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The Gay Tennis Podcast
Halfway Out of the Closet at the 2024 Australian Open
Season 2, Ep. 3
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Welcome back to The Gay Tennis Podcast! In this episode, we discuss the gayest news from the first week of the 2024 Australian Open. Highlights include discussion of players like Osaka and Wozniacki who did not mother, debate about Djokovic’s “brilliance,” defending some of our horrible predictions, and the gayest matches and disappointments thus far. We also explore what made our gay hearts sing, including Amanda Anisimova’s return and Daria Kasatkina’s tweets.
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