Tripp’s Tennis Talk

I.W. Day 1 - Gael Monfils is ”Blessed,” Nothing But Net, Wu to Wu

Gael Monfils returns to tennis after an injury layoff as a new dad. La Monf's comeback ended swiftly at the hands of Jordan Thompson but Gael feels "blessed" just the same.
Yibing Wu had an encounter with the net on match point. Jaume Munar noticed. Aurelie Tourte did not notice. Yibing Wu was awarded the victory. Two Wus won today: Yibing and Tung-Lin. That must be a first.
Plus - a journalist asks the White House Press Secretary about Novak Djokovic!
Music - "Mettavolution" by Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Indian Wells Preview

Shaking off the cobwebs for sure. It will take a few pods to get the rhythm back.
Music - Earthbound track arranged by Jorge Fuentes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhyhRCYQvk

AO23 Championship Weekend MegaPod: Unspeakable Persecution ft Madeline

Novak Djokovic overcame the deportation saga and eight tennis players (seven opponents and himself) to win a record-tying twenty-second grand slam Sunday night in Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 in the Men's Singles Final. The day before, Aryna Sabalenka outslugged Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to win the Women's Singles Championship. Let's talk about all that and more! Pour yourself a cup of coffee, maybe get some headphones, settle in, and enjoy.
 

AO23 Day 11 - Aces Up

On Thursday, Rybakina beat Azarenka 7-6, 6-3 and Sabalenka beat Linette 7-6, 6-2. Let's talk about it.

AO23 Quarterfinals - Biofeedback Machine

Novak Djokovic crushed Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday night in Melbourne. Earlier in the day, Tommy Paul ended Ben Shelton's run 7-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, Aryna Sabalenka crushed Donna Vekic and her serve 6-3, 6-2, and Magda Linette upset (30) Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5 to reach her first career major semifinal.
 
Topic List:
What happened in the quarterfinal matches?
What do the results mean for each player? 
What are the semifinal draws?
What is the current ranking points situation?
What is the schedule for Thursday?
What is the TV schedule?
 
Quote - Djokovic. "I've tried any biofeedback machine there is on this planet."
Music - ESPN 
Clip - Paramount

AO23 Day 8 - Waiting for Djokovic

"It could get a little bit raucous."

AO23 Day 7 - ”The Towel Got Me Through It”

It was a highly enjoyable Day 7 from Melbourne. Every match had something interesting associated with it. I focus mainly on the day session matches, including Deep Dives for Swiatek-Rybakina and Khachanov-Nishioka. Jessica Pegula feels like the favorite now. Tsitsipas solidified his "contender" status; he's 1B to Djokovic's 1A. Rybakina may be legitimate after all. Oh, Felix; same old, same old. And, tennis needs a scheduling intervention.
Quote - Seb Korda to Jim Courier in the on-court interview. Sadly I didn't put the clip in.
Music - ESPN.

AO23 Week 1 Catchup

It's a bunch of set scores and frosting-level-froth-on-the-top freezing cold barely-takes. Stay away!

”I’m Just Unbelievably Happy, Proud of Myself” - Murray d. Berrettini on AO Day 2

Sir Andrew Murray beat World #14 Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7, 7-6 on Tuesday for his best win at a major in six years. That and more on today's brief voice note.

AO23 Day 1 - ”Ready? Play.”

It was a fairly standard day of grand slam tennis to open the season. Some contenders dominated, some contenders survived, but each of them got through. Some matches not so interesting, some much more intriguing. The top-line result of the day is certainly Rafael Nadal's 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory, but there were plenty of protracted matches around the grounds; shoutouts to Rinky Hijikata, Lloyd Harris, Alex Molcan, Mackenzie McDonald, and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Nick is gone so I won't spend time talking about him, same treatment I've given Alcaraz. Yeah, I went with a cheesy and unimaginative title for this episode, sorry about that. But that also means I can never use it again. It's 5:23am, so, good night!