Tripp’s Tennis Talk

Episode 135 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a recap of a Sleepy Saturday at Wimbledon, featuring easy wins by Sinner, Swiatek, and Djokovic (#100 at Wimbledon!) and a brief tangent into the recent Microsoft layoffs, specifically in the gaming division. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by B...

Episode 134 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features coverage of 2025 Wimbledon Day 5, highlighted by Aryna Sabalenka's win over Emma Raducanu 7-6, 6-4, after trailing 2-4 in both sets; the first set in particular was quite dramatic and of high quality. Elsewhere today, Fritz beat Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 and Carlos Alcaraz took the scenic route over Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Madison Keys, who...

Episode 133 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a live, unscripted rant about the stoppage of the Shelton-Hijikata match at around 9:30pm in London with Ben about to serve for the match. Elsewhere, it was another wild ride at Wimbledon on Thursday, with #4 Jack Draper and #13 Tommy Paul going out. We also had a match one game short of the 65-game maximum and a fun Dimitrov-Moutet match. Let's unpack i...

Episode 132 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2025 Day 3 recap, focusing on Joao Fonseca's 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win over Jenson Brooksby and Emma Raducanu's vintage performance against Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3. Elsewhere, Sabalenka got through 7-6, 6-4 and Alcaraz won 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Unfortunately, #4 Jasmine Paolini, the 2024 finalist, was upset by Rakhimova 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Then we fini...

Episode 131 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a personal update at the top, followed by a (cursory!) examination of one of the greatest first rounds at a grand slam ever played. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Slaying at Night" by Peter Lawrence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqF6lHNZ1U  

Episode 130 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a Day 1 recap of Wimbledon 2025. It was a great day! I focus on the Fritz-Mpetshi Perricard match which was suspended at 2 sets all, and Bonzi's 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Medvedev. Also on Monday, 2-time defending champ Carlos Alcaraz went 4h37m against Fabio Fognini (7-5, 6-7, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1) and top-ten seeds Rune (#8) and Badosa (#9) were shown the door. Y...

Episode 129 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2025 preview with Rory Renzy. We talk through the draws, make our predictions, talk a couple news items, and also hit the 2025 NASCAR In-Season Tournament. "Using Synthetic Control To Assess The Impact Of Light Rail Transit On Neighborhood Demographics: A Case Study of Charlotte's South End" by Rory Renzy and Mary Catherine Artzer - https://w...

Episode 128 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a roundup of the Wimbledon tune-up results, including Alexander Bublik's 6-3, 7-6 win over Daniil Medvedev in Halle, Carlos Alcaraz's edging of Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 in Queen's, and Marketa Vondrousova's great week in Berlin capped with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 win over Xinyu Wang. Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (19...

Episode 127 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with Brian Baldauff about the book "The Inner Game of Tennis." Brian Baldauff is the Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. From 2007-09 he was, at various points, my marching band instructor and private teacher when we both lived in Florida. In this conversation, we discuss how ascribing judgment t...

Episode 126 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a breakdown of Matteo Berrettini's 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over #1 seed Alexander Zverev at Monte-Carlo, as well as a full recap of the rest of the day. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! - "Seaside Kingdom" from Super Mario Odyssey "Summers, Eternal Tourist Trap" from Earthbound remixed by Will Vega Match audio from Tennis TV.

Episode 125 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a tournament preview of the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters and a recap of action from Sunday and Monday, featuring Tabilo's 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 over the former champion Stan Wawrinka and Daniil Medvedev's shaky topsy-turvy win over Khachanov 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. - QF 6 Tsitsipas d 1 Zverev 3 Djokovic d Baez 4 Ruud d Etcheverry 7 Rublev d 2 Alcaraz  SF 3 Djokovic d 6 Tsits...

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? Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music: "More" from "TNT: Evilution" written by Tom Mustaine and covered...

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...

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. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

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. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

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 Paolini Keys d Gauff Rybakina d Pegula Swiatek d Zheng Sabalenka d Keys Swiatek d Rybakina Swiatek d Sabalenka --- Zverev d Tsitsipas Paul d Fils Fritz d Rublev De Minaur d Alcaraz Paul d Zverev De Minaur d Fritz D...

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...

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. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Novak Djokovic will never win another grand slam.

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! Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

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...

RIP David Lynch, plus an Aussie Open tennis recap. THERE THEY ARE, ALBERT. FACES OF STONE.

Episode 113 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a 2025 pre-season survey podcast. Five podcast regulars answered the same list of questions. My guests today are returning champions Madeline Wilburn, Rory Renzy, Monica Andre, Tami Boshart, and Bill Gebhart. This one took some time to schedule and put together. Thank you to all my guests, and we all hope you enjoy listening. - THE INTERVIEW TIMESTAMPS (...

Episode 112 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with Ocean Springs (MS) High School Tennis Hall-of-Famer Madeline Wilburn about the retirement of Dominic Thiem. Madeline, a Thiem superfan, talks about how she became a Thiem fan, the effectiveness of his game against The Big Three, and his long injury coda following his 2020 US Open win. We also hit on a couple of wildcard questions at t...

Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are the 2024 US Open singles champions. On Saturday, Sabalenka edged out Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5, while on Sunday, Sinner dismissed Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Rory Renzy comes on to discuss the US Open, the state of the American men, the tennis season as a whole, and other topics. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!