The Canadian Open (finally) ends, and with a shocker: Burlington, Ontario’s Victoria Mboko snatches her first WTA title after starting the year outside the top 300, and Ben Shelton wins his first Masters event. Honestly, the longer format, the withdrawals of the top men, and the Cincinnati overlap all really hurt this tournament (the second-longest running in tennis history, btw!). We didn’t want to contribute to this Naomi speech discourse, but I guess we do in a small way. Plus: Stefano Vukov’s suspension has been overturned, That Guy is delulu (but in a very intentional PR type of way), and we take a question or two from the mailbag.

0:40 Burlington’s Very Own

13:50 The Naomi Discourse - not doing it again! (well, a little)

25:00 Performance, Bye

29:20 The longer format is sucking the life out of the Canadian Open

39:45 Shelton wins his first Masters 1000, electronic line calling loses (again)

48:00 Stefano Vukov’s ban by the WTA has been overturned in arbitration

59:50 A few questions from the mailbag

Starting off hot with two updates in doping cases: first, Jannik Sinner has rehired one of the men responsible for the clostebol contamination. In Tara Moore’s case, CAS ruled that the actual beef was legitimate, but the figurative beef with the ITIA, sadly, was not. The DC tournament had outsized buzz this year, thanks to Venus Williams’ wild card and surprising performance, owner Mark Ein’s boosterism for DC-area tennis, Fernandez’s impressive run, and de Minaur’s late-stage heroics. Later, we touch on the Canadian Open, coaching drama, some big local retirements, and answer a few fun listener questions.

01:30 Sinner rehires fitness coach Ferrara after a year in timeout

10:35 Tara Moore’s case concludes with a 4-year ban

14:20 She’s still The Venus Williams

30:25 de Minaur wins a heartbreaker against ADF

33:55 Leylah Fernandez wins biggest career title (+ scheduling complaint in Montreal)

39:50 Canadians in the Canadian Open: retirements, withdrawals, but at least Mboko remains standing!

46:30 Coaching changes: two “supercoaches” constantly putting themselves in the talk

51:30 Listener questions: Toronto recs

57:50 Tournament essentials

62:25 An FMK like no other

Presenting part two of our interview with Courtney Nguyen, tennis podcaster, blogger, and former Senior Writer, WTA Insider! This time around, we chat about tennis commentary, the various ways the ATP encroaches upon the WTA, and Courtney's evolving approach to podcasting while also working for the tour. We had to ask about Courtney's favorite players to cover while at the WTA (and the most challenging), her favorite commentators, and the inevitable(?) day when opinion-havers like the three of us simply run out of opinions.