Zverev, Paris and uncomfortable silence

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On-court action unfortunately takes a back seat on the podcast this week as we discuss in depth the allegations from Olya Sharypova that her ex-boyfriend, Alexander Zverev, physically and emotionally abused her during their relationship.

We lay out the new allegations from Sharypova detailed in her interview with Racquet Magazine, present Zverev’s responses throughout the week to questions about the accusations, and talk through Jon Wertheim’s extensive take on the issue.

We also examine the way in which Zverev’s refusal to comment beyond his initial statement has been disappointing, how the ATP’s silence is making matters worse, what the phrase ‘Believe Women’ means and demands of us, and the way this incident is affecting how we feel about the sport right now.

In the second half of the episode, we chat about Daniil Medvedev’s victory in Paris, the completion of the ATP Finals line-up, the climax of the WTA season in Linz, Tennis Australia’s potential plans for an extended swing Down Under in 2021, and Nick Kyrgios’ openness about his struggle with depression.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Mary Ann Bartoli.
0:01.8	I'm Matt Svillander.
0:03.0	This is Mary Carillo.
0:04.0	I'm Stan Ravinka.
0:05.0	I'm Lainey Hutt.
0:05.8	I'm Andy Murray.
0:06.7	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.8	Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast,
0:23.9	I'll sport to you from a slightly happier place than our last tennis podcast.
0:30.4	The world is a slightly happier place because dogs are to return to the White House.
0:37.4	Champ and Major, two German shepherds, one of them are rescue,
0:42.0	the White House's first ever rescue dog, Mementus occasion.
0:46.8	They will be moving in January.
0:50.0	Happy days.
0:51.0	Look, I mean, what more could you need than that?
0:53.9	As a reason, I mean, that's enough on its own, aside from everything else.
0:58.1	What sort of history is there of dogs in the White House?
1:01.0	Do we know?
1:01.6	Oh, up until 2016, a beautiful illustrious history of dogs in the White House.
1:09.1	The abomas had a couple I remember.
1:12.2	Bill Clinton had a, I think, a black lab.
1:16.0	Dogs in the White House is very much a thing or had been until 2016,
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