Tripp’s Tennis Talk

Episode 160 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2026 preview with Luke McManus, a Ben Shelton fan and northern Florida football afficionado. We discuss tennis' place in the American sports calendar, why we enjoy watching Wimbledon so much, and our bracket picks for the title. Sabalenka d Muchova Gauff d Jovic Swiatek d Kostyuk Rybakina d Noskova - Sabalenka d Gauff Rybakina d Swiatek - Sab...

Episode 159 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the 2026 Roland Garros championship matches for men's and women's singles. The guest is Monica Andre, my mom and a longtime tennis fan and player. We discuss Alexander Zverev's nervous, low-quality win against Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, and the emotions surrounding Zverev's first major title. Then we touch on Mirra Andreeva's 6-3, 6-2 w...

Episode 158 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the 2026 Roland Garros Semifinals. On Thursday, Mirra Andreeva picked up the pieces against a frazzled Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3, and Maya Chwalinska remained calm and focused, using her off-pace game to beat Shnaider 7-6, 6-4. Friday was a complete dud, with Alexander Zverev picking up the pieces against a completely gassed and unprepared-for-the-mome...

Episode 157 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the 2026 Roland Garros Quarterfinals. Today, we discuss the epic Aryna Sabalenka collapse, losing 6-0 in the third set, and the wins from Chwalinska, Arnaldi, and Cobolli. In addition, Marta Kostyuk defeated Elina Svitolina yesterday 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, with Andreeva, Mensik, and Zverev also getting wins. Kostyuk and Mensik are looking GOOD. With Zverev...

Episode 156 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the fourth round from 2026 Roland Garros, featuring a look at Aryna Sabalenka's 7-5, 6-3 pull-away against Naomi Osaka and, from Sunday, Marta Kostyuk's 7-5, 6-1 separation against Iga Swiatek. What is next for Iga Swiatek? Is Naomi Osaka still a grand slam contender? Most of this podcast was recorded during the latter stages of the Arnaldi-Tiafoe m...

Episode 155 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the third round from 2026 Roland Garros, featuring a look at Joao Fonseca's exciting comeback against Novak Djokovic 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 on Friday afternoon and evening in Paris. It has been one of the greatest grand slam first weeks in many, many years. When tennis is at its best, it's the best sport in the world, and it's not even close. You c...

Episode 154 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the second round from Roland Garros 2026. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was declared the winner after one of the most shocking results in many years, rallying from a 3-6, 2-6, 1-5 deficit to TKO world #1 Jannik Sinner 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1. Elsewhere, Collignon beat #5 Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 and 17-year old Moise Kouame played a 4h56m epic, slaying Ado...

Episode 153 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a news roundup from the first round of Roland Garros 2026. With several top twenty players, and a few more barely surviving, what will happen next? You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Show page for Tripp's Tennis Talk - https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/tripps-tennis-talk/id1638560158  

Episode 152 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with friend of the show Tami Boshart looking ahead to Roland Garros 2026. Who will take home the trophies? We discuss the male and female contenders, the predicted hot temperatures in Paris, line judges vs electronic line-calling, the sudden death of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts an...

Episode 151 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with friend of the show Rory Renzy about the 2026 Italian Open. Elina Svitolina got over the line against Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 to win her first 1000 event in eight years, while Jannik Sinner routined Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to continue his sweep of the Tennis Masters Series in 2026. Rory and I discuss championship weekend, what happened t...

Episode 150 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features Matt Zemek, the editor of Tennis With An Accent. In this podcast we discuss the results of the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open; the state of the ATP Tour following Jannik Sinner's 6-1, 6-2 drubbing of Alexander Zverev in the final; the WTA contenders, including Marta Kostyuk, who won the event 6-3, 7-5 against Mirra Andreeva, and the top players that lost early,...

Episode 149 of Tripp's Tennis Talk covers Carlos Alcaraz's recent wrist injury, from the news itself to why it happened to the potential effect on the tour. We also look ahead to this week's Madrid 1000-level tour event. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 148 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is an instant reaction show about the 2026 WGI Percussion Independent World Finals that took place on April 18, 2026. Rhythm X won their first title in 13 years, taking home the gold medal with a record 99.3 score. RCC and Pulse Percussion rounded out the medal positions, with Music City Mystique, Broken City, and Infinity rounding out the top 6. The guest on thi...

Cobwebs alert! I haven't done a pod in two months, you have been warned! Plus the match wasn't great anyway, so I don't know if there's any awesome analysis to be done about it.

Episode 146 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a 2026 Australian Open preview. Topics covered include Roger Federer's press conference, the American television broadcast information, draw predictions for the men's and women's singles, mentions of some grand slam debutants, and the Sunday order of play.   Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!   -   Sunday OOP: https://ausopen.com...

Episode 145 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a 2026 pre-season podcast. Each interview subject answered the same list of questions. Today's guests are returning champions Rory, Tami, Wilburn, and Monica (aka Mom), as well as debutant Emilio. - Here are the questions: The usual year-end #1 prediction. And the usual major winners question. Who will win the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry in 2026: Alcaraz, Sinner, o...

After a listless college football game punctuated by a controversial call, the Stanford Cardinal beat the Florida State Seminoles 20-13 in ACC play, handing the Seminoles their fourth consecutive loss. I was there to witness it all, along with today's guest, friend and former co-worker Tim Fain. We discuss the future of Florida State Head Coach Mike Norvell, the litany of problems facing the Semin...

Episode 143 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a recap of ATP Tokyo and ATP Beijing, highlighted by Carlos Alcaraz's 8th title of the year coming in a 6-4, 6-4 win in a top five matchup against Taylor Fritz after 1 hour 33 minutes on Tuesday, as Jannik Sinner and Learner Tien were contesting the Beijing final on Wednesday. I also hit on a few topics from what we've seen so far for the early rounds of...

EDIT/SAD CORRECTIONS MUSIC: Jelena Ostapenko WAS NOT the Wimbledon player that I referenced with the stalker. That was Julia Putintseva. My apologies. Please disregard that when I say it. Episode 142 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a breakdown of today's post-match interaction between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko. I have a slightly contrarian take: this is less about Taylor Townsend and mo...

Episode 141 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features clips from the recent Hall of Fame induction speeches from the new members, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, and Maria Sharapova, as well as Serena Williams' introduction speech of Sharapova, done at Maria's request. We also hear from Venus Ebony Starr Williams and do a rundown of today's US Open results. The HOF content has been getting a lot of play in recent da...

Episode 140 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features my mid-match reaction to tonight's unprecedented display of human error.

Episode 139 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a preview discussion of the 2025 US Open with frequent podcast contributor Rory Renzy. We start with big-picture topics, like the vibe and format of the tournament and the tour narratives of the season, before drilling into specifics with bracket predictions and early-tournament storylines like the presence of Venus Williams, before finishing up with som...

Episode 138 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation between my mom and myself about our on-site experience at the 2025 Cincinnati Open. We attended the event on Monday August 11, the round of 32. I also attended the next day, Tuesday August 12, during which my dad made a brief appearance. It was hot. There was Skyline. There was also a bowl from an unidentified restaurant. Ice cups are abso...

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. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" fr...

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. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highw...