This new interview by chief editor Ubaldo Scanagatta sees two A-list guest talk tennis with him: recurring guest start Steve Flink, one of the very few journalists to be inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame is joined by former pro player and award-winning TV analyst Mary Carillo, who has been Top 50 in singles during the ‘70s and won the mixed doubles title at Roland Garros in 1977 together with John McEnroe.
This is the second performance for this ‘trio’ that debuted in 2016 on Tennis Channel with a very lively round table. Social distancing rules have now forced this second gathering to be moved to a video-conference, with Ubaldo hosting from his house in Florence, Italy and the two Americans being in their respective residences of New York and Naples, Florida.
The wide-ranging conversation started from the memories of that 1977 French Open, just a few weeks before John McEnroe reached the semifinals at Wimbledon starting from qualifying, and went on to cover the possibility that the US Open is going to be played as planned, the new Italian-powered leadership for the ATP and their plans to join forces with the WTA and the Majors (just like Billie Jean King wanted to), Agassi’s reactions to Djokovic’s idea of letting his body heal itself and a risque parallel between tennis’ governance and “The Godfather”.
