Decades of Destitution
4/21/202649 min
Arthur Fils caps his successful comeback to the tour with the Barcelona crown, while official tennis outlets act h-word on main while they trade on his good looks. Ben Shelton wins his first clay title outside of Texas and marks a surprising milestone for US men. Clay queens Coco and Iga are down bad while Elena, Karolina, and Marta soar; and Carlos’ status is questionable for who knows how long. Finally, we talk about the news that interests me most: Marketa Vondrousova has been charged with refusing to give a sample to a doping control officer. Her social media posts about the incident provide interesting context but – as we’ve seen before – could come back to bite.
2:15 Arthur Fils is the truth!
8:55 Rybakina wins Stuttgart again, Muchova exorcises some demons
14:00 Join Elena’s crypto community …
18:35 Ben Shelton, American king of clay?
26:35 Vondrousova’s case
37:40 James talks about books and takes another quiz!
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
'Cause I do not know what's going on with the ATP. I just don't have the brain, the bandwidth. [laughs] So wish them luck.
Jonathan· Host0:07
[gentle music] Hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Body Serve. I'm Jonathan.
James· Host0:35
I'm James.
Jonathan· Host0:35
This is episode 418. Where are we in the world?
James· Host0:39
That's Quebec City.
Jonathan· Host0:40
Oh.
James· Host0:41
We finally got a Canadian. Well, no, actually not finally. Two episodes ago- We just, we just had Toronto ... we got The Six.
Jonathan· Host0:46
Oh, Canada.
James· Host0:50
Our home on native land.
Jonathan· Host0:52
Mm-hmm.
James· Host0:54
I had to learn that when I got my, uh, did my oath- Oh, is this public knowledge now? ... last year. Well, it's not a secret, no. It- But- Have I not talked about it?
Jonathan· Host1:02
I don't know. You're a dual citizen.
James· Host1:04
For, for as long as they let me.
Jonathan· Host1:07
If it's one thing you got out of this relationship, it's a podcast and a passport. [laughs] Don't say I never gave you anything. There's also nothing quite like a potential drug suspension to get you really interested in- You know- ... tennis again ...
James· Host1:24
sometimes I just need the motivation, and unfortunately, it came at the expense of