The Washingtonian scribe Ben Rothenberg filed over 20 stories from Australia over the course of his 3 weeks in the media center at Melbourne Park. He got home a day or 2 ago and joined me for a banger hour of power chat about the 2026 Australian Open. We discussed :

the demise of the Washington Post

the joy of going to Australia in January

the one point slam

the Turkish and Filipino Diaspora Phenomenon

Fonseca and so many others not ready to play

Fils returns after the major, odd. 

Impressions of the Wawrinka swan song

Monfils

Svitolina

Anisimova 

Jovic's great run, beat paolini

Zverev loses to Carlitos 

Novak beats Sinner 

Rybakina's redemption and domination.

Osaka drama

Serena

PTPA

All in all, a successful kickoff to the season


Recorded and Released on 2.5.26


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