Is Alexander Zverev the "Steven Bradbury" of Tennis? | Pod Laver Arena

In this hurly-burly ep, Mike reveals he was force-fed an oyster while blindfolded at the AO 2027 launch and Lizzy examines the deep parallels between Alexander Zverev's rise to world No.1 and Steven Bradbury's baffling gold medal victory at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. They talk about what makes a great tennis 'celly', which players smashed their racquets in the most convincing manner, and perform a mind-bending analysis of all the hectic moustaches we're seeing lately (Carlos Alcaraz, we're looking at you). Also, there's a quiz question if you're into that sort of thing.

0:00 - Intro and Mike's warm message
0:29 - The Oyster Incident
10:24 - Tennis News: Djokovic wins again
11:15 - Why do we say 'walkover'?
12:52 - Hubie Hurkacz's inspirational message
13:22 - Zverev's rise to #1, and its relationship to Bradbury-ism
15:28 - Mannarino and his ball-clacking celly
17:38 - Ben Shelton's dance troupe surprise present
19:43 - Angry, angry Bublik
22:07 - Angry, angry Tiafoe
22:57 - Newsflash: Qinwen Zheng is awesome
25:28 - Game, Set, Moustache!
32:07 - Alex Eala and the 'brother admission'
35:02 - Approaching The Net
42:42 - Quizzy Hoo!
43:37 - We really should leave

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