{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/64f5e170b9eb1b00112ad27c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 2731: Amazing Alcaraz, Yanks Are Back, Twitchy Coaches - 04/09/2023","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/1693835379061-d14c1102f98765fd6f7ee3e8ae91c9de.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It's a new week on the Second Captains podcast, one which features both the Irish soccer team playing&nbsp;France, and the start of our Rugby World Cup campaign. Ken finds out today that our football team are not, in fact, playing in the Stade de France for rugby reasons - a revelation which while late in arriving, we should offer thanks for arriving at all.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk to Caitlin Thompson of Racquet Magazine about the new wave of American tennis talent that is in danger of taking over Flushing Meadows and the US Open.&nbsp;They seem completely uninhibited by the baggage of American tennis' underachievement&nbsp;of the last 20 years (Williams sisters besides) and are electrifying the already-raucous New York crowd.</p><p><br></p><p>There's also Carlos Alcaraz, whose AI tennis brain has bowled Caitlin over and Ken's thoughts on the 'Devil Genre'.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Second Captains"}