All three finals this week featured matchups between the tournament’s top two seeds, setting up true heavyweight showdowns. I hosted ATP weekly on Talking Tennis to discuss the three tournaments, but have added some quick hitting blurbs below. It was a packed week! Ben Shelton saved three championship points at 4–5 in the third set,…
|2/15/26| This Talking Tennis episode recaps the early February 2026 tennis season across three tournaments: Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, and Dallas. Alex de Minaur captured his 11th career title in Rotterdam after two years as runner-up, praised for his consistent defense against Felix Auger-Aliassime. In Buenos Aires, local favorite Francisco Cerundolo secured a long-awaited home victory,…
|2/8/26| This video provides a preview and prediction for the ATP Rotterdam Round 1 match between Alexander Bublik and Hubert Hurkacz, highlighting that both players are top-tier servers likely to produce multiple tiebreakers in the quick indoor conditions. The hosts analyze Hurkacz’s mixed recent form against Bublik’s physical and mental recovery from the Davis Cup,…
It was a historic day at the Grand Harbor Golf and Beach Club, as the stadium court was officially named in honor of tennis legend and Vero Beach resident Ivan Lendl. Later, with the trophy in hand, Andreescu posed beside the newly unveiled marble plaque honoring Lendl’s career titles and weeks spent as world No….
|1/31/26| This video from Talking Tennis analyzes the recent split between tennis star Emma Raducanu and her coach, Francisco Roig (0:28-0:57). The hosts suggest that the decision was likely driven by Raducanu herself, following her recent public comments indicating dissatisfaction with the advice she was receiving regarding her game’s focus (0:28-1:00). While they acknowledge the…
Raducanu’s ‘most dispiriting’ Slam display…what went wrong? Here I give my post match analysis, with a small article that follows. British number one Emma Raducanu has split with coach Francis Roig after her exit from the Australian Open. The 23-year-old lost to Austria’s Anastasia Potapova in straight sets in the second round at the Australian…
Ahead of the 2026 season, I said that Rybakina would finish the year at number 4 in the WTA rankings. The main reason I had her this high was because I felt that she could win a slam in 2026. My hunch was that it would be Wimbledon, but I quickly followed that up by…
|1/24/26| This video previews the 2026 Australian Open Round 4 clash between Lorenzo Musetti and Taylor Fritz, highlighting Musetti’s impressive form and rise to a live ranking of world number three (0:35-0:38) alongside his hard-fought five-set victory over Tomas Machac (0:20-0:22), while simultaneously addressing significant concerns regarding Fritz’s ongoing physical health, specifically his knee and…
|1/24/26| This video previews the Round 4 Australian Open 2026 match between Elena Rybakina and Elise Mertens, noting that Rybakina has cruised into this stage without dropping a set (0:41) despite her previous reputation for early-round vulnerabilities (0:26-0:44). While the hosts acknowledge Mertens as a “solid” player who dominated her previous qualifier opponent (0:47-0:55) and…
|1/24/26| This video provides a preview and prediction for the 2026 Australian Open Round 4 match between Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys, with analysts noting that both players reached this stage with comfortable victories (0:16-0:37). While the head-to-head record stands at 2-1 in favor of Madison Keys (2:16), the hosts lean toward a victory for…
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