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Jeff Sackmann talks tennis and analytics with a rotating cast of experts and superfans.
Ep 107: Book Club: Sudden Death, by Alvaro Enrigue
The Tennis Abstract Podcast
52 minutes 9 seconds
4 years ago
Ep 107: Book Club: Sudden Death, by Alvaro Enrigue
A digressive novel centered on a 16th-century real tennis match inspires a discussion that strays far afield from the contents of the book itself. Carl Bialik and I get into the advantages and difficulties of writing blow-by-blow descriptions of points, how many numbers is too many numbers, the various ways theatrical productions depict tennis, and why tennis fans seem so insecure.
The Tennis Abstract Podcast
Jeff Sackmann talks tennis and analytics with a rotating cast of experts and superfans.
