The Final Letdown (ATP Finals Recap)

Do you get déjà vu? We do too because this year’s ATP Finals, unfortunately, followed the trend of most of the tournaments this year and we saw Novak Djokovic win…again…yay. But, never fear! We talk about whether Holger Rune should’ve just worn Speedos and if he should write his gummy bears off his taxes. Should Jannik Sinner should have tanked? (Spoiler: for the good of the narrative, the answer is yes. But ethically, no.) Also, has Jannik figured out how to beat Daniil Medvedev indefinitely now? It certainly looks that way after two months. And Katie got to live on Cloud Nine for a little bit and discuss her beloved doubles! Her favorite team, Ramsbury, won for the second year in a row! This doesn’t come without some gripes about the lack of Hawkeye Live for one of the biggest events of the year. And Katie mourns the fact that none of her favorite doubles teams are particularly good at Jenga, so she misses out on some good ~content~. If you particularly like our tangent-filled episodes, you’ll definitely love this one! New to tennis or trying to get a friend into the sport? Check out our ATP 101 and 102 episodes to understand who/what we're talking about. Follow us on Instagram instagram.com/backhandsandcompliments and on Twitter twitter.com/backhandspod.