{"podcast":{"title":"Perfect Match?","slug":"perfect-match-6822510","podcast_index_feed_id":6822510,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65e8dde5c54f630016af0733","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/perfect-match","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e8dde5c54f630016af0733/1753289208427-60d7f747-ef65-45ff-9965-d5961fd7e8ee.jpeg","author":"Bryan Keller","episode_count":98,"summary":"Perfect Match? is a tennis podcast where we talk about tennis as it relates to the culture (and sometimes our relationship as it relates to tennis). Co-hosts, partnered couple and dare we say doubles partners, Bryan and Michele get into it exploring the big game, their own game and anything else that's making tennis fans talk from the sidelines. Episodes drop weekly. Stay in touch: Bluesky at @perfectmatchpodcast.com or @shellsteak , and Instagram at @perfectmatchpodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T00:19:12.037686+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perfect-match-6822510"},"episode":{"title":"A Performance Improvement Plan for Men's Tennis","slug":"a-performance-improvement-plan-for-men-s-tennis","published_at":"2026-07-16T13:21:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perfect-match-6822510/a-performance-improvement-plan-for-men-s-tennis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perfect-match-6822510","url":"https://shows.acast.com/perfect-match/episodes/a-performance-improvement-plan-for-mens-tennis","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65e8dde5c54f630016af0733/e/6a583ee2e743c6980019de23/media.mp3","summary":"Men's tennis is failing us, in our view. It's top priority should be preventing Zv*r*v and Djokovic from winning a Grand Slam, and with Carlos out, the only one up to the challenge is Jannik Sinner. This is unsustainable! This week, Michele puts on her HR hat and puts Men's Tennis on a Performance Improvement Plan, complete with milestones and actionable goals (sorry I just barfed a bit in my mouth typing that). Also: Alcaraz is on the mend 💪 Paige Lorenze is now Paige Paul 💍 Alex DeMinaur and Katie Boulter got married the day of the Wimbledon Men's Final 🤔 New tennis movies 🎬 And more! Send us your hot takes at perfectmatchpodcast@gmail.com As always tell your friends, rate this podcast in your app , and send us feedback at https://www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/ You can also follow us on Bluesky at @perfectmatchpodcast.com or @shellsteak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Men's tennis is failing us, in our view. It's top priority should be preventing Zv*r*v and Djokovic from winning a Grand Slam, and with Carlos out, the on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2070,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/perfect-match-6822510/episodes/a-performance-improvement-plan-for-men-s-tennis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perfect-match-6822510/a-performance-improvement-plan-for-men-s-tennis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}