The Asian swing lost its mind. In Beijing, Medvedev got defaulted for hitting a fan. In Shanghai, Bublik punched through a cooler, Jodar cursed at a ball kid, and Atmane threw his racket at the stands and stayed on court. We draw a line: ball kids are untouchable. Then Bodo’s throwdown: legendary tennis writer Peter Bodo takes aim at the US Open’s party and the fanboy media covering it. Is he right, or is the Open just selling tennis’s Super Bowl? Plus the Six Kings Slam’s move to December, the NBA’s new betting bans, Nat’s Shanghai semis picks, and Norm’s Numbers on Wake at Cal.

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Emma Navarro says her health problems began almost three years ago. Norm, JB and Natalie ask who is supposed to notice when a winning player is struggling, and what a comeback looks like.

In this episode:

• Navarro's RED-S and Hashimoto's announcement, and what RED-S actually is
• Athletes who came back: Venus Williams (Sjögren's), Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, Ivo Karlović
• Why the tour season runs into November while players drop out of Beijing
• Kei Nishikori's farewell in Tokyo
• Should Venus Williams get another wild card? Norm and JB disagree
• World TeamTennis, the Riyadh exhibition and the year-end championships

Hosts: Norm Archer, JB and Natalie Cutter

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Zverev won the US Open without knowing it was match point, and his ball bouncing between serves has Norm, JB and Natalie Cutter debating a second-serve clock.

Recorded before the Laver Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup Finals wrapped.

In this episode:

• Zverev's ball bouncing between serves, and whether it is a weapon or a tic
• Natalie on the serve clock, and what MLB's pitch clock teaches tennis
• The 3:33am finish, and JB on why start times are the problem
• A Laver Cup preview, Rafael Jódar's climb and Juan Carlos Ferrero's 2027 return
• JB on what is wrong with the Davis Cup format

Hosts: Norm, JB and Natalie Cutter.

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