While hearing that Jarmere Jenkins is Coco Gauff’s new co-coach ...
• Let’s start with the question from last week we promised to address.
On Hang Up and Listen last week, host Josh Levin stated boldly that U.S. men’s tennis was, improbably, in a better place than American women’s tennis. Josh makes a compelling point for why, for the first time in decades, you’d put your chips on the men. (Worth noting: He couched this much more as optimism for the men—who have three top-20 players—than as pessimism for the women. He also name-checked Katie Volynets.)
