Nobody becomes a tennis fan from a highlight reel. This week, Ryan Ng of 40 Love Studio joins Anastasia to talk about the storytelling gap in tennis: the quirky grassroots characters going uncaptured, the six years Ryan spent off the court after the yips took his forehand, and the almost-9-million-view video that started with a friend asking why tennis scoring has a point called love. Plus a quick spin through the week: Tsitsipas wins Gstaad and earns a Lost Boys list revisit, Bernard Tomic and his devoted Bernies, and the ATP's reported plan to shrink doubles, which raises the question this whole episode is about. Do you grow a sport by cutting the field, or by telling the story?
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:35 A Quiet Tennis Week on Purpose
04:07 Tsitsipas wins a tournament
07:40 Bernard Tomic and his Fans
10:00 Tennis Wedding Week
11:34 The Tennis Royal Wedding - Tommy Paul and Paige Lorenze
13:19 The Other Weddings
14:30 Carlos Alcaraz at the World Cup
15:54 Interview with Ryan Ng of Forty Love Studio
39:57 The Importance of Storytelling in Tennis
44:04 Excitement for the DC Open
47:14 Closing Thoughts and Future Plans
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