The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast

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Jan 20, 2024 • 34min

AO Recap Day 7: Three Lions on Crystal Meth

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—and only one of them can pronounce Qinwen Zheng's name! Our correspondents load on deserved praise for Linda Noskova's takedown of world number one Iga Swiatek, tiny lionhearted Jasmine Paolini and the athleticism (if not results) of Tommy Paul. Plus: Is Miomir Kecmanovic—aka Mishmir Kecman—the world's greatest female player? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 20, 2024 • 18min

AO Day 6 Recap: Drive By Podcasting

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—and Day 6 brought us some easy wins from Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka, and is Novak Djokovic so good that he can to engineer his peak for week two of a Slam? Probably. Hats off to Adrian Mannarino for a big win against Ben Shelton—and how good do Jannik Sinner and Alex DiMinaur look? Very. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 19, 2024 • 23min

AO Day Five Recap: The Cold Water

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—and it's hard to imagine a better day of tennis than what Rod Laver Arena provided on Day 5. From the Iga Swiatek/Danielle Collins rollercoaster to the marathon Meddy comeback to the truly most insane 42 point tiebreak between Rybakina and Blinkova, day five took our intrepid correspondents into the cold water. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 18, 2024 • 28min

AO Day Four Recap: He's a Man Cat

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—today, they talk big upsets between the Minister of Misery Ons Jabeur, Caroline Wozniacki, Frances Tiafoe and Maria Sakkari, Novak's battling through illness (and a man cat) and the demon Alex de Minaur in top form playing scary good. Plus: Alycia Parks sets up a huge battle with Coco Gauff after getting through Leylah Fernandez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 16, 2024 • 20min

AO Day Three Recap: Our Hobbies, Ourselves

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches. Have we said goodbye to Richard Gasquet's beautiful backhand for the last time? Andrea does her first on-court interview with noted introvert Elana Rybakina and we discover Rennae's favorite hobby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 16, 2024 • 17min

Day Two AO Recap: What in the Sweet World

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and ready to bring us daily dispatches from Down Under. Get your helmet on and get ready for Day Two, starting with a gangbusters round one matchup between Naomi Osaka and Caroline Garcia, and a bien tragique matchup between FAA and Dominic Thiem that took the struggling players to five sets. Plus some quick looks at a rusty Ons Jabeur, an overheated Daniil Medvedev, the threat (real or perceived) of Ben Shelton as well as whatever in the sweet world is happening with Stef Tsitsipas' variations on a serve. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 14, 2024 • 14min

Day One AO Recap

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and ready to bring us daily dispatches from Down Under. Sign into your Jannick Sinternet and let's go Day 1 Recap: Dino “Thigh” Primiz gets physical with Novak, Maria Sakkara wins her first Slam first rounder in about a year, and Sabalenka turns up serving bombs and running and gunning. Plus, some late-set heroics from Rublev, a solid showing from Leylah Fernandez and the return of clean ball striking—with explainer to boot of what exactly that even means—from Amanda Anisimova.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jan 2, 2024 • 58min

Let Em

Rennae and Caitlin travel across time to bring you the last episode of 2023 AND the first episode of 2024, filled with predictions and resolutions for the year ahead! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Dec 6, 2023 • 1h 13min

Year in Review: The Men

Host Rennae and guest host (and cultural attaché) Andrea Petkovic rigorously dissect the year that was 2023 for the men—including Paula Badosa’s boyfriend, the ideal version of an alpha male and the best cupcake in the world… without frosting. As you might imagine, nobody is spared! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 30, 2023 • 1h 7min

Year in Review: The Women

Host Rennae and guest host (and cultural attaché) Andrea Petkovic rigorously dissect the year that was 2023 for the women—who was two break points away from a title, who started terribly but turned it around? Who needs a better coach? As you might imagine, nobody is spared! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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