The Ending of That Was Iffy: 2020 ATP Wrap

Episode 215 is our season 6 finale and the ATP companion piece to our WTA Wrap. In this episode, we spend some time discussing the on-court highlights, like Djokovic's stellar start, Nadal's 20th Slam, and Thiem's US Open crowning. But, the pandemic threw tennis for a loop; while women players went mostly quiet, several men engaged in bizarre and selfish behavior, peddling conspiracy theories, spreading pseudoscience, and flouting safety protocols and plain common sense. This year, the off-court noise demands as complete a retelling as the tennis itself. All that and James takes a quiz on the ATP season! Thanks for joining us for a sixth season of The Body Serve, and take care of yourselves.    01:30 James takes a quiz on the ATP 2020 season 12:19 The ATP Cup? Remember that? James is still not a fan 18:27 Revisiting the Djokovic default at the USO 24:47 That USO final and comparing it to Novotna’s ‘98 Wimbledon 27:41 Nadal achieves yet more history at Roland Garros 32:00 What else stood out to us inside the lines this year? 35:35 The Zverev family has A LOT of curious things to say 43:32 Djokovic kicks off the 2020 covidiocy 47:32 Thiem dodges Covid-19 while traipsing all over the globe 56:35 We’ve got to stop treating grown men as stuffed animals  65:08 An update on Bernard Tomic’s fingers 67:15 Keeping ourselves honest: revisiting our breakout picks for 2020 70:19 A reflection on what we did this year and crowdfunding the show