http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9589625/the-match-maker Van Natta's The...

Tom Perrotta on Laver Cup and the fall season

October 02, 2017 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MB

Tom Perrotta, who writes about tennis for the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, and other outlets, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Laver Cup, the races for No. 1, and whom to watch in the fall. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPerrotta

The Wall Street Journal's Jason Gay from the US Open

September 11, 2017 03:46 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MB

Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik right after the 2017 US Open's finale to put Rafael Nadal's title in historical context, celebrate the American women's domination, and wonder if tennis can ever return to its glory days of peak U.S. fandom in the aftermath of the Battle of the Sexes. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Chloé Cooper Jones on Dominic Thiem

September 09, 2017 17:04 - 29 minutes - 14.3 MB

GQ contributor Chloé Cooper Jones joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik at the US Open to talk about her recent profile of Austrian star Dominic Thiem, why his narrative seems harder for fans to embrace and why she finds it moving and profound. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Cooper Jones on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCooperJones Cooper Jones's profile of Thiem in GQ: https://www.gq.com/story/dominic-thiem-us-open-2017-profile