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No Challenges Remaining

A humorous and informative podcast discussing the happenings in the wacky world of professional tennis. Hosted by Ben Rothenberg and Courtney Nguyen.

Sports Tennis
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
58 minutes
Episodes
581
Years Active
2012 - 2025
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Episode 177d: Australian Open Day 5-7: Zverevving Up for the Second Week

Episode 177d: Australian Open Day 5-7: Zverevving Up for the Second Week

The surprises continue on Day 7 of the Australian Open, where both #1s lost Sunday. Angelique Kerber went out to CoCo Vandeweghe (not a huge shock) and Andy Murray went out to Mischa Zverev (a huge s…

00:57:43  |   Sun 22 Jan 2017
Episode 177c: Australian Open Day 4: Djokovic Derails

Episode 177c: Australian Open Day 4: Djokovic Derails

Day 4 was a day of upsets in Melbourne. No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska got blitzed by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (as Courtney flagged), but the biggest story was six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic…

00:26:19  |   Thu 19 Jan 2017
Episode 177b: Australian Open Day 3: On Losing, With Peter Polansky

Episode 177b: Australian Open Day 3: On Losing, With Peter Polansky

It's only three days into the Australian Open, but 160 players have already lost in the singles draws (355 if you add qualifying losers). We hardly knew ye! But let's get to know ye?

For our second …

00:23:19  |   Wed 18 Jan 2017
Episode 177a: Australian Open Day 1-2: Petko and the Children

Episode 177a: Australian Open Day 1-2: Petko and the Children

The Australian Open is underway, and Ben and Courtney are surviving, so far! Simona Halep was an early casualty, however, so we discuss her limping into the sunset in the tournament's opening hours. …

00:20:43  |   Tue 17 Jan 2017
Episode 176: Australian Open Draw Show

Episode 176: Australian Open Draw Show

Together again in Melbourne, Ben and Courtney dive right into the women's and men's draws of the 2017 Australian Open, rolling in some thoughts on the season so far along the way. 

It's somewhat busi…

01:28:33  |   Sun 15 Jan 2017
Episode 175b: Still Remembering When

Episode 175b: Still Remembering When

Since 2016 had so much stuff to remember, Ben and Courtney split Episode 175 into two pieces so they could make it all more manageable. Here's the second part, which covers (more or less) late April …

01:11:01  |   Tue 10 Jan 2017
Episode 175a: Ana, Auckland, and Anamneses

Episode 175a: Ana, Auckland, and Anamneses

It's our Season 6 premiere! This is our 217th episode, and golly do Ben and Courtney have lots to reflect on before we get started with 2017. Time to look back to move forward.

First, we look back at…

01:13:36  |   Tue 03 Jan 2017
Episode 174: Kvitova and Kicking Back With Questions #2

Episode 174: Kvitova and Kicking Back With Questions #2

After recording the show earlier this week, Ben and Courtney shelved it and then retopped it to address the shocking news of the knife attack which wounded Petra Kvitova's left hand. We discuss the i…

02:08:04  |   Sun 25 Dec 2016
Episode 173: Kicking Back With Questions #1

Episode 173: Kicking Back With Questions #1

 

With the off-season upon us, Ben and Courtney curl up into their mailbag of questions and use it to keep warm through the winter, while at the same time answering its contents to share the warmth o…

01:33:40  |   Thu 08 Dec 2016
Episode 172: Stuffed With Gratitude

Episode 172: Stuffed With Gratitude

The tennis season, save for that pesky Davis Cup final, is finally over, and so Ben and Courtney digest it (before the heavier duty digestion of Thanksgiving) by discussing who the men's player of th…

00:44:28  |   Tue 22 Nov 2016
Episode 171: Regime Change

Episode 171: Regime Change

The world has undergone some changes since Ben and Courtney last spoke. Firstly, as this is a tennis show, we guess, we discuss new ATP #1 Andy Murray, what his ascendancy to the top of the rankings …

00:56:36  |   Sat 12 Nov 2016
Episode 170: The Boys Are Back in Town

Episode 170: The Boys Are Back in Town

After a WTA-centric episode last time, Ben catches up on the ATP side of the equation this week with special guest Ricky Dimon, fresh off his running the Marine Corps Marathon this past weekend in Wa…
00:37:31  |   Wed 02 Nov 2016
Episode 169: Steve Simon (and the Streams)

Episode 169: Steve Simon (and the Streams)

With the WTA season wrapping up in Singapore this week, there's no better time to check in with women's tennis boss Steve Simon, who is finishing up his first full year as the tour's chief executive.…

00:58:22  |   Sat 29 Oct 2016
Episode 168: Sinking, Tanking, and Politicking

Episode 168: Sinking, Tanking, and Politicking

Ben and Courtney are reunited at last, and have lots to catch up on. First, how is WTAsia doing? What to be made of Kerber's underwhelming fall swing, and Serena's (again) nonexistant one? 
Also, we…
01:29:31  |   Thu 20 Oct 2016
Episode 167: The Sharapova Resolution

Episode 167: The Sharapova Resolution

NCR is back after an unforeseen delay (our apologies), and we start by catching up with the conclusion of the Maria Sharapova meldonium case, as Ben welcomes back guest Richard Ings, who had previous…
00:38:29  |   Thu 13 Oct 2016
Episode 166: Keeping the Faith in Tennis

Episode 166: Keeping the Faith in Tennis

With the Istanbul final between Tunisian Malek Jaziri and Israeli Dudi Sela on Sunday, the cross-section of religion and tennis again came into focus this week. To look at it from several angles this…
00:51:38  |   Thu 22 Sep 2016
Episode 165f: U.S. Open - Kerber, Wawrinka Win; We Punch Out

Episode 165f: U.S. Open - Kerber, Wawrinka Win; We Punch Out

Recording late the night after the U.S. Open concluded, Ben and Courtney are low on energy (and occasionally coherence) but high on thoughts about the tennis that transpired, and the two parallel cha…
00:46:27  |   Tue 13 Sep 2016
Episode 165e: U.S. Open - Finals Reckoning

Episode 165e: U.S. Open - Finals Reckoning

The finals of the U.S. Open are upon us, and so Ben and Courtney discuss what we can look for and how we got here. On the men's side (for which we are joined by the emerald of our eye, Leigh Walsh), …
00:39:53  |   Sat 10 Sep 2016
Episode 165d: U.S. Open - The Women in the Room

Episode 165d: U.S. Open - The Women in the Room

The U.S. Open is proud to have been a leader in gender equality in terms of prize money (and it's the only Slam with the same number of male and female competitors), but how does that translate to th…
00:36:47  |   Wed 07 Sep 2016
Episode 165c: U.S. Open - Halfway Home

Episode 165c: U.S. Open - Halfway Home

With pudding and beer in hand, Ben and Courtney wrap up their main thoughts from a first week of the U.S. Open that mostly went without major disruption. Raonic, Kyrgios, Cilic and Muguruza being out…
00:32:52  |   Sun 04 Sep 2016
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