Tripp’s Tennis Talk

More!!! (2025 Road to Roland Garros)

Episode 124 features a lookahead to the 2025 clay court season. Are we buying or selling the stock on top-ranked players? Can players that won big 1000 events last spring back it up this year? And who will win coveted seeding bracket spots for Roland Garros this year?
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Music: "More" from "TNT: Evilution" written by Tom Mustaine and covered by Xeotroid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He3F4CQFZVY&t=512s
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Race to Roland Garros Ranking (points Roland Garros 2024 to Miami 2025)1. Sinner 97303. Alcaraz 6520------2. Zverev 64454. Fritz  4680-----5. Djokovic 40607. Draper 366010. De Minaur 298511. Medvedev 2890-------6. Ruud 27159. Rublev 23908. Tsitsipas 1915 (#27)
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Points earned during Race to Roland Garros 20248. Tsitsipas 15302. Zverev 12006. Ruud 11409. Rublev 10504. Fritz 6101. Sinner 6005. Djokovic 45011. Medvedev 40010. De Minaur 3503. Alcaraz 2007. Draper 120
Lower ranked players with big points to defend:
Lehecka - madrid semisFelix - madrid semis Tabilo - rome semisJarry - rome finals Paul - rome semis 
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WTA top 3 race to roland garros points (points Roland Garros 2024 to Miami 2025):
Sabalenka 9061Gauff 5445Swiatek 5275

Address Unknown ft Rory Renzy

Episode 123 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features an Indian Wells wrap-up and a lookahead to Miami featuring frequent contributor and on-site reporter Rory Renzy. Mirra Andreeva gave a fearless performance from a set down to beat an ambivalent Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Jack Draper beat a listless Carlos Alcaraz (6-1, 0-6, 6-4) and a listless Holger Rune (6-2, 6-2) in the final two rounds to win the men's event. Andreeva's 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 takedown of Iga Swiatek is also discussed.
But the real question is - what Address will these players end up at? I make the case that we don't really know the final destination of any of these players, whether they had success or failure this weekend. Their address is unknown. Indian Wells 2025 was only a data point on a much larger journey and not an opportunity to stop and make a big sweeping claim about the state of tennis.
Miami WTA picks: SF - Gauff d Zheng, Pegula d Bencic, F - Pegula d Gauff.
Miami ATP picks: SF - Hurkacz d Zverev, Medvedev d Alcaraz; F - Medvedev d Hurkacz.
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What Does NASCAR Do Better Than Tennis?

Episode 122 of Tripp's Tennis Talk, as a means of catching up on Indian Wells, features the framing device "what does NASCAR do better than tennis, and vice versa?," inspired by my weekend trip to Phoenix, Arizona for the Shriners Children's 500 NASCAR Cup Series race.
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"Worst Match I've Ever Played" - Indian Wells Day 1

Episode 121 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a quick recap of Indian Wells Day 1, featuring Osorio's 6-4, 6-4 win over Osaka and Gracheva's comeback 3-set win against Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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2025 BNP Paribas Open Preview

Episode 120 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a line-by-line bracket prediction for the 2025 BNP Paribas Open. I picked all 128 lines, TLDR the final 8 picks are listed below.
Sabalenka d PaoliniKeys d GauffRybakina d PegulaSwiatek d Zheng
Sabalenka d KeysSwiatek d Rybakina
Swiatek d Sabalenka
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Zverev d TsitsipasPaul d FilsFritz d RublevDe Minaur d Alcaraz
Paul d ZverevDe Minaur d Fritz
De Minaur d Paul
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Tripp's Tennis Talk: The Return

Episode 119 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a preliminary dissection of the 2025 Indian Wells singles draws, television broadcast information on how to watch the tournament, the current state of Ukraine and how it relates to tennis, an aggregation/examination of the Rybakina/Vukov "toxic" relationship, and brief comments about Jannik Sinner's doping suspension and Serena Williams' ownership stake in the Toronto Tempo.
This one gets into some heavier and slightly more far afield topics, so consider this a fair warning.
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(Music - Scaraba arrangement by PPF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roP8zpDVXnY)

Sleep Is For The Weak

Episode 118 of Tripp's Tennis Talk ostensibly is a Sinner vs Shelton recap from the 2025 Australian Open Semifinals but in reality is a digression into tennis viewing, sleep deprivation, aging, and working.
Sinner won 7-6, 6-2, 6-2.
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This Is A Handshake ft. 4'33"

Novak Djokovic will never win another grand slam.

Keys To Victory

Episode 116 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features an instant reaction to Madison Keys' thrilling 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(8) razor-thin, impressive takedown of Iga Swiatek. I also discuss the earlier Australian Open semifinal where Aryna Sabalenka routined Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2.
It is 5:48am. Time to go back to sleep for half an hour before work!
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Heat Check

Episode 115 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features an Australian Open 2nd Monday recap. Highlights included Madison Keys' late surge to beat Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 and Jannik Sinner beating Holger Rune in a match filled with schoolyard antics and significant heat 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Meanwhile, the January run of Gael Monfils comes to an end and Iga Swiatek is has made the Elite Eight at consecutive non-clay majors for the first time in her career.
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