Tripp’s Tennis Talk

A job interview is like a tennis match. You know all the answers - the key is in the proper preparation to allow the answers to come out when you need them. Matches are won on the practice courts and job interviews are won before they start.

It was a Wimbledon washout on Day 2 with none of the outside court matches being completed. On the show courts, the top seeds moved through without trouble, as defending champion Elena Rybakina came back on Shelby Rogers 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, Aryna Sabalenka blitzed Panna Udvardy 6-3, 6-1, and Andy Murray destroyed Ryan Peniston 6-3, 6-0, 6-1. On Court 1, Carlos Alcaraz literally retired Jeremy Chardy 6-...

4-times defending and 7-times overall Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic opened Centre Court play on Monday with a breezy 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 win over Pedro Cachin. Iga Swiatek began play on Court 1 and had an even easier time 6-1, 6-3 against Zhu Lin. Meanwhile, 2020 Australian Open Champion Sofia Kenin had a nice win over an admittingly struggling Coco Gauff 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 and Felix Auger-Aliassime cras...

Quiet please. Players are ready. It is time for the most prestigious major championship of the year. Get some strawberries and cream, take a seat, and have a listen to the preview podcast. 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - Novak Djokovic Pre-Tournament Press Conference 15:58 - Ons Jabeur Pre-Tournament Press Conference 24:53 - Venus Williams Pre-Tournament Press Conference 36:36 - Andy Murray Pre-Tournament Pre...

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "One Last Chance" chronicles the experiences of Aryna Sabalenka, Taylor Fritz, Ons Jabeur, and Iga Swiatek at the 2022 WTA Finals and the 2022 ATP Finals. This is the final episode of the first episode and the most recent episode currently available. The show has been renewed for a second season. Join me as I watch the show f...

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "Under Pressure" chronicles the experiences of Iga Swiatek and Frances Tiafoe at the 2022 United States Open. Tiafoe becomes the first Black man to reach the US Open Men's Singles Semifinals since Arthur Ashe 50 years before and Iga Swiatek wins her first Grand Slam off the red dirt. Join me as I watch the show for the first...

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "Fairytale In New York" chronicles the experiences of Ajla Tomljanovic, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe at the 2022 United States Open. Most of the episode focuses on Alja Tomljanovic as she faces the Herculean task of playing Serena Williams at Serena's final professional tournament as of this writing. Join me as I watch the...

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "Saints and Sinners" chronicles the experiences of Ajla Tomljanovic, Ons Jabeur, and Nick Kyrgios at The Championships, Wimbledon 2022. This is the conclusion of a two-part narrative that began in the previous episode, Episode 6. Join me as I watch the show for the first time and react to it live. "Saints and Sinners" was ori...

"Fear lasts longer than love." -N. Kyrgios "Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "Belonging" chronicles the experiences of Ajla Tomljanovic and Nick Kyrgios at The Championships, Wimbledon 2022. This is essentially a two-part episode, as the main narratives of Episode 6 are left unresolved. The coverage of Wimbledon does continue into Episode 7. Join me as I watc...

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "King of Clay" chronicles the experiences of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Casper Ruud at Roland Garros 2022. Join me as I watch the show for the first time and react to it live. "King of Clay" was originally released on January 13, 2023 and is available now on Netflix.

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "Great Expectations" chronicles the experiences of Paula Badosa and Ons Jabeur at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open. Join me as I watch the show for the first time and react to it live. "Great Expectations" was originally released on January 13, 2023 and is available now on Netflix.

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "California Dreaming" chronicles the experiences of Taylor Fritz and Maria Sakkari at the 2022 BNP Paribas Open. Join me as I watch the show for the first time and react to it live. "California Dreaming" was originally released on January 13, 2023 and is available now on Netflix.

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "Take The Crown" chronicles the experiences of Matteo Berrettini and Alja Tomljanovic at the 2022 Australian Open. Join me as I watch the show for the first time and react to it live. "Take The Crown" was originally released on January 13, 2023 and is available now on Netflix.

"Break Point" is a Netflix docuseries that covers the ATP and WTA tours. "The Maverick" chronicles Nick Kyrgios' performance at the 2022 Australian Open. Join me as I watch the show for the first time and react to it live. "The Maverick" was originally released on January 13, 2023 and is available now on Netflix. 

Under the gaze of sporting history Sunday evening, Novak Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win a record-breaking 23rd grand slam title in men's singles and his third Roland Garros title. Djokovic is the only man to win each major three times in singles. On Saturday, #1 seed Iga Swiatek won her third Roland Garros in four years, overcoming a mid-match stumble to edge Karolina Muchova 6...

This is NOT a podcast about tennis! 2-time Percussion Independent World Finalist Nate Davis joins me as we react to the 2023 WGI Percussion World Championships from Dayton, OH, where Pulse Percussion's dominance of the indoor activity continued, as they won a league-leading 5th championship since 2010. Nate and I discuss the 2023 performances of the top contenders, address the state of the marchin...

Matt Zemek, the Editor of Tennis With An Accent, joins Tripp's Tennis Talk for a discussion about the 2023 Miami Open following Daniil Medvedev's 7-5, 6-3 win over Jannik Sinner in the men's singles final. Medvedev now has 5 Masters 1000 titles. What does Jannik Sinner need to do to break through? How much does Gilles Cervara mean to Medvedev? What is Miami's current place in the tennis pecking or...

Petra Kvitova won her first 1000-tier tournament in half a decade Saturday afternoon in Miami, outdueling the red hot Elena Rybakina 7-6(14), 6-2 in a fantastic final. With 2 majors and 9 masters titles over an 11-year span, Kvitova is a no-doubt hall of famer. Elena Rybakina will be fine; dominant players lose matches all the time. I was gonna go with a "Czech" pun for the title but it felt too l...

7-day 1000s > 12-day 1000s.

It's Friday of week one and 5 of the top 8 WTA seeds are already gone. THIS. IS. MARCH.

Last week's winner and WTA Race #2 Elena Rybakina took the scenic route Thursday in Miami, allowing a 7-5, 4-1 lead to get complicated 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 against a very game Anna Kalinskaya. Other winners Thursday included Coco Gauff, Victoria Azarenka, Jessica Pegula, Lorenzo Sonego, and Jiri Lehecka. In off-court news, I read the Djokovic CNN piece. All that and more on today's episode of TTT.

Join me for a time-traveling adventure as I preview the Miami Open draws and talk through the Tuesday and Wednesday main draw results, highlighted by Bianca Andreescu's entertaining 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Emma Raducanu. Note - Iga Swiatek withdrew today from the Miami Open. I forgot to mention it.

Carlos Alcaraz dropped by the Argon Production studios after he won the BNP Paribas Open to put the world on notice about his brilliance. Here is what he had to say. Just kidding, this is me sitting in my house doing this. My last name is André.

Championship Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open is set. It'll be Sabalenka vs Rybakina and Alcaraz vs Medvedev. How did we get here? Listen to today's episode to find out!

In today's episode, we start with live comments from Maria Sakkari immediately following her comeback win 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 over Petra Kvitova. Earlier, the day session was relatively straightforward, with Tiafoe overpowering Norrie 6-4, 6-4, Sabalenka destroying Gauff 6-4, 6-0, and Medvedev holding off Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-5 for his eighteenth consecutive match win. Also on today's episode, we he...