Nice Point Podcast

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Joe A from LA 10:12 - WTA Top 20 Players feat. Huge Gains, Hot Couples, and Lots of Russians led by Aryna Sabalenka 01:01:54 - ATP Top 20 Players feat. Hasty Holger Rune Predictions & Beer Pong vs. Tommy Paul and Lorenzo Musetti

This chaotic episode is unedited, full of celebration and surprises, a little wasted, and very NYC. We tell fun stories of our visits to Billie Jean King Tennis Center and lay our our visions for the rest of the tournament.

0:00 - Winner Winner, Jannik Sinner or Cheater Cheater, Pumpkin Eater? 13:47 - Will Cameron on Tennis in the Land 27:14 - US Open Preview feat. KPIs favoring Djokovic and Sabalenka 31:12 - US Open Women's Week 1 feat. Hot Take Bets and Coco Concerns 48:25 - US Open Men's Week 1 feat. Roids, Tickets Purchased, & Game Spreads Covered

0:00 - What is the event of Summer 2024? Joe A's Wedding, The Iowa State Fair, or the Summer Slam? 10:57 - Men's Hardcourt Summer feat. ATP Rankings 12-15 33:29 - Women's Hardcourt Summer feat. Money & The Midwest

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Russian/Belarusian politics 11:17 - Men's Singles at 2024 Paris Olympics feat. Djoker changing everything 26:17 - Women's Singles at 2024 Paris Olympics feat. shade, tea, and disrespect of all sorts 40:28 - Men's Doubles at 2024 Paris Olympics feat. apologies to Austin Krajicek & Rajeev Ram and Farewell Andy Murray 49:41 - Women's Doubles at 2024 Pari...

0:00 - What Other Olympic Sports We're Into feat. Tasty waves in Tahiti and Fencing ferociousness 5:14 - Warm Up Rally feat. Sabalenka skips out on Team Individual Neutral Athletes, Serena Williams is the greatest athlete of the 21st Century according to ESPN, and the handy dandy underhand serve 18:48 - Olympic Tennis History feat. notable achievements from Andy Murray (2x Singles Golds) and S...

0:00:00 - Joe and I watch the Gentlemen's Singles Final Rematch and discuss the Wimbledon Men's Draw overall feat. Lorenzo Musetti, slippery grass, and Joe learning the concept of "tea" thanks to Morgan Riddle 01:01:04 - Joe and I apologize to Barbora Krejčíková /slash/ fuel her next Slam and congratulate NCAA young guns Emma Navarro and Lulu Sun 01:27:12 - At this point, tbh, we...

3:17 - Wimbledon 2024 Women's Week 1 feat. Lulu Sun of New Zealand & a path clears for the Nice Point Pick 28:00 - Wimbledon 2024 Men's Week 1 feat. Farewell Andy Murray 1:02:15 - Wimbledon 2024 Women's QF & Beyond feat. Jasmine Paolini year of a lifetime and Emma Navarro match of a career (so far) 1:10:37 - Wimbledon 2024 Men's QF & Beyond feat. a Wimbledon 2023 rematc...

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Paris Olympics and Federer: Twelve Final Days 11:04 - Wimbledon 2024 Men's Bracketology & Predictions 36:47 - Wimbledon 2024 Women's Bracketology & Predictions

0:00 - Cold Open Reactions to Alcaraz 5:20 - Warm Up Rally feat. The ESPYs and NCAA Singles Champions from Alabama and Miami 11:41 - French Open Week 2 (Men's) feat. Djokovic injury and The Closed Door 32:27 - French Open Week 2 (Women's) feat. Jasmine Paolini and Mirra Andreeva corrected pronunciations 37:33 - French Open 2024 Awards

0:55 - Men's Week One Tales / Thoughts About Quarters & Beyond feat. We want to bet Dimitrov to upset Sinner 43:09 - Men's Week One Tales / Thoughts About Quarters & Beyond feat. The Resurrection of Naomi Osaka

0:00 - Things Are Happening! feat. Nadal vs. Zverev 10:49 - Women on Clay in 2024 feat. Iga Swiatek dominance and Danielle Collins ferocity 21:45 - Men on Clay in 2024 feat. Joe and I try to make sense of a remarkably open and competitive field 39:18 - French Open Week 1 (Women's) feat. Mirra Andreeva and "The Latvian Hammer" Jelena Ostapenko 49:39 - French Open Week 1 (Men's) fe...

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Iga Swiatek, Mary Stoiana, and TCU dominance 17:06 - Welcome Johnny Antonini, Let's Talk Tennis in Cinema feat. The Royal Tenenbaums, George Clooney, and being rich in film (i.e. Saltburn and Patrick Zweig but he won't admit it) 27:50 - Top 5 Tennis Movies Discussion feat. Paul Bettany, Emma Stone, and the wild card vs. by-the-book dichotomy trope 1:03:41 - Top 5...

0:00 - In-depth discussion of Luca Guadagnino's Challengers (2024) from a tennis & tennis fandom perspective. We cover sport insider topics like vintage Taco Bell bags, "Is Mike Faist hot?", and those serves at the end of the movie...

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Rafael Nadal, The Madrid Open, and the underhand serve 18:05 - Introduction of Guests Johnny Antonini & Suhana Chander 26:06 - Spoiler-Free discussion of Luca Guadagnino's Challengers

In The Slam Draft, we pick four players who we think will win Grand Slam Singles Titles in their life. When anyone from your squad wins, the rest of the draftees pay you - forever! 0:00 - Warm Up Rally (The Danielle Collins Era, Ruud/Tsitsipas Spring Clay Rivalry) 12:28 - Draft Rules & Arguments 23:40 - The Slam Draft 1:04:04 - Post Draft Strategy Revelations, Emotional Debriefing, Immediate R...

5:13 - Clay Season begins, at the Charleston Open and more 11:24 - The US Tennis Lifestyle Influencer Scene feat. Morgan Riddle, Paige Lorenze, and Ayan Broomfield 27:04 - We build our dream boxes. Who would we want supporting us, in a fantasy universe where we participate in Grand Slam tournaments? Feat. Adam Driver, Brad Gilbert, Justine, and more

We build historical tennis squads made up of legends from every decade - meet Don Budge, visit the era of many mullets, and learn why there MUST be a true crime documentary dropping soon about Monica Seles

0:00 - It's still cold out everyone relax; What does Coco Gauff have to do with the Oscars and what does Zendaya have to do with Brad Gilbert and what does Billie Jean King have to do with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand? 23:00 - Joe & Joe live reaction to the TopSpin 2K25 Trailer XX:XX - wtf, it was Daylight Savings? It's now tennis season? 42:00 - We launch right the hell in. Emma Navarro...

01:25 - Men's Quarters through Champs: Jannik Sinner gets to the top of the mountain, Succession analogy, and those who've blown a 2-set lead 30:22 - Women's Quarters through Champs: Yastremska the Ukranian beauty, a budding rivalry with Coco Gauff, Qinwen Zheng into the Top 10, and the Australian Open is Aryna Sabalenka's tournament now

10:10 - What We Watched in Week 1 feat. Mirracles and Sinners 40:55 - We predict Zverev is dangerous and juggle the crop of unexpected visitors on the Women's Top Half Quarterfinal 1:05:40 - Tommy "Drama" Paul is the star of Netflix's Break Point Episodes 3 & 4

1:41 - Who looks good on paper, on hard court, besides Novak Djokovic? 20:20 - Nice Week 1 Matchess & Nice Bets featuring Jelena "The Latvian Hammer" Ostapenko 47:25 - Flashback to NYC 2023 to pick the Women's winner? 56:12 - We dig into Episodes 1 & 2 of Netflix's Break Point

01:51 - ATP Top 20 41:26 - ESPN Top US Players & Others On Our Radar 54:49 - Thanks for coming back or Season 2

05:26 - WTA Top 20 47:26 - ESPN Top US Players & Others On Our Radar