Show Your Ass

It’s been a minute! We’re catching up on weeks of tennis during the Asia swing, so rather than run through a list of results, we’ve opted for a sort of word association game. Name a player, talk about them for a while. Some examples: Alejandro’s very good and very vindicating week; Coco Gauff dealing with racist abuse and the WTA’s fecklessness in the face of it; Qinwen tops off her Beijing triumph by running Mirra through a karaoke torture chamber; and Jodar’s penchant for screaming at children. Plus, a slightly shady question about the long WTA season, the state of the Race on both tours, and more! 3:55 Ale-ale-jandro 8:10 Rafa Jodar catches another case (deserved) 14:30 Novak is not dead yet! 20:25 The gays are coming 22:15 Carlos, stop embarrassing us in front of company 28:00 Coco Gauff beats Chinese teenager Sun Xinran, then things get racist 35:45 A tale of two tantrums 40:55 Zheng Qinwen: not a singer, but an entertainer 45:55 Chwalinska beats the fluke allegations 51:20 Race to the Finals update