Backhands and Compliments: A Tennis Podcast

Backhands and Compliments: A Tennis Podcast

Backhands and Compliments

Episodes 71
Avg. Duration 1h
Activity Dormant
Since Dec 2022
Latest Episode Mar 2025

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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Putting the female gaze into ATP tennis discourse. You're welcome.

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S3E4 Italian Wells (IRL Indian Wells Recap)

Mar 31, 2025 1h 23m

We’re back to take you through the play-by-play of our second annual pilgrimage out to Tennis Paradise, aka Indian Wells! We spent five days in the desert watching a ton of tennis and collecting our…

S3E3 2025 ATP Bingo (From the Vault)

Mar 03, 2025 50m

In this episode (recorded back in January), we go through our 2025 predictions and set up our bingo boards! Find out which predictions have aged like a fine wine and which are already…

S3E2 G'Night Mate (Australian Open 2025 Recap)

Feb 05, 2025 51m

*insert bad Australian accent here* G'night mate! The Australian Open and January took a thousand years to complete, but you can listen to all our distilled thoughts in one episode! We psychoanalyze…

S3E1 Australian Open Preview!

Jan 11, 2025 36m

We’re backkk! Did you miss us? And it’s time for a new season for tennis players and this podcast. Luckily, we’re keeping it simple for our first episode back and doing a review of the Australian…

S2E33 2024 Tennis Season Wrapped!

Dec 03, 2024 1h 13m

2024’s tennis season had many iconic moments, but which ones are the most memorable? Which ones will live forever in our hearts and which ones did we hate? We’re recapping the season with a tier…

S2E32 Finally Free! (Davis Cup Recap)

Nov 29, 2024 1h 5m

And with that, the 2024 season comes to a close! For once we put respect on the Davis Cup and chat about Team Italy’s repeat win! But first, we have a freak out over Sir Andy Murray coaching Novak…

S2E31 Farewell Rafael! (ATP Finals Recap)

Nov 22, 2024 1h 15m

It’s the end of an era. Not for us, but we do say adios a todos to Rafael Nadal! He retired this week in Spain at the Davis Cup, so we talk about the lack of fanfare, Tennis Channel speaking over…

S2E30 Q&A! (Misery in Bercy)

Nov 06, 2024 1h 31m

Do you want a little escape from the state of tennis, America’s election season, or the seasonal affective disorder the ending of daylight savings time brings? Well, never fear, dear listener! We…

S2E29 Battle of the Bots (Basel & Vienna)

Nov 01, 2024 59m

It’s American election time! Which means we discuss the very important upcoming vote results…People’s Sexiest Men in Sports list, obviously! (We joke to cope.) Our predictions include one last hurrah…

S2E28 DeuceMoi (The Asian Swing)

Oct 24, 2024 1h 5m

Back-to-back episodes? Look at us! We’re back to talk about the Asian Swing which included another Masters 1000 win for Jannik Sinner, two Janlitos finals (Jannik Sinner v. Carlos Alcaraz), and an…

S2E27 Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talenti Gelato (US Open & More) (From The Vault)

Oct 22, 2024 47m

Surprise! The vault is open, and we’re finally catching up on the tournaments that have happened during our (unplanned) hiatus! In today’s episode, we’re finishing off the US Open and discussing the…

S2E26 Slaylor Fritz! (US Open Week 1 Recap)

Sep 03, 2024 46m

We are Praylor Fritz today as we discuss all that has happened at the US Open. No more mid-Slam delusions this episode, we’re actually very rational (very demure, very mindful) about our predictions…

S2E25 The Big Announcement! (and US Open Round 1)

Aug 28, 2024 1h 6m

We ended up quite punchy in this episode, so enjoy some mid-Slam delusion on DAY TWO. We talk about some of the upsets (rip Pablo Carreno Busta, Holger Rune, and Karen Khachanov), the battle of the…

S2E24 CinSinnerati (Montreal & Cincinnati Recap)

Aug 21, 2024 1h 13m

An episode where we go over all the ~DRAMA~ from the last two weeks. From Stefanos Tsitsipas firing his father very publicly to a double-hit dispute between Jack Draper and Felix Auger-Alissame on…

S2E23 Andy Murr-der (Olympics & Washington Recap)

Aug 07, 2024 1h 14m

Get ready for some slightly obnoxious U S A chants (and one ITALIA chant) in this week’s episode! Carlos Alcaraz’s incredible summer ends with a silver medal and Novak Djokovic finally claims the…

S2E22 Oh My Gstaad! (Hamburg, Gstaad, Bastad, and Newport Recap)

Jul 23, 2024 59m

Lots of beautiful tennis this week! Arthur Fils became the newest exterminator and won Hamburg for his second ATP title. But it wasn’t without its drama. In the coastal Bastad, we saw the man, the…

S2E21 Channel Charlie! (Wimbledon Week 2 Recap)

Jul 18, 2024 56m

Did tennis happen this week? Are people talking about tennis? We sure are! Carlos Alcaraz won his 4th Grand Slam, the Channel Slam, and successfully defended his Wimbledon title! Has the US Open…

S2E20 Cheer Loud Ladies! (Wimbledon Week 1 Recap)

Jul 10, 2024 1h 3m

With drama galore and a few cheeky Instagram stories from the most famous woman in men’s tennis, strap yourselves in for our review of the first week (and a half) of Wimbledon! We go through it all…

S2E19 The Draw & The Claw (Wimbledon Draw Review)

Jun 29, 2024 48m

We’re back to live react to the 2024 Wimbledon Men’s draw and this time, Miranda has put her insanity and genius together to create a stunning spreadsheet to help us stay on task. You can hear us…

S2E18 Touching Grass (Stuttgart and 's-Hertogenbosch Recap)

Jun 18, 2024 53m

It’s officially grass season, so make sure to take a look at our fresh logo! This week, in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Alex de Minaur defeated Sebi Korda, matching his girlfriend Katie Boulter once again as…

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