The Body Serve

Is She A Karen, Or Is She Iconic?

08.14.2023 - By The Body Serve Tennis PodcastPlay

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Tennis returned to Canada as weather wreaked bedlam on the women's draw in Montréal. Jessie Pegula won her second 1000 title and scored a great win over #1 Iga Swiatek, but we need to talk about some horrendous scheduling decisions that impacted Rybakina and runner-up Samsonova. Jannik Sinner wins his first Masters title on the men's side, while de Minaur and Paul record massive wins of their own. We've also got Casper Ruud's tour of Canadian Content, the weird rules revelation in the Raonic-Tiafoe match, and the strange persistence of American high school line dance standard "Cotton Eye Joe." Most importantly, we ask you all to decide once and for all: is Danielle Collins a Karen or an icon? 

01:04 : Cincy FOMO and our initial forays into Toronto tennis this year

07:20 Recapping the men's action in TO amidst intermittent weather

13:41 Casper Ruud's many many looks off the court 

19:51 The women's tournament is rocked and wrecked by rain

27:38 The Notebook: an Iga hate story 

31:52 Where did you come from, where did you go?

33:59 Is she a Karen or is she iconic? 

38:23 Caro's back and the reviews are mixed 

41:46 A net is not a net, when there's no doubles players there

45:49 Coco's revival and Brad's involvement 

51:38 Now, why is Dasha in it? Kyrgios is unthinking, unserious, and unsavory

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