Almost there … Elena Rybakina booked her spot in the WTA Finals and dipped immediately (extremely injured). Basel saw three of its four quarterfinals end with a retirement. Naturally, the ATP decided this was the perfect time to announce an imminent 10th Masters 1000 tournament, in Saudi Arabia, which will require the shuttering of five current ATP tournaments. Elsewhere, Marta Kostyuk decides it’s not sour grapes, it’s testosterone; and Jannik Sinner gets torched by the Italian consumer protection agency for taking un pisolino after leading his country to two straight Davis Cup titles.

2:50 À propos of nothing, Kostyuk dabbles in transvestigation

15:00 Jannik might lose his honorary citizenship to the city of Turin, guys

17:00 The ATP cusp boys + Fonseca

22:55 Ale-ale-jandro

24:00 Are people born with cramps or are cramps thrust upon them?

26:40 Rybakina, Bencic, Li

32:10 Saudi Arabia gets a Masters tournament

36:00 Next up in tennis and on TBS

It’s late in the season but great stories are still being written: the world #204 Valentin Vacherot slips into the Shanghai qualifying draw and then wins it all, Coco Gauff rights the ship in Asia for the second year in a row, and two Canadians win titles in the same week. We also talk about Holger Rune’s Achilles injury, Finals qualification storylines, and the ongoing debates on scheduling and exhibitions in Timbuktu. Plus, a foray into pop culture featuring David Archuleta and the late great Diane Keaton.

01:30 The cousin final

07:35 Coco doing what she does best in Wuhan

12:10 The Felix anti-jinx

15:25 Other winners: Fernandez, Ruud, Rybakina, Medvedev (882 days, they’ve said many times)

20:30 Rune’s catastrophic Achilles rupture

24:00 Who can still qualify for the ATP/WTA Finals?

28:40 The still-raging scheduling and exo debates + answering a listener question on Laver Cup

37:15 Pop culture break: Archuleta grows up, RIP Diane Keaton

Late in the season, the tennis tour is winding itself through the great cities of China. Anisimova wins Beijing, the women put together a banner lineup in Wuhan, while the men in Shanghai limp (literally) toward the season's end. We've still got so many great listener questions to answer, which cover topical stuff like the length of the tennis season and the Hall of Fame nominees; and less relevant but no less fun subjects like our work nemeses and the retirement of sprint queen and TBS all-time fave, Kingston native Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

02:45 Marquee matchups in Wuhan

10:10 Court speed wars; or, you sound like a loser

16:05 Taylor Daynes of tennis

24:05 Work enemies

35:25 Tennis Hall of Fame nominees

43:10 Any update on Peng Shuai?

47:20 The schedule … six 500s?! Ten 1000s?!

52:50 The GOAT Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce retires