Racquet's Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast

This year tennis is going from Paris to Paris between the French Open and the Olympics both taking place at the legendary Roland Garros. Co-hosts Rennae Stubbs and Sam Querrey talk to tennis legends and legendary voices—and on this episode they talk to Grand Slam champ Andy Roddick, host of the new podcast Served and one of the smartest (and funniest) folks in tennis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year tennis is going from Paris to Paris between the French Open and the Olympics both taking place at the legendary Roland Garros. Co-hosts Rennae Stubbs and Sam Querrey talk to tennis legends and legendary voices—and on this episode they talk about Rafael Nadal’s first round loss to Alexander Zverev, at perhaps his final RG appearance? They share their favorite Rafa stories, as well as discuss other big winners (and losers) coming out of Round 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year tennis is going from Paris to Paris between the French Open and the Olympics both taking place at the legendary Roland Garros. Co-hosts Rennae Stubbs and Sam Querrey talk to tennis legends and legendary voices—and on this episode, we do a full draw breakdown ahead of the tournament, with world number five player Jessica Pegula. Starting with Rafael Nadal's opener against fourth seed Alexander Zverev, and what makes Iga so hard to play on clay? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year tennis is going from Paris to Paris between the French Open and the Olympics both taking place at the legendary Roland Garros. Co-hosts Rennae Stubbs and Sam Querrey talk to tennis legends and legendary voices—starting with French Open Mixed Doubles Champion and Olympics anchor Mary Carillo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 6'6" Californian joins the pod to talk about his career notching massive wins of the likes of Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, and lifting the world's largest trophy at Queen's Club, as well as break down the Rome tournament results ahead of Roland Garros. Plus, we get the backstory behind the viral Vine that had everyone looking for plastic horse heads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and Andrea are back to recap a wild two-week Madrid tournament, which saw a resurgent Ons and Madison Keys, a shaky Coco and a bevy of injuries and withdrawals on the men's side. But we celebrate mercurial poet Andrey Rublev, who picks up his biggest title to date as well as an all-time classic final between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka, which was great from first ball to last! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fresh off a two-week commentating stint down in Miami, Andrea Petkovic joins Rennae to discuss Danielle Collins otherworldly run, Sinner CRUSHING everyone, and salute Grigor Dmitrov back into another final (and back into the Top 10)! Plus: another devastating injury for Andy Murray, where exactly is Gauff Coco and a big bounceback for Elana Rybankina after a tough Indian Wells.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From service motions to weather, our favorite duo is back to break down the entirety of the BNP Paribas Open—the good, bad and the ugly. Plus: a new vow to record more regularly now that their competitive juices are flowing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Petko's in town to record her audiobook and she Rennae catch up on the week in tennis news while back together—and in the closet—in New York. Shoutout to guest editor Jesse Kotansky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our daily AO recap podcast comes to an end—and sitting in for esteemed Cultural Attaché Andrea Petkovic while she's on a plane home is Caitlin, who does her best German accent. Hats off to edgelord Daniil Medvedev, who played more tennis than anyone else this tournament, and to an incredible effort from Jannik Sinner (Andrea says her wifi is Jannik Sinternet, and we believe her) who is now on the level. We assess who's fuming and prepping for the next tournaments and give a hearty thanks to the many, many, many listeners who reached out and gave the show love—we'll try to do more daily episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—and here they break down the tactical mismatch of the women's final over beers (tequila, sponsors get at us), with some tough love about how Qinwen Zheng's game can level up. With personal anecdotes featuring chopped linden trees, Justine Henin's post-championship serve-and-volley practice, and some harsh words for the women who could've prepped better coming into the Australian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—starting with the Jannik Sinner/Novak Djokovic clash featuring scar tissue, lazy eyes, the loss of fast-twitch muscles and, most importantly, King Henry the 5th. Then, we shift focus to the man who either has a chip missing, or has an extra chip, in Daniil Medvedev who clawed his way back from being down two sets to love to win wars of attrition in backhand rallies against a player from Germany. Like and subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—international scheduling considerations mean late nights for the women's semis, and our intrepid and sleep-deprived correspondents were up all night calling em. First the high-quality US-Open-Final rematch between Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, then we celebrate Zheng Qinwen's mentally tough celebration—and her stats as a great frontrunner—and applaud a tremendous effort from Dayana Yastremska to come out firing despite coming through qualies past 7,000 opponents. From battling through period cramps to the silhouette test, it's a great time for women's tennis! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—starting with the baffling result from the Alex Zverev/Carlos Alcaraz match and what happens when you have all the talent in the world but no gameplan! Hint: for Alcaraz against Zverev, it's an inside-in forehand à la Ana Ivanovic. Breaking down the Daniil Medvedev comeback against Hubi Hurkacz—and taking the odds that he'll be extra motivated by his (completely inaccurate) portrayal as a villain in Netflix's Break Point. Plus: Is Dayana Yastremska about to pull an Emma Raducanu? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—Aryna Sabalenka is looking SCARY good, so much so than anything short of a herculean effort by Coco Gauff means she should be returning to the finals. Previewing a blockbuster showdown between Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner—it's the men's match we've all been waiting for, and the one we deserve! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—Day 9 brought us Dayana Yastremska's big moment against Viktoria Azarenka, Oceane Dodin carrying on like a porkchop in her loss to Qinwen Zheng, to go with a plate full of potatoes on Carlos Alcaraz's plate. Our hearts are always with the players who win in an ugly manner, and we'll leave you with a pod maxim: In a world full of pushers, be a hitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rennae and our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic are in Melbourne and bringing us daily dispatches from the AO—Rublev plays through cramps to beat an in-form De Minaur, breaking down tactical investments that pay off later in the Tsitsipas/Fritz match (hint: Serve and volley leading to opponent shanks). Unless one of these men can stop Djokovic, the ATP might as well rebrand to “Novak+” and we bathe in the pearls of sweat and whiff of fragrance from Jannik Sinternet’s continued march to glory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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.