Open Era

Closed Era

And that's a wrap! On the final episode of Open Era, Simon and Devang sit down for their 2024 Fireside Chat. Dev and Simon discuss the state of Tennis heading into 2025,

Golden Rackets 2024

It’s awards time! Put on your best dinner jacket and pick up a Golden Racket…Or something like that. Dev and Simon pick their award winners for 2024 in what is Open Era’s

Rafa Retrospective

What’s worse than one World Number 1 testing positive for banned substances? What about two World Number 1’s! Boy oh boy what a time to be at the head of the ATP and WTA

Davis Cup: Rafa That!

As Open Era gets close to closing the circle, Rafael Nadal got there before us. Devang and Simon celebrate the life of the great Spaniard before turning their attention t

Paris: The Most Cursed Timeline

We are finally at the end of the 2024 season and Donald Trump is once again going to be President of the United States. Cursed. The WTA Finals took place in Saudi Arabia.

Open Era Gold: Toronto — Homecoming

The tennis world is returning to Canada, bar a few notable exceptions, and Simon and Devang are quite excited. On this week’s Open Era, the guys preview the National Bank

Open Era Gold: US Open — Thiem’s Time & Osaka Makes It 3

Finally, there is a new grand slam champion in men’s tennis. Defector staff writer Giri Nathan joins the show this week to recap a wild US Open.  Sick of hearing all the

Open Era Gold: Australian Open — Slamalenka

It happened people. It finally happened. Aryna Sabalenka is slam champion. On a day that many thought might never happen we have a brand new slam champion on the WTA. Dev

Shanghai: The Nadal Way

Another legend is walking away from Tennis. On this week’s Open Era, Devang and Simon react to the news of Rafael Nadal’s impending retirement, which will be official at

Shanghai: WADA’s the Matter With You?

After shunning September, Simon and Devang are back for October! On today’s podcast, the guys discuss Sincaraz in Beijing, WADA’s big case and Carlos post-US Open. Stayin

Open Era Gold: Our Favourite Matches of 2022

As we continue our look back at 2022 we arrive at some our of favourite matches. For once, Simon has not included a Musetti match (or has he??) but has turned his attenti

Open Era Gold: Davis Cup — Super Tour

Episode 200! Simon and Devang return for their monumental 200th episode of Open Era. On this week’s show: Davis Cup reaction, Novak Djokovic yells at some Brits, Jannik S

Open Era Gold: Melbourne — Winner Winner Carrot Sinner

In a tale of two finals, Aryna Sabalenka made back to back Australian Opens look smooth sailing. Jannik Sinner definitely did not make easy work of it to win his first Gr

US Open: No New Winners

What’s old is new again, with a bit of a twist.. On this week’s Open Era, Simon and Devang unpack the ending of the 2024 US Open. Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner ended

US Open: Party Like It’s 2002

We feel old. On this week’s Open Era Simon and Devang unpack a stunning opening week at the US Open that saw both Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic eliminated early. The

Cincinnati: Ice In His Veins

Ouch, I’ve cut my finger in typing up this episode description. Luckily enough nothing could possibly go wrong from this incredibly normal situation. In other news, World

Montréal: Olympics Instead

Ladies, Gentlemen and our Non Binary friends. The Olympics are over. What on earth are we supposed to do with our lives now? On this week’s Open Era, Simon and Devang giv

Olympics: Hammers and Dongs (Au Revoir, Paris)

The Olympics are over. What on earth are Devang and Simon going to do with their time now? How about we just go head first into the American Hard Court season instead. Th

Olympics: Red, White & F U

The Paris Olympics roll on and so does Open Era as Simon and Devang bring you the latest and greatest from the Tennis at Roland-Garros. Plus, the guys discuss their favou

Olympics: Don’t Underarm Serve Me

The Olympics are here! On this week’s Open Era, Simon and Devang preview the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and the tennis we’ll see. Andy Murray’s farewell will take cente