Rome in Ruins

Another clay Masters, another disastrous finale. They couldn’t help the rain, but between the weird scheduling and the fumbled women’s singles trophy presentation, Rome left a bad taste in our mouths after this expanded clay experiment. Rybakina and Medvedev prevailed: Rybakina recording her third straight win over Iga Swiatek and Medvedev shakes up Roland Garros predictions with his first clay title. We dive into the proposal to move the Western & Southern Open to Charlotte, NC, plus a segment on the latest Simona Halep anti-doping news and Hugo Gaston’s shocking behavior and fine.  1:00 Rafa pulls out of RG, gives career update 3:05 Another fortnight, another Master disaster 9:55 Rybakina emerges from the Rome ruins 13:20 Daniil Medvedev did WHAT?! 18:10 Djoko smashed, new Iga allegations & Aryna’s deft touch 26:05 Cincinnati moving to Charlotte? More public money for what … 31:55 RG withdrawals: Thiem didn’t get a wild card but it didn’t matter 35:00 Gaston unsportsmanlike conducts his way to one of the largest fines in history 36:45 More bad anti-doping news for Simona Halep: what is an athlete biological passport?  39:40 Simona & Patrick accuse the ITIA of “harassment”