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The Tennis Tragic

David Kalina, Matte Rochford, and Alex Dawson

The Tennis Tragic is a talk opera about dreams, romance, style, grace, conflict, history, art, and service motions.

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00:57:28

Going to the Dirt Shop

The Tennis Tragic ·

2021/05/02

The Tennis Tragic #027 / Going to the Dirt Shop / The gang professes its love for clay court tennis (of various colors); scrappy Dan Evans gets the royal treatment in Monte Carlo; Alex recaps Rublev and Rafa's rumble; we engage in our regularly scheduled debate about whether or not Hawkeye should be adopted on clay; Matte imagines socialist utopian tennis clubs; Davy Gravy reveals his favorite blue thing.

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00:51:58

Avocado or Pear?

The Tennis Tragic ·

2021/04/12

The Tennis Tragic #026 / Avocado or Pear? / The Tragic Three reconvene to discuss the events of Acapulco, Doha, and Miami. Talking points include: fruit-shaped trophies, muscle locations, players who may have sold their souls to the Devil, Roger Federer's beautiful serve, whether the post-match lie-down celebration is appropriate, how to procure clay for your court, player unions, and the vibe of the Miami Dolphins' stadium parking lot. David introduces new AI friend "Davy Gravy" and offers up a

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01:03:42

The King of Hard

The Tennis Tragic ·

2021/03/15

The Tennis Tragic #025 / The King of Hard / Novak reigns.. but what are his powers? Jayne Hrdlicka works the crowd. Protestors disrupt the match. Predictions fail to manifest. The impact of athlete endorsements is considered. Please send all high dollar value marketing opportunities to tennistragicpod at gmail dot com. We await your call.

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00:45:09

Bit of a Legend

The Tennis Tragic ·

2021/03/02

Tennis Tragic #024 / Bit of a Legend / Reflections on herbal tea, birdsong, service motions, Naomi Osaka, Jen Brady, and doubles (doubles!)

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01:19:35

Body Positive

The Tennis Tragic ·

2021/02/16

The Tennis Tragic #023 / Body Positive / David pens a letter to the Tennis Podcast and receives an unexpected response. Features the AO2021 Fashion Roundup with Matte and David. Discussion topics include the meaning of the word 'journeyman', Alex Bolt's post-playing career, the trend towards meditation and mental training, joyless tennis, and Victoria's flash Covid lockdown.

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00:43:28

Next Door to Yulia

The Tennis Tragic ·

2021/02/07

The Tennis Tragic #022 / Next Door to Yulia / The Tragic Three imagine conditions in the hard quarantine, remember The Match That Time Forgot and Michael Pervolarakis, and discuss general topics during the lead-up to the AO, including (but not limited to) doping bans, blackface, clickbait, vaccines, and the throng of the AO crowd.

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00:55:44

The Fake Crowd Noise Era

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/09/29

The Tennis Tragic #021 / The Fake Crowd Noise Era / Alex returns and Maritsa joins for various Tragic Chats discussing the US Open 2020, fake crowd noise, Djokovic's default, line judge conspiracy theories, the value of towel kids, Patrick McEnroe's walkabout, Medvedev, Thiem, Vika, Serena, Osaka, Zverev, players eating salads, and more. Features the First Ever Segment of "Tennis and the Arts"; Matte brings our attention to Cigdem Aydemir's performance piece "The New National Sport."

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00:46:12

Hiding Under The Bed

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/05/23

The Tennis Tragic #020 / Hiding Under The Bed / Rafa calls in from quarantine, Matte catches Linsanity, David and his father discuss formative sports memories, and more dreams of great players retiring from matches.

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00:27:53

Fig Ignorant

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/03/02

The Tennis Tragic #019 / Fig Ignorant / Roger goes under the knife, Vasek spoons out a little maple, and Matte and David stick a fork in the GOAT convo. Is it fully cooked? Hard to say!

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00:55:43

Dreams-Come-True-Girl

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/02/12

The Tennis Tragic #018 / Dreams-Come-True-Girl / Do dreams really come true? Do you just need to believe in your dreams? Is that enough? Matte and David discuss childhood dreams, premonitory dreams, endings, Margaret Court, Godwin's Law, John McEnroe, Martina Navratalova, Evonne Goolagong, Colin Kaepernick, Ash Barty, Tennys Sandgren, commerce, Garbine Muguruza, and Sofia Kenin's first major title. As it was foretold.

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00:21:30

AO 2020 Day Six

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/26

The Tennis Tragic #017 / AO 2020 Day Six / The gang discuss the finer points of Kyrgios's performance (and behavior) in his match against some Russian guy? Hatch-a-something? Khachanov! That guy is pretty good. Also: Goffin-Rublev, Bethany Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin on the doubles court, and a look forward to a desperately tedious Raonic-Cilic match.

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00:33:07

AO 2020 Day Five - The Demons Are Always There

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/24

The Tennis Tragic #016 / AO 2020 Day Five - The Demons Are Always There / Federer summons forth another unholy victory against a righteous John Millman. Coco defeats elder stateswoman Osaka. Serena bows out to Wang Qiang. Tennys Sandgren's guns were out, as the suns... were out?

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00:26:58

AO 2020 Day Three - More Sweetie

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/23

The Tennis Tragic #015 / AO 2020 Day Three - More Sweetie / We doubled down on a couple of long and delightful five-setters and explored some on-site commercial activations.

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00:27:51

AO 2020 Day Two - Tragic Tuesday

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/22

The Tennis Tragic #014 / AO 2020 Day Two - Tragic Tuesday / 88 Completed Matches! 88 pro athletes, fallen in fierce competition! We gathered the morning after this epic day at Melbourne Park to discuss the highlights, the smashed racquets, the heartbreak, the occasionally sublime play, Court 3 acoustics, and RESPECT.

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00:16:56

AO 2020 Day One

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/20

The Tennis Tragic #013 - AO 2020 Day One - Are we doing daily episodes? We're doing daily episodes! Or mini-episodes? Whatever the case, Matte, Alex, and David rolled down to the AO grounds under the threat of rain and got stuck in the squall. The tennis was unexceptional and mostly water-logged, and we came away musing mostly about the season's new fashion lines.

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01:00:16

AO 2020 Draw Show

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/19

The Tennis Tragic #012 / AO 2020 Draw Show / Matte and Alex just arrived in Melbourne and we immediately started talking about brackets, the space-time continuum, possible future screaming matches, and whether or not anything is truly inevitable.

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00:49:32

Nick The Human Towel Rack

The Tennis Tragic ·

2020/01/14

The Tennis Tragic #011 / January 14 2020 / For the first time since meeting at the 2019 Australian Open, The Tragic Three convened in Brisbane, Australia to watch real, live tennis - checking out the inaugural ATP Cup's Group Stage with a little WTA Brisbane International bonus action on the side! We witnessed grown men smashing racquets, speculated about the true lineage of some rising stars, gently argued about the use of instant replay and towel racks, and discussed the pros and cons of

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01:19:24

Scrappy Hoodrat Tennis

The Tennis Tragic ·

2019/11/27

The Tennis Tragic #010 / November 24 2019 / The tennis season is finally coming to a close... or is it? What will we do with our lives? Well, for now, we've recorded 80+ minutes of chat about the new Davis Cup, the ATP Finals, the WTA Finals, World Team Tennis, Team Tennis, Tennis Teams, the Tennis Tragic Slam, Bill Gates, Milos Raonic, and more! We invent a personal backstory for Dan Evans, dig a little deeper into the meaning of the word "disgrace," and attempt to answer the pressing question: who

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01:01:29

Killer Cahill's Radical Candor

The Tennis Tragic ·

2019/11/03

The Tennis Tragic #009 / November 2 2019 / The gang delves into the controversy surrounding Darren Cahill's coaching methodology, shows the love for the WTA Finals and ATP Paris Masters events, delves into Matte's subconscious, discusses the inequitable prize money distribution at Wimbledon in 1982, and debate the pros and cons of the Round Robin format. We also debut our latest innovation - dramatic readings of press conferences and on-court coaching!

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00:46:28

On Kid Mascots

The Tennis Tragic ·

2019/10/16

The Tennis Tragic #008 / On Kid Mascots Asia keeps on swinging, as do the Tragic Three. Our gang sneaks into the ATP Shanghai Masters event just after Novak and Roger departed, and just prior to Daniil's eventual triumph. We recap the epic battle between Naomi and Bianca in Beijing, revisit the topic of weirdo umps, say hello to our fifth Instagram follower, learn about what it takes to become a line judge, and speculate about what it takes to be chosen as a kid mascot. And for the gamblers out

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