The Main Draw
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The Main Draw
Former college tennis players Chris Neary and Caitlin Thompson celebrate tennis' sartorial splendor, speculate wildly on the ins and outs of the pro tour, and suggests improvements to the game through bold and untested hypotheticals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Lone Wolf
The Main Draw is back with some bold predictions for the Australian Open—will only children have an advantage? We also conduct a proper breakdown of v...
Bubble in a Bubble
Chris joins a courtside Caitlin to talk about the Paire 11, bubble drama, and embracing your inner villain.
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Oy
Come for the obligatory talk about Novak Djokovic's disastrous Adria Tour, stay for the detours into Scientology, GOOP and Tr*mpism.
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Five Minute Increments
Chris and his son discover a strangely fulfilling way to watch tennis during the pandemic, and we revisit the greatness of Mal Washington, Stan the Ma...
Pretty Like a Woman
Chris and Caitlin introduce the self-growing lawn tennis solution, long for the days of surface specialists and talk about which men on tour are prett...
Hypebeasts
Sure we love tennis here at The Main Draw, but we mainly like tennis style—and today we go deep on sneaker culture and why so few sneakers that look g...
Unchained, uncensored
By semi-popular demand, we provide you with the HOTTEST OF TAKES about how tennis can improve in the wake of this year's bananas US Open.
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The Scales Fall From Our Eyes
Novak superfan, friend of the pod, and host of the tremendously popular Vox show Today, Explained,Sean Rameswaram shares how his feelings on Nole have...
La Terre Battue
Caitlin gives a report from the road at Roland Garros, slags on dumb journalist questions while Chris makes dated predictions about French Open winner...
Why pushers, WHY??
Chris and Caitlin expound on the futility (or is it beauty?) of trying to improve way past your prime, and talk through their own individual meltdowns...
Nerding Out
Caitlin talks with Sean Kent, host of the Tennis Nerd Podcast (who's also a host with the most who'll make you chicken fried steak and biscuits) about...
Award-Winning Podcast!
No it's not this one. Co-host Chris is a Peabody nominee for a show he produced about the Civil War, but we BET being a part of the 5th or 6th most po...
I'm on a Boat
Caitlin and Chris gloss over the happenings from the Sunshine Double to bring you essential anecdotes about Gigi Fernandez' temper, which old person C...
It Happened, It's Fine
Chris and Caitlin ditch the Australian Open recap to focus on tattoos, hotel bathroom products and a the hottest of takes.
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The Golden Age of Uncertainty
After a thorough examination of sportsmanship, bananas and civil disobedience, Caitlin & Chris return to familiar waters in discussing the Australian...
Meet the Silver Belles
Journalist Claire Suddath takes us behind the scenes of her Racquet magazine feature on the sept- and octogenarian stars of the women's recreational t...
Ayo Technology
Thirty Love's Carl Bialik sets aside his Twitter beef with Caitlin and joins us to fix all the problems. Hint: it involves doubles, gimmicky formats a...
Things Get Really Bleak
Who knew talking about Toni Nadal's Whatsapp tennis academy would inspire a dark visit with Caitlin's tennis demons? Plus, a new May/December challeng...
Project Voltron
Chris and Caitlin (finally) address their many glaring inaccuracies/haters, and come up with a dream participatory scenario... Project Voltron.
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Ready for 2018
We waited so long to release our latest episode, we might as well just talk about 2018. Caitlin shares a shocking (panhellenic) revelation, Chris rebr...
Juicin'
#pedpod marches on—hear about Caitlin's triumphant Meldonium Phase 1, and hear about what's planned for Phase 2.
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Mary Pierce, Never Number 1
We celebrate the warrior woman in the return of our "popular" segment where we salute the greats who never quite reached the top, and bleeding edge ne...
Caitlin takes Meldonium (Maybe)
A chance encounter gives one of us a shot at performance-enhanced greatness. But at what cost? Plus: we rave over WTA TV and give an update from the s...
Casting Tennis' Bond
Sure, we talk about Wimbledon, but The Main Draw is for people who like to imagine which tennis stars will populate James Bond's universe or make up t...
Wimbledon in Person
How much better is seeing tennis live in person? It's hard to overstate. Caitlin's back from London with a blow-by-blow.
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We're All Living a Lie
Chris and Caitlin grapple with being too good looking to develop other skills, blast Johnny Mac's unnecessary Serena comments and celebrate the purest...
Non-tennis Tennis Commentary
We take on all of the happenings OFF the court, such as: What do you do when the elder statesmen of the game don't behave? Where are each of us on our...
Novak Attack
It's the most wonderful time of the year—The French Open—when the clay is red, the socks are dirty and the air is filled with accordion music. We chec...
Maria, Maria
We dig into the cover story from Racquet's third Issue with writer Sarah Nicole Prickett. What follows is a wide-ranging discussion about sexuality, t...
Sportsmanship Awards
We rake the pro players (and ourselves) over the coals for a look at what constitutes being a good sport, what doesn't, and who's on the right side of...
Specific Set of Skills
After three years of The Main Draw, the public has taken notice, and they don't like what they're hearing. Chris and Caitlin issue retractions and apo...
Moroccan Asses in Moroccan Seats
In this episode, The Main Draw does what it does best: Fashion critiques and locker-room cattiness. We examine the return of '80s shorts, Maria's rece...
Posturing Toward Masculinity
No, it isn't a Sarah McLachlan album. Come for the gendered examination of tennis' next generation, from Nick Kyrgios to Johanna Konta, stay for Caitl...
Mystery Brunette
We get personal with essayist Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who talks about her love/hate relationship with the tennis lifestyle and the perks of being a cel...
Grappling with David Foster Wallace
You can't talk about tennis without talking about the literary giant. We invite two amazing writers - Sasha Frere-Jones and Sam Riches - to talk about...
Bathing in Stem Cells
The Main Draw is back after a lengthy hiatus, celebrating everything from our geriatric Australian Open finalists to a whole new season of comebacks,...
Rumours and Innuendoes
We spend the last episode of the year talking about some 2016's shadier stories - from an alleged Djokovic affair to a full-scale Nadal hair emergency...
Rebranding Maria Sharapova
We offend Uzbekistan, talk about Racquet magazine's debut, and offer some suggestions for new looks Maria Sharapova can employ upon her return to the...
Maximal Hijinks
From Monfils' rope-a-dope to Tomic's fan engagement strategy, we post-mortem the bad behavior on the men's side of the US Open and celebrate new world...
!Viva el tenis!
We celebrate Juan Martin del Potro's deep run at the US Open, advocate getting rid of five-set matches, and talk about how fun tennis is in Spanish.