The Main Draw

The Main Draw

A (short) tennis podcast, hosted by Chris Neary and Caitlin Thompson

  • 21 minutes 8 seconds
    The Lone Wolf
    The Main Draw is back with some bold predictions for the Australian Open—will only children have an advantage? We also conduct a proper breakdown of vanity racquets, and satisfy our fan by doing what we do best, evaluating tennis fashion.

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    5 February 2021, 11:18 pm
  • 21 minutes 40 seconds
    Bubble in a Bubble
    Chris joins a courtside Caitlin to talk about the Paire 11, bubble drama, and embracing your inner villain.

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    5 September 2020, 8:10 pm
  • 23 minutes 16 seconds
    Oy
    Come for the obligatory talk about Novak Djokovic's disastrous Adria Tour, stay for the detours into Scientology, GOOP and Tr*mpism.

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    25 June 2020, 11:31 pm
  • 19 minutes 59 seconds
    Five Minute Increments
    Chris and his son discover a strangely fulfilling way to watch tennis during the pandemic, and we revisit the greatness of Mal Washington, Stan the Man and Goran Ivaneisevic.

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    2 May 2020, 1:43 pm
  • 26 minutes 51 seconds
    Pretty Like a Woman
    Chris and Caitlin introduce the self-growing lawn tennis solution, long for the days of surface specialists and talk about which men on tour are pretty, like women.

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    18 July 2019, 5:37 pm
  • 19 minutes 51 seconds
    Hypebeasts
    Sure we love tennis here at The Main Draw, but we mainly like tennis style—and today we go deep on sneaker culture and why so few sneakers that look good with jeans work well on court (and vice versa).

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    4 February 2019, 11:35 pm
  • 19 minutes 59 seconds
    Unchained, uncensored
    By semi-popular demand, we provide you with the HOTTEST OF TAKES about how tennis can improve in the wake of this year's bananas US Open.

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    12 September 2018, 11:12 pm
  • 25 minutes 1 second
    The Scales Fall From Our Eyes
    Novak superfan, friend of the pod, and host of the tremendously popular Vox show Today, Explained,Sean Rameswaram shares how his feelings on Nole have evolved in our Wimbledon recap episode.

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    18 July 2018, 9:53 pm
  • 20 minutes 33 seconds
    La Terre Battue
    Caitlin gives a report from the road at Roland Garros, slags on dumb journalist questions while Chris makes dated predictions about French Open winners and losers that will make no sense by the time you listen.

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    10 June 2018, 8:38 am
  • 30 minutes 16 seconds
    Why pushers, WHY??
    Chris and Caitlin expound on the futility (or is it beauty?) of trying to improve way past your prime, and talk through their own individual meltdowns and panic attacks on the court.

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    10 May 2018, 2:54 pm
  • 33 minutes 21 seconds
    Nerding Out
    Caitlin talks with Sean Kent, host of the Tennis Nerd Podcast (who's also a host with the most who'll make you chicken fried steak and biscuits) about learning to love the game, shitty commentators and Trader Joe's.

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    23 April 2018, 6:25 pm
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