Latest Federer Podcast Episodes
Madrid: The Longest Week
Open Era - May 06, 2024 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWas that the best WTA Final of the year? Devang and Simon certainly thought it was right up there. The ATP side? Well, that was a different story. We were both worried that someone would withdraw from the final while it was happening. Enjoy us unpacking a very strange week in Madrid plus Parting ...
Madrid: Hola a Todos
Open Era - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHola a todos! We are pleased to be back after Devang’s back injury. Unfortunately, it will keep him out of the French Open. He joins Simon this week to chat about the winners and losers of the past few weeks on the European Clay Courts. Plus they get into Garbiñe Muguruza’s retirement and Russel ...
Open Era Gold: David Nalbandian — Giant Slayer
Open Era - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week we profile someone that never became world number one or captured a Grand Slam, but accomplished something no other player has . David Nalbandian defied explanation, until you saw what he could do on the court when everything was just ‘right.’ We saw that happen in 2007 at the Madrid Op...
Monte Carlo: The Home Grand Slam
Open Era - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsStefanos Tsitsipas wins in Monte Carlo again. It’s becoming almost routine for the Greek after he saw off a low ranking Danish player in the final. Devang and Simon examine a controversial week in the tax haven where the debate about line calling continued to dominate the headlines. Sick of hea...
Open Era Gold: Jennifer Capriati, Tennis Survivor
Open Era - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGraf, Navratilova, Seles, Serena, Hingis... Jennifer Capriati not only competed with the game’s greats, she beat them. It was an unconventional path. From youth prodigy to tennis survivor, Capriati put herself back in slam contention in 2003 when she met Justine Henin in an all-time classic semif...
Miami: Yell About That
Open Era - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat a week in Miami. A sentence Open Era never thought it would write! Danielle Collins won her home tournament in what will be her final year on tour. Plus, Jannik Sinner continued to steamroll the ATP Tour. Devang and Simon unpack a weighty few weeks in parting shots including skirting close t...
Open Era Gold: The Marvelous Miss Swiatek
Open Era - March 25, 2024 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIga Swiatek won over 11 thousand ranking points in 2022. That’s the most since Serena Williams in 2003. You know you’re in good company when you’re the “most since Serena.” This week, Devang and Simon look back at a season for the ages. The Polish phenom Iga Swiatek and her record breaking exploi...
Indian Wells: Bees?
Open Era - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCarlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek win Indian Wells again. We really need better script writers in tennis sometimes. All joking aside, it was actually a really interesting tournament in Indian Wells. Jannik Sinner finally had his 2024 winning streak snapped and we had a Maria Sakkari sighting! Finall...
Indian Wells: Hello, Halep
Open Era - March 11, 2024 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSome big news comes out of Switzerland and California this week. First, Simon and Devang tackle Simon Halep’s immediate return to tennis after the Romanian was ruled ‘not entirely at fault’ for her positive doping test. Elsewhere, the Rafael Nadal comeback at Indian Wells was over before it began...
Indian Wells: F****** Moron!
Open Era - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSome drama just in time for the Sunshine Double. On this week’s Open Era, Simon and Devang discuss Andrey Rublev’s default and calls for VAR followed by some Ugo Humbert appreciation and the latest news from the tours. In parting shots: we get set for Indian Wells, the Demon doubles up, Andy Mur...
Dubai: Rune Part Two
Open Era - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIga Swiatek is good at tennis. Shocking we know, but the world number 1 won again at Tour level. We chat about the Pole’s season to date before turning our attention to Jannik Sinner and Jakub Mensik. Wait is that right? Yep, Jakub Mensik. Parting Shots is heavy this week. Strap in for discussion...
Rotterdam: Is This Thing On?
Open Era - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Open Era gang returns to a whole lot of news, results and general ‘stuff’ in the tennis world. On this week’s show, Simon and Devang recap the tournaments since the Australian Open and key in on Leylah Annie Fernandez’s resurgence and Naomi Osaka’s comeback before getting into parting shots, ...
Open Era Gold: The Evolution of Racquet and String Technology
Open Era - February 12, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe 1997 French Open is known for the breakout of one Gustavo Kuerten, but it also ushered in a change that we are still feeling today. The Tennisnerd’s Jonas Eriksson joins the guys this week to talk about racquets, strings, and Guga. Sick of hearing all the ads? Subscribe to Soda Premium on A...
Open Era Gold: Just How Green Is Tennis?
Open Era - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn early November 2021, the ATP became a signatory of the United Nations Sports for Climate Action. This announcement came off the back of the COP 26 summit which took place in Glasgow, wherein world leaders were challenged to accelerate sustainability and climate related actions on a global scal...
Melbourne: Winner Winner Carrot Sinner
Open Era - January 29, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn a tale of two finals, Aryna Sabalenka made back to back Australian Opens look smooth sailing. Jannik Sinner definitely did not make easy work of it to win his first Grand Slam. All that being said, it was a jam packed second week at the first major of the year. Sin, Sabs, Bops and Hshieh headl...
Melbourne: Centre Court Clown
Open Era - January 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHello good world, Open Era is back. Friend of the show Owen Lewis joins Simon and Devang to unpack an eventful week in Melbourne. The guys talk about Djokovic, Swiatek, Sabalenka, Tsitsipas and more before getting into Parting Shots and the Australian Open’s decision to have Alexander Zverev play...
Melbourne: Here We Go Again
Open Era - January 13, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCan you believe the first Grand Slam of the season is here? That’s right! It’s Australian Open time! Devang and Simon preview the tournament by highlighting a few players ranked outside of the top 20. Then they turn their attention to Parting Shots and dig into the innuendo filled saga of ballgat...
Open Era: 2024 Fireside Chat
Open Era - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOnce every year Devang and Simon get to talk about some things which aren’t tennis related. It’s a very rare occasion where we get to veer off-script. If it isn’t your thing, we totally get it, we’re back talking tennis next week for the start of the 2024 campaign. If you do stick with it though ...
Open Era Gold: Sabalenka v Rybakina (Australian Open 2023)
Open Era - January 01, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWas this the best match of 2023? Open Era certainly thinks so. For his final Open Era Gold pick of the season, Devang selected the Australian Open final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina. Join us as Devang and Simon relive an encounter that set the stage for a sensational season of women...
Open Era Gold: Djokovic v Alcaraz (Cincinnati 2023)
Open Era - December 25, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor Devang’s first Open Era Gold selection, let’s go back to beautiful Mason, Ohio for one of the best matches of the year. Following Carlos Alcaraz’s incredible triumph at Wimbledon, the Tennis world was ready to move on from stars of the past. But as he so often does, Novak Djokovic made time s...
Open Era Gold: Muchova v Swiatek (French Open 2023)
Open Era - December 18, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHow good is Iga Swiatek? She's really good, and for much of the 2023 French Open nobody could come close to beating her. But in the final, Karolina Muchova gave Swiatek all she could handle. In Simon’s Favourite Women's match of the year, he and Devang look back at a memorable day in Paris. Si...
Open Era Gold: Murray v Tsitsipas (Wimbledon 2023)
Open Era - December 11, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAndy Murray is a two time Wimbledon Champion and is in stellar form going into the 2023 event. Stefanos Tsitsipas is not a two time Wimbledon Champion and is not in good form going into the 2023 event. In Simon’s Favourite Men’s match of the year, he and Devang explore a contest played over two d...
Off-Season: The Golden Rackets 2023
Open Era - December 04, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPut on your finest dress, it’s time for the Golden Rackets! Yes, the Open Era award show is here. Simon and Devang hand out the trophies for Best Beef, the OE Story of the Year, and plenty more! Will your favourite make the cut? Probably not, but tune in anyways. Sick of hearing all the ads? Su...
Davis Cup: Super Tour
Open Era - November 27, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEpisode 200! Simon and Devang return for their monumental 200th episode of Open Era. On this week’s show: Davis Cup reaction, Novak Djokovic yells at some Brits, Jannik Sinner makes some history, a new Saudi Super League in Tennis beckons as the WTA and ATP may change forever and we get into plen...
Turin: Since U Sin Gone
Open Era - November 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe boys are finally back. After a prolonged hiatus, Simon and Devang return to unpack a whole lot of stuff that’s happened since they’ve been gone. ATP Finals, WTA Finals, BJK Cup, Paris Bercy, Basel, drama, intrigue..we can keep going. So join us for a mega episode to celebrate the almost end o...
Replay: Juan Martin del Potro Digs Deep in Rio
Open Era - November 13, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMen’s tennis at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics was turned upside down by Juan Martin del Potro. The Tower of Tandil stunned world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round. Del Potro, recovering from a wrist injury, would meet Rafael Nadal in the semifinal and remind us why the lanky Argentinian was ...
Replay: The Canadian Arrival — Bianca, Shapo & FAA
Open Era - November 06, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCanadian tennis is in good hands thanks to a trio of young stars. One has already won a grand slam, but this week we’re taking a look back at the moment when Bianca Andreescu, Felix Auger Aliassime, and Denis Shapovalov announced their arrival on the tennis scene. Sick of hearing all the ads? S...
Replay: The Nick Kyrgios Episode
Open Era - October 30, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt’s never boring when it comes to Nick Kyrgios. The Australian taltenizes with his ability on the court and his penchant for keeping to extremely real off of it. Ask 10 tennis fans about Kyrgios you’re going to get 10 different answers about their personal feelings towards the ATP’s iconoclast. ...
Replay: Andy Murray — The Greatest British Tennis Player
Open Era - October 23, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week our hosts take a quick detour from their examination of the best matches through the years and instead turn their attention to the career of Andy Murray. Devang and Simon take a look back across the career of the Brit including two Olympic Golds and three Grand Slams. This episode of Th...
Replay: Coco Gauff and the Weight of Expectations
Open Era - October 16, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings"She has the ability to be the greatest player ever, even better than Serena and I never thought I'd say that.” The BBC’s Sue Barker isn’t alone. Coco Gauff is expected to take over the tennis world. This week Simon and Devang take a deep dive into Gauff’s career so far and reckon with the weight...