"Courtside Conversations" – EP 7: 2024 season review

In this seventh episode of the podcast, Gigi Salmon and Christopher Clarey take a look back at the highs and lows of this season!

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All this year, "Courtside Conversations: the Roland-Garros tennis podcast" has invited tennis fans to listen to enthralling conversations between Gigi Salmon and her special guests. After Alex Corretja, Marion Bartoli, Amélie Mauresmo, Mark Woodforde, Mats Wilander and Cédric Pioline, now it is American journalist and writer Christopher Clarey’s turn to sit in the hot seat and review the highs and lows of the season on the WTA and ATP tours.

A journalist and New York Times columnist for more than 30 years, author of the famous Roger Federer biography called "The Master" and just finishing a hotly-awaited new book about Rafael Nadal ("The Warrior", which is due for release in 2025), Christopher Clarey is one of the closest observers of world tennis. Very well placed to talk about the recent retirement of the man with 22 Grand Slam titles to his name, with whom he has rubbed shoulders throughout his career, the expert who addresses all things tennis in his blog Tennis & Beyond also gives his take on the highlights of this eventful 2024 season.

How does he rate the phenomenal season of World No.1 Jannik Sinner (eight titles including two Majors and the ATP Finals, 73 wins for just 6 losses)? What does he think of the new queen of the women’s game, Aryna Sabalenka? What is he expecting from the surprise collaboration between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray? Is he excited about the future of American tennis, with Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz proudly flying the flag for their country? So many questions, to which he gives captivating answers during this friendly conversation with Gigi!

To listen to their whole conversation, sit down comfortably and click on the link below:

All that is left for us to do is to thank you for listening this year, and we look forward to seeing you in 2025 for more captivating conversations! In late January, alongside a new special guest, our British journalist will shine the spotlight on the Australian Open, the first major event of a season that already promises to be unmissable…