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Mailbag: After Indian Wells Cancellation, How Will Coronavirus Impact Tennis Going Forward?

Hey everyone. Barely two months ago, we wrote about our sheepishness discussing tennis when a continent (Australia) was burning. Now we have the same emotions as the world deals with a global pandemic.

On the podcast this week, Dr. Celine Gounder shared her expertise about infectious diseases and what we might expect going forward. Our guest last week—which seems like a year ago—was Max Eisenbud, and he was excellent.

We anticipated writing this on the flight to Palm Springs for the 2020 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. As you likely know, on Sunday night, the tournament announced that it was cancelling the 2020 iteration.