Tripp’s Tennis Talk

Dimitrov's Frailty Intrudes Again, Cobolli Will "Never Forget" Today, Andreeva Crushes Navarro - Wimbledon 2025 Day 8

Episode 137 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon Day 8 recap, focusing on the Dimitrov retirement situation while leading World #1 Jannik Sinner 3-6, 5-7, 2-2, Flavio Cobolli's special victory over Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6, and Mirra Andreeva's dismantling of Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-3.
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Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4oeBvBb0M
Cobolli Clip - wimbledon.com

Norrie Outpaces Jarry - Wimbledon 2025 Day 7

Episode 136 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon Day 7 recap, focusing on the five-set thriller between Cameron Norrie and Nicolas Jarry, which the Brit won 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3 in a match where he didn't lose serve. Elsewhere, all the higher seeds advanced.
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Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson
Clip - from the Wimbledon world feed broadcast on ESPN+
John Romero Book Club Episode - https://tripp9.podbean.com/e/book-club-doom-guy-life-in-first-person-nobody-told-me-about-id/

Somnambulant Saturday + Let Creators Create - Wimbledon 2025 Day 6

Episode 135 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a recap of a Sleepy Saturday at Wimbledon, featuring easy wins by Sinner, Swiatek, and Djokovic (#100 at Wimbledon!) and a brief tangent into the recent Microsoft layoffs, specifically in the gaming division.
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Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by Barry Adamson

Aryna's Prime Primetime Performance - 2025 Wimbledon Day 5

Episode 134 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features coverage of 2025 Wimbledon Day 5, highlighted by Aryna Sabalenka's win over Emma Raducanu 7-6, 6-4, after trailing 2-4 in both sets; the first set in particular was quite dramatic and of high quality. Elsewhere today, Fritz beat Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 and Carlos Alcaraz took the scenic route over Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Madison Keys, who skipped press due to illness, was beaten 6-3, 6-3 by Siegemund, making Sabalenka even more of an overwhelming favorite.
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Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by Barry Adamson.

It's Slippery In Here - Wimbledon 2025 Day 4

Episode 133 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a live, unscripted rant about the stoppage of the Shelton-Hijikata match at around 9:30pm in London with Ben about to serve for the match. Elsewhere, it was another wild ride at Wimbledon on Thursday, with #4 Jack Draper and #13 Tommy Paul going out. We also had a match one game short of the 65-game maximum and a fun Dimitrov-Moutet match. Let's unpack it all!
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Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by Barry Adamson

Fonseca and Raducanu Razzle-Dazzle - 2025 Wimbledon Day 3

Episode 132 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2025 Day 3 recap, focusing on Joao Fonseca's 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win over Jenson Brooksby and Emma Raducanu's vintage performance against Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3. Elsewhere, Sabalenka got through 7-6, 6-4 and Alcaraz won 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Unfortunately, #4 Jasmine Paolini, the 2024 finalist, was upset by Rakhimova 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Then we finish up by listening to Alexander Zverev's emotionally heavy press conference from yesterday.
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Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4oeBvBb0M
 

SLAYING AT NIGHT - Directionally Good News + Was This The Best Grand Slam First Round Ever? - Wimbledon 2025 Day 2

Episode 131 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a personal update at the top, followed by a (cursory!) examination of one of the greatest first rounds at a grand slam ever played.
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Music - "Slaying at Night" by Peter Lawrence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqF6lHNZ1U
 

The Perfect Grand Slam Day - Wimbledon 2025 Day 1

Episode 130 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a Day 1 recap of Wimbledon 2025. It was a great day! I focus on the Fritz-Mpetshi Perricard match which was suspended at 2 sets all, and Bonzi's 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Medvedev. Also on Monday, 2-time defending champ Carlos Alcaraz went 4h37m against Fabio Fognini (7-5, 6-7, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1) and top-ten seeds Rune (#8) and Badosa (#9) were shown the door. You will hear all the results from today right here, one of the first podcasts worldwide to publish to an actual RSS feed following the completion of play.
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Wimbledon 2025 Preview ft. Rory Renzy

Episode 129 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2025 preview with Rory Renzy. We talk through the draws, make our predictions, talk a couple news items, and also hit the 2025 NASCAR In-Season Tournament.
"Using Synthetic Control To Assess The Impact Of Light Rail Transit On Neighborhood Demographics: A Case Study of Charlotte's South End" by Rory Renzy and Mary Catherine Artzer - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213624X25001695?dgcid=author
"The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedlics Kingpin" by Andy Greenberg of Wired News - https://www.wired.com/story/rise-fall-dark-web-psychedelics-kingpin-dmt/
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TRIPP PICKS - Rory (X) had mostly the same picks
--QF--
1 Sabalenka vs 6 Keys X30 Noskova vs 31 Krueger7 Andreeva vs 3 Pegula X11 Rybakina vs 2 Gauff X
--SF--1 Sabalenka vs 30 Noskova3 Pegula vs 11 Rybakina
--F--1 Sabalenka vs 11 Rybakina [SAME]
--CHAMP--Aryna Sabalenka
 
--QF--10 Shelton d 1 Sinner4 Draper d 6 Djokovic9 Medvedev d 3 Zverev2 Alcaraz d Tien
--SF--4 Draper d 10 Shelton2 Alcaraz d 9 Medvedev
--F--2 Alcaraz d 4 Draper
--CHAMP--Carlos Alcaraz
 
RORY PICKS QF/SF/F/W:
Sinner-MusettiBublik-DjokovicFritz-ZverevRune-Alcaraz
Sinner-DjokovicFritz-Alcaraz
Djokovic-Alcaraz
Djokovic
 
TRIPP NASCAR PICKS:
SONOMA QF17 Keselowski d 25 Logano5 Elliott d 13 Chastain3 Buescher d 11 McDowell23 Reddick d 18 Byron
DOVER SF5 Elliott d 17 Keselowski23 Reddick d 3 Buescher
BRICKYARD 400 FElliott d Reddick
RORY: Had Buescher winning it all.

Freshly Mowed Grass - Wimbledon 2025 Tune-Up Results

Episode 128 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a roundup of the Wimbledon tune-up results, including Alexander Bublik's 6-3, 7-6 win over Daniil Medvedev in Halle, Carlos Alcaraz's edging of Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 in Queen's, and Marketa Vondrousova's great week in Berlin capped with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 win over Xinyu Wang.
Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4oeBvBb0M
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