Pregnant With Possibilities: Australian Open Preview
Podcast |
The Body Serve
Media Type |
audio
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Society & Culture
Sports
Tennis
Publication Date |
Jan 13, 2023
Episode Duration |
01:27:55

The first Slam of the year doesn't give us many weeks of tennis to form opinions, but it's delivered on story lines, with one taking the cake: Naomi Osaka -- having already withdrawn from the Australian Open -- announced she's pregnant and will miss the 2023 season. This barely a week after defending champ Ash Barty announced her own pregnancy. Tournament director Craig Tiley is up to his usual hijinks, this year banning booing, rolling out NFTs in an inhospitable market, and extracting surplus labour from what used to be free (player practices). All that plus draw analysis, January standouts, PTPA news, a complete diversion on our take on Rolling Stone's greatest singers list. Ready?

 

 

2:30 Naomi Osaka is missing the Australian Open, yes … but why, pray?

10:50 What kind of mess will Craig get into this year? Well, funny you should ask

16:00 Booing Novak Djokovic is illegal. Is this a real thing?

19:50 Scamming scammers: extracting surplus value from player practices plus the AO NFT gallery

29:10 The PTPA announces an executive committee

33:50 Who’s standing out in the first two weeks of 2023? Peggy, Sabs, Linda, Novak, Taylor, Cam

44:50 Carlos Alcaraz misses the Australian Open but gets an international Calvin Klein underwear spread

49:50 Women’s draw analysis

60:55 Men’s draw analysis

71:35 Our greatest singers - fie, Rolling Stone!

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