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Episode 18: Paris Masters and Billie Jean King Cup
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Episode 18: Paris Masters and Billie Jean King Cup

We recap the last week on the tours, including Novak Djokovic defeating Daniil Medvedev for his 37th Masters title and Russia's win over Switzerland to claim the Billie Jean King Cup.

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Paris Masters

1:30-2:50: Touching on Novak Djokovic winning the Paris Masters.

2:50-8:15: Carlos Alcaraz defeats his third top-10 opponent in Jannik Sinner.

8:15-11:50: The crowd support for Hugo Gaston against Alcaraz.

11:50-15:41: Gaston’s run to the quarterfinals.

15:41-19:37: Casper Ruud qualifies for the ATP Finals but eventually suffers a bad match-up with Alexander Zverev.

19:37-21:56: Hubert Hurkacz also qualifies for the ATP Finals but loses a tight semifinal to Djokovic.

21:56-27:20: Daniil Medvedev’s run to the final, including the destruction of his peer, Zverev.

27:20-31:26: Djokovic’s run to the final, including a seriously impressive dispatching of Taylor Fritz.

31:26-38:09: Djokovic defeats Medvedev for a record-breaking 37th Masters title.

38:09-39:15: Tim Puetz and Michael Venus beat Pierre Hughes-Herbert and Nicolas Mahut win their first Masters and second title overall together.

Billie Jean King Cup

39:15-40:37: The difficulty of watching the Billie Jean King Cup.

40:37-44:30: Controversy in Russia’s defeating Switzerland to win the title.

44:30-45:52: Good end to good seasons for most of team Russia.

45:52-46:31: Belinda Bencic takes BJKC MVP in beating Angelique Kerber and Barbora Krejcikova.

46:31-47:40: Great Britain draw Czech Republic in next year’s BJKC.


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Two tennis fans keenly discussing the happenings of the ATP and WTA tours, foolhardily making predictions and providing some analysis along the way.