Indian Well Actually
Episode description
The calendar is ratcheting up - March brings the Sunshine Double, with all its excesses, star power, and crackling match-ups. Our IW ambivalence aside, this week has already given us the Vika-Serena reunion, Petra & Venus, and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime achieving yet another first. We also cover the ATP governance drama, Martina's wheel-and-come-again on the trans athlete argument, and Osaka's strikingly perceptive words in The Undefeated.
2:30 The star power of Nick Kyrgios, when he wants it
14:20 Roger Federer joins the 100 club! Jimmy Connors is shaking
18:00 Naomi Osaka names Jermaine Jenkins head coach
21:30 Serena & Vika reignite their rivalry, and it doesn't disappoint
31:15 Felix Auger-Aliassime quietly, methodically gets his first top 10 win
37:30 An update on the ATP governance shake-up: Kermode is out, but who is in?
50:45 Martina Navratilova is back with another essay on trans women in sport ... but is it better? Taking on the straw man argument.
60:10 Genie Bouchard moves into film production - a rom-com classic is coming
64:10 Will Smith to play Richard Williams on screen
67:00 The fascinating, thoughtful Osaka interview from The Undefeated - her place in things