# Matt Futterman

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Previewing Serena Williams' Wimbledon Return with Matt Futterman

Matt Futterman, a bestselling author and senior tennis writer from The Athletic, joins Jake Herman for a conversation on all things Wimbledon ahead of the start of Monday's matches. They discuss the reasons behind Serena Williams' return to the court, preview her potential early-round opponents, an…

NHL Exploring Texas, LaMelo Ball Traded, Serena Returning at Wimbledon

Jake Herman hosts the show, covering a wide range of topics from the NHL's exploration of expanding into Austin or Houston, the NBA's accelerating trade market, the USMNT's loss to Turkiye in the World Cup, and Serena Williams' return to Wimbledon.Guests include The Sporting News and On SI hockey r…

The Grueling Economics of Tennis

Some of the world’s top tennis players will face off at the Wimbledon finals this weekend. The players who make it to Centre Court have already achieved a bigger feat: a career as a tennis player. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Hannah Miller and The Athletic’s Matt Futterman break down w…

Live from Wimbledon - Women’s final preview

Catherine, David and Matt are joined by The Athletic’s Matt Futterman to look ahead to this afternoon’s women’s final between Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova.  We discuss both players, analyse the match up, and give our predictions.  Matt F also talks us through his articles on how Wimbledon pla…

Talking ‘The Cruelest Game’ with Matt Futterman

For this episode, Catherine, David and Matt are joined in the Wimbledon library by Matt Futterman to talk about his new book, ⁠The Cruelest Game⁠.  The book is an in-depth and up-close look at the sport’s modern era, its stars, and what it takes to succeed in professional tennis.  Using his incredi…

The Cruelest Game: Djokovic’s Survival Code in Modern Tennis with Matt Futterman

Matt Futterman joins Best of Three to discuss The Cruelest Game, his book on the hidden cost of chasing greatness in professional tennis. The conversation centers on why tennis exposes players so completely: the solitude of competition, the weekly structure of losing, and the pressure placed on you…

The Cruelest Game with Matt Futterman: Why Players Quit, Their Childhoods, and Happiness Compared to Other Sports

Matt Futterman is an award-winning sports journalist for The Athletic and New York Times. His new book is The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis. This is a fascinating conversation about the book and why professional tennis can feel uniquely brutal, even for the best players in…

The People Growing Tennis (with Christian of Christian's Court)

Coco Gauff shouted out Christian's Court in a press conference this week, and that moment says a lot about who tennis lets in and who is actually growing it. Links: Send us a voice memo - https://www.groundpasspodcast.com/voice-memo  Christian’s response to Coco Gauff - https://www.instagram.com/r…

Stories from Flushing Meadows

Andrea Jaeger takes us the behind the scenes and reveals the secrets of her remarkable rise to stardom as one of the youngest players to make a Grand Slam final. How she beat Billy-Jean King, in what was the legends final grand slam match, and the conversation they had after! Andrea's star burned e…

Matt Futterman: The Cruelest Game, Carlos Alcaraz & Naomi Osaka

In this episode, Jerome Coombe sits down with Matt Futterman, senior tennis writer at The Athletic, to discuss his new book, The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis. Matt takes us inside the stories behind the book, exploring the mental and physical demands of professional tenni…