Weekly Tennis News
“This Week’s Drop Shots” details the latest results, hot takes, and breaking news from around the tennis world in a quick and easy-to-read format.
This Week’s Drop Shots
The hard court season is finally here, and Cracked Racquets is busy covering all the action on the ATP and WTA tours! This week, Editor-in-Chief has been in Washington D.C. covering the 2021 Citi Open.
2020 Tokyo Olympics
The olympic tennis events are now complete, and the medals have been awarded. Congratulations to Alex Zverev (GER) who defeated Karen Khachanov (RUS) in straight sets to take home the gold. On the women’s side, Belinda Bencic (CHE) defeated Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) in the finals to win a gold medal for Switzerland.
You can check out a full recap of these events as well as doubles on this week’s edition of The Deciding Point.
ATP Challenger Tour Update
Damian Kust and Jakub Bobro are back again for their weekly recap of all the action from the ATP Challenger Tour.
On this episode, available on the Great Shot Podcast feed, the guys try to determine the upside of Julio Cesar Porras, breakdown the results from the Poznan Challenger, and debate Jiri Vesely’s ideal surface. Damian also had the opportunity to speak with Botic Van De Zandschulp, Zdenek Kolar, Aleksander Vukic, and Alexander Shevchenko last week in Poland.
Keeping Up With the Citi Open Action
Missed any of the action from Washington DC? Cracked Racquets has you covered. Host Alex Gruskin has recapped all the biggest storylines from the event on the Mini-Break podcast.
Monday: Citi Open Preview [Video]
Wednesday: Packing the DC Courts [Audio]
Thursday: An ELECTRIC Night in DC [Audio]
Friday: Brooksby Rises, Rafa Falls [Audio]
Citi Open Press Moments
Need more Citi Open content? We’ve got you.
We have published the press interviews Alex Gruskin conducted with CR regulars Mackie McDonald and Denis Kudla. Those are available on our Cracked Interviews podcast feed.
Mackie McDonald
Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin chats with American ATP player Mackie McDonald following his two-set victory over Ilya Ivashka at the 2021 Citi Open.
Denis Kudla
Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin chats with American ATP player Denis Kudla following his three-set victory over Brandon Nakashima at the 2021 Citi Open. The guys chat about Denis’ performance today, re-entering the Top 100, and more!
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