On this week's episode of the SI Tennis Beyond the Baseline Podcast, Sports Illustrated executive editor and host Jon Wertheim talks with Gigi Fernandez.
Former pro player and Puerto Rico native Fernandez joins the podcast to discuss Monica Puig's historic gold medal victory in Rio at the Olympics and broader issues about Puerto Rico as a country, its status in the Olympic Games and more. Fernandez, a 17-time Grand Slam doubles winner who also won Olympic gold in doubles in 1992 and '96 while representing the U.S., shares her thoughts on Puig's career and performance at the Olympics, her experiences with cultural identity issues as a Puerto Rican and more.