The Racquet Rundown

3.5 years after capturing his first major, Carlos Alcaraz comes full circle finally capturing that elusive Australian Open title to complete a historic career grand slam at just 22 yrs of age. That and the recap of the 2026 Australian Open as a whole on this episode of the Racquet Rundown.

We unpack the men's Australian Open draw ahead of the Happy Slam deducing whether Melbourne gets their Sincaraz entry to kick off 2026.

With the 2026 tennis season underway, we discuss the year that was in 2025 and what it means moving forward on the ATP Tour and beyond in the new year.

2025 brought about perhaps as eventful a fall post US Open season as we've had. The usual fatigue still loomed, sprinkle in a Shanghai Cinderella story, and fittingly, another riveting Alcaraz Sinner clash in a year defined by the New 2 to close the season.

In perhaps a career best performance, Carlos Alcaraz rampaged through the field in the big apple to bag his 6th major and 2nd US Open title and return the the top of men's tennis. We talk about the brilliant Alcaraz performance in the final against Jannik Sinner as well as winners and losers from the 2025 US Open.

A little bit of everything on this one with talk about new look Cincinnati and its results, US Open's mixed doubles tournament, and a breakdown of the recently unveiled US Open 2025 draw.

A Toronto and Montreal masters with many familiar faces missing from action ended in absolute fireworks at the finish line as on the men's side Ben Shelton took home his first big title ahead of most of tennis' biggest stars reconvening in the new look Cincinnati masters ahead of the year's final major.

Jannik Sinner finally was able to strike back after a 5 match skid at the hands of Carlos Alcaraz, handing him his first defeat in over 3 months and his first defeat at Wimbledon in 3 years. Having conquered the grass at Wimbledon Sinner reclaims his best in the world status and will head back to the hard courts as the favorite again for the year's final major. Will he be challenged or will it...

There was a lot of turmoil early in the men's tournament but one way or the other, the usual suspects have made their way to the semifinals at Wimbledon with a repeat appearance from the prior major of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and Novak Djokovic alongside what has felt like an overdue Taylor Fritz final weekend push for Taylor Fritz. We breakdown how we see the weekend's activities g...

Wimbledon 2025 kicked off with a bang and absolute carnage to the seeds within the first 2 rds. We discuss our takeaways and implications with some of the craziest couple of opening days at the championships since 2013.

While we were given the time able to separate ourselves from the wave and grandeur of the Roland Garros final, the grass tuneups came and went and now, the tour heads to the All England Club for the 3rd major of the year at Wimbledon. We know our contenders. We know the form players. We know our challengers. Ready? Play.

Our breakdown on the 1st ever Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner slam final that delivered one of the great sporting moments of our lifetimes. Quite simply one of the greatest matches ever played, maybe the greatest single match comeback ever, and certainly the best match since the inception of this podcast.

The last 4 are in between Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, and Lorenzo Musetti. These were our predicted semifinalists and it seems as if the prelims are cleared and through a relatively straightforward road here, we now have the cream of the crop to do battle for the Coup des Mousquetaires with some tantalizing final weekend matchups.

A tournament started in celebration of the old guar, today sees two of the stalwarts thwarted in spirited fashion. One of which was the swan song of one Richard Gasquet. Elsewhere, 2 set leads fell like there was no tomorrow and in the bottom half, the 3rd quarter rightfully became the Musetti quarter. We break it all down, here on the Racquet Rundown with our returning guest Evan.

A lot more clarity here heading to Roland Garros 2025 as opposed to a year ago in many ways with a pretty clear cut set of contenders with Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, and Taylor Fritz headlining their respective quarters. Them among other formidable contenders will look to lock horns for the right to hoist the Coupe des Mousquetaires in 2 Sundays.

Through Rome this year, the clay court season has seen a revolving door of champions including not only your usual suspects, but those just outside tier 1 like the Scandinavian duo of Ruud and Rune making moves. A certain world no 1 Sinner will also be added to the mix in due time, promising for an intriguing run up to Roland Garros

The 2nd leg of the Sunshine Double in Miami saw many surprises from day 1 and that carried through all the way through to the final with Jakub Mensik clinching an unforgettable first title downing his hero, Novak Djokovic in beyond impressive fashion.

We had 2 men on the ground in the desert as Jack Draper stormed through the Indian Wells draw and make a statement and cement himself as a contender for all the big titles moving forward. Also a short rundown the Miami draw as the 2nd leg of the Sunshine Double kicks off.

Golden Swing and the other February mainstay events in the Middle East and Rotterdam were the tennis hipster's dream and in tandem with the Sinner WADA verdict, plenty to chop up ahead of our sunshine double episode.

Jannik Sinner kicked off his 2025 in the best possible fashion as his Australian Open title defense hammers home his spot atop the tennis world and the game's current undisputed hard court king. We unwrap his statement finals win and look ahead to the impending indoor and middle east stretch as January wraps up.

Recapping the overarching themes each of us took away throughout the 2025 Australian Open which saw many many new and old faces making a statement out of the gates at the year's first major. We also give the rundown on the men's semifinals and preview the final between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.

Ahead of the year's first major, we unpack a super intriguing draw and make our predictions for how we see the Happy Slam unfolding at AO 2025

2024 marks the end of the professional careers of multiple key figureheads and architects of the greatest era of men's tennis over the course of the last 2 decades. Join us as we pay tribute to the legendary careers of Dominic Thiem, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal as the curtain comes down on their time on tour.

Yet again in 2024, Jannik Sinner is the last man standing as he takes home a 2nd major of a sparkling 2024 and cementing his place as the world number 1. Elsewhere, it was a huge US Open for the Americans this US Open with many clinching career best results, potentially setting them up for strong closes to the year and beyond.

The year's final major is upon us and we have a draw. We unveil our predictions for how we see the tournament going while also taking stock of all of the game's top contenders. .