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  • On the Mailbag, Gill Gross responds to your comments about the struggles of Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev, the transition from Indian Wells to Miami, the ATP's solution to tennis ball uniformity, the big picture of Jack Draper's career and more.

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    0:00 Intro
    2:50 Alcaraz Loss
    11:30 Sinner Absence
    14:05 Medvedev Issues
    23:17 IW Miami Transition
    26:33 Alcaraz Solutions
    33:15 Tour Ball Solution
    36:03 Cahill Theory
    39:00 Draper Big Picture
    42:06 Andreeva X Conchita
    45:00 Ideal Serve

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  • Gill Gross dissects the bombshell class action lawsuit filed by the PTPA (Professional Players Association) targeting the ATP, WTA, ITF and ITIA. We'll try to answer all the essential questions: Why is the lawsuit happening, what does it claim, do the complaints have merit, and how might this play out longterm? I am not an employee of the ATP, nothing I say represents the ATP… I am sometimes contracted by the ATP for commentary services. My opinions are completely my own.

    Below I'll attach official statements from the most relevant parties:

    PTPA: "Tennis is broken," Ahmad Nassar, the executive director of the PTPA, said in a statement. "Behind the glamorous veneer that the defendants promote, players are trapped in an unfair system that exploits their talent, suppresses their earnings, and jeopardizes their health and safety."

    WTA: “The PTPA’s action is both regrettable and misguided, and we will defend our position vigorously in due course. The WTA is fully committed to continuing to develop and evolve the structure and operations of professional women’s tennis, listening closely as always to the views of our players. Contesting this baseless legal case will divert time, attention, and resources from our core mission to the detriment of our players and the sport as a whole.”

    ATP: "While ATP has remained focused on delivering reforms that benefit players at multiple levels, the PTPA has consistently chosen division and distraction through misinformation over progress.Five years on from its inception in 2020, the PTPA has struggled to establish a meaningful role in tennis, making its decision to pursue legal action at this juncture unsurprising."

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews Miami Open 2025 quarter-by-quarter with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions. The top seed is a slumping Alexander Zverev, 2022 champion Carlos Alcaraz is the two-seed followed by American hope Taylor Fritz and 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic.

    0:00 Intro
    3:03 Zverev Quarter
    10:48 Fritz Quarter
    17:30 Djokovic Quarter
    24:15 Alcaraz Quarter
    31:40 Final Weekend

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross interviews Joao Fonseca hours after he won his 3rd title of the season at the Phoenix Challenger 175. Then, we'll get into Jack Draper's emphatic win over Holger Rune to capture his first career Masters 1000 title at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. We'll discuss Draper's tactics and forehand development in particular. We'll break down the final in Phoenix, where Fonseca outdueled Alexander Bublik in a couple tiebreaks and then end on a Phoenix Challenger notebook dump featuring Kei Nishikori, Flavio Cobolli, Rinky Hijikata and Brendon Holt.

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    00:00 Intro
    01:15 Fonseca Interview
    14:15 Draper d. Rune
    33:00 Semifinals
    38:40 Phoenix Final
    48:30 PHX Notebook Dump

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross runs through storylines and matches from week 1 at Indian Wells 2025. We'll start with a follow up on conditions since the organizers changed the court. Following that, we'll discuss Novak Djokovic's upset defeat to Botic Van De Zandschulp and Alexander Zverev's rough day against Tallon Griekspoor. But were those upsets more surprising/disappointing than Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime? We'll end on Nick Kyrgios's opening round retirement due to wrist pain and the social media trend of showing large doubles crowds on the ground before diving into "Tales From The Booth." On Tales, we get to Yosuke Watanuki, Learner Tien, Arthur Fils, Garbiel Diallo, Ben Shelton, Gael Monfils and Sebastien Korda, plus Jack Draper vs. Joao Fonseca.

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    0:00 Intro
    2:00 Conditions
    8:00 Djokovic Upset
    18:00 Griekspoor d. Zverev
    21:50 Other Upsets
    26:35 Predictions Update
    29:00 Kyrgios Wrist
    31:00 Doubles Crowds
    33:50 TFTB Bublik-Watanuki
    36:37 Navone-Tien
    39:50 Fils-Diallo
    42:25 Machac-Watanuki
    46:35 Draper-Fonseca
    49:30 Shelton-Navone
    52:50 Monfils-Korda

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  • On a bonus Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross is joined by Tom Corrie Lead Analyst at TennisViz to discuss the data behind Joao Fonseca's big forehand, Denis Shapovalov's resurgence, Daniil Medvedev's physicality, Carlos Alcaraz technique changes to serve and backhand, Stefanos Tsitsipas's big Dubai with new racket, why Felix Auger-Aliassime is the current tour wins leader and lastly, what makes Tomas Machac special?

    00:00 Intro
    2:05 Fonseca Forehand
    8:38 Shapo Resurgence
    13:10 Medvedev Physicality
    19:23 Alcaraz Changes
    23:27 Tsitsipas Backhand
    29:35 Auger-Aliassime 2025
    33:48 Machac Rise

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews Indian Wells 2025 quarter-by-quarter with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions. The top seeds are Alexander Zverev, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, 2022 champion Taylor Fritz and Casper Ruud.

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects Stefanos Tsitsipas's splashy Dubai title run, making news early by unveiling a new racquet and finishing the week with victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime for a maiden ATP 500 title. We'll talk about why Tsitsipas didn't need to hit any backhands on the big points, why the racquet change could help him and the overall significance of the title. Then, we'll discuss Tomas Machac's triumph in Acapulco. The Czech's first title was only a matter of time, while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina continues to wobble in pressure situations.

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    00:00 Intro
    02:40 Tsitsipas d. FAA
    13:30 Racquet Change
    21:06 Title Significance
    25:35 FAA Conclusions
    30:00 Machac d. ADF

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  • From assessing rising stars Joao Fonseca and Learner Tien to a look at the US Open's new mixed doubles format to thoughts on Therapeutic Use Exemptions, Enjoy the latest episode of "Three -- The Tennis Show." with Gill, Amy, and Joel.

    00:00 Intro
    00:30 No. 1 Tien
    18:58 No. 2 Doubles
    35:00 No. 3 TUEs

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down Andrey Rublev's victory over Jack Draper in the Doha final. We'll discuss the close margins involved in the title run, Rublev's mental journey and tactics in the final. We'll then go over the final in Rio, where Sebastian Baez made it back-to-back titles in the Brazilian capital with a win over Alexandre Muller.

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  • On this week's Mailbag, Gill Gross responds to your comments about the Jannik Sinner anti-doping violation saga that has culminated in a settlement between he and WADA and a 3-month suspension. We discuss how the system could or could not be overhauled, the differences between recent Clostebol cases, why Umberto Ferrara wasn't punished and is now with Matteo Berrettini, the prevalence of TUEs on tour, the low concertation argument, why the timing of the settlement was so favorable for Sinner, and we'll five into player reactions to the news including Novak Djokovic.

    0:00:00 Intro
    0:01:48 Anti-Doping Solutions
    0:13:32 Clostebol Comparisons
    0:18:17 Raducanu Stalker
    0:20:00 Ferrara X Berrettini
    0:29:50 Sinner Training
    0:31:44 PED Legalization
    0:34:58 Red Flags?
    0:37:59 Switching Lives
    0:39:19 Changing Tennis
    0:40:40 TUEs
    0:42:54 Year End Rankings
    0:45:28 Massage Gloves
    0:47:30 Clay ELC
    0:48:39 More Cases
    0:51:37 Low Concentration
    0:54:11 Settlement Timing
    0:59:05 Discourse Disconnect
    1:03:30 Djokovic Comments
    1:07:55 Italian Conflict
    1:10:55 Test Sensitivity
    1:12:26 Player Reactions
    1:20:00 Slam Timing
    1:21:45 Rome Major

  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects Joao Fonseca's win over Francisco Cerundolo for his first ATP title triumph in Buenos Aires. Why the young Brazilian's mental resolve stood out above all. We also cover another French indoor hard court title for Ugo Humbert. A major tactical key helped him beat Hamad Medjedovic in the final. Lastly, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina held two championship points but faltered against Miomir Kecmanovic, who won his 2nd career title in Delray Beach.

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    00:00 Intro
    00:50 Fonseca d. Cerundolo
    20:00 Humbert d. Medjedovic
    31:18 Kecmanovic d. ADF

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  • On the Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: do we need to adjust our expectations for Holger Rune, what to make of Rybakina coach Stefano Vukov being suspended for one year, is the US Open right or wrong for dismantling the regular mixed doubles format, a tribute to Diego Schwartzman in retirement, Joao Fonseca's Buenos Aires run, why Jelena Ostapenko dominates Iga Swiatek and the Chile-Belgium Davis Cup incident with Zizou Bergs colliding with Cristian Garin.

    00:00 Intro
    04:15 Rune Expectations
    10:28 Vukov Suspended
    18:00 USO Mixed Doubles
    26:34 Ostapenko vs. Swiatek
    32:03 Golden Swing
    34:38 Fonseca Buenos Aires
    37:50 Diego Schwartzman
    43:00 Belgium-Chile DC
    52:10 Opelka vs. Allensworth
    55:28 Big 3 vs Big 5
    57:10 Deuce Limit
    58:40 Metric System
    1:00:20 Nose Strip

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  • Jannik Sinner has accepted a 3-month ban after settling with WADA ahead of their April court hearing date. The current world #1 will be sidelined until the Rome Masters. We'll cover why this outcome made sense for both sided and what the implication is for the ATP rankings and Jannik Sinner's legacy.

    The official statement from WADA is as follows: “WADA accepts the athlete’s explanation for the cause of the violation as outlined in the first instance decision. WADA accepts that Mr. Sinner did not intend to cheat, and that his exposure to clostebol did not provide any performance-enhancing benefit and took place without his knowledge as the result of negligence of members of his entourage. However, under the Code and by virtue of CAS precedent, an athlete bears responsibility for the entourage’s negligence. Based on the unique set of facts of this case, a three-month suspension is deemed to be an appropriate outcome.”

    Jannik Sinner's statement: ""This case had been hanging over me now for nearly a year and the process still had a long time to run with a decision maybe only at the end of the year. I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and realise WADA's strict rules are an important protection for the sport I love. On that basis I have accepted WADA's offer to resolve these proceedings on the basis of a 3-month sanction."

  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down the two ATP 500 finals from Sunday. Denis Shapovalov capped off the best run of his career to beat Casper Ruud in the final, the Canadian's 3rd top-10 win of the week to take his biggest title. Carlos Alcaraz won his first-ever indoor title in Rotterdam, taking a competitive 3-setter against Alex De Minaur.

    00:00 Intro
    00:50 Shapovalov d. Ruud in Dallas
    24:36 Alcaraz d. De Minaur in Rotterdam

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  • On the Mailbag, Gill Gross responds to your comments exclusively about players outside the current top-20, including: Mattia Bellucci off his big week in Rotterdam, Jenson Brooksby's return after two years off, 2025 improvements for Felix Auger-Aliassime, can Gio Mpetchi Perricard be the most successful servebot ever, why hasn't Sebastian Korda fulfilled top-10 forecasts, who is better between Czechs Jiri Lehecka and Tomas Machac, is Denis Shapovalov back, Jakub Mensik's painful slam losses, Joao Fonseca's maturity, Jaume Munar playing the best tennis of his life and MUCH MORE.

    00:00 Intro
    1:15 Mattia Belluci
    07:53 Jenson Brooksby
    11:55 Felix Improvements
    18:50 GMP GOAT Servebot
    22:30 Korda Issues
    28:00 Machac vs. Lehecka
    31:05 Medjedovic
    32:22 Jakub Mensik
    36:25 Alexei Popyrin
    38:20 Denis Shapovalov
    43:34 Lorenzo Sonego
    45:55 Fonseca Maturity
    48:33 Marcos Giron
    50:15 Aleks Kovacevic
    51:16 Fabian Marozsan
    52:30 Jaume Munar
    55:35 Brandon Nakashima

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  • With one Grand Slam event now in the books, many exciting themes are already underway. Join Gill, Amy, and Joel as they take on a few of them -- from where things stand for Novak Djokovic, to Madison Keys' breakthrough victory, to the shifting world of on-court coaching. It's all happening on the latest episode of "Three -- The Tennis Show."

    00:00 Intro
    01:30 Djokovic Talk
    19:30 Madison Keys
    37:20 Coaching

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  • On the Mailbag, Gill Gross responds to your comments about Australian Open 2025, including: did Carlos Alcaraz make a mistake managing his emotions against Novak Djokovic, how could Alexander Zverev learn from Madison Keys, is Stan Wawrinka underappreciated, will Jannik Sinner succeed on the natural surfaces, how does Sinner compartmentalize with an incoming CAS doping trial, Gael Monfils longevity, has Alcaraz stagnated, what are some of Alcaraz’s current issues, who will have a better season between Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul, is Keys Yonex racquet change getting too much credit, how can Learner Tien be top-10, thoughts on Novak Djokovic posting his MRI and the booes after his semifinal retirement, the allegations that Sinner is boring, the art of the post-match interview, why the 90s gen has struggled and who had a better career between Daniil Medvedev and Marat Safin.

    00:00 Intro
    01:30 Alcaraz Emotion
    05:45 Zverev vs. Keys
    09:15 Wawrinka Appreciation
    14:37 Sinner Grass&Clay
    19:45 Sinner Doping Cloud
    23:15 Alcaraz-Sinner H2H
    26:00 Monfils Longevity
    28:00 Alcaraz Stagnation
    31:05 Alcaraz Issues
    41:10 Shelton vs. Paul
    43:30 Keys Racquet
    46:05 Slam Dark Horse
    47:40 Medvedev Prep
    48:55 NewGen
    50:20 Tien Top 10
    52:15 Djokovic Controversies
    58:25 Pro Tech
    1:00:34 Overhyping
    1:03:41 Surfaces
    1:04:30 Shelton Serve
    1:05:50 Tommy Paul
    1:07:03 Djokovic Evolution
    1:08:55 Sinner Boring
    1:12:25 Cyber Abuse
    1:14:55 Cal Ripken Tennis
    1:16:45 Sinner RG or Wimby
    1:18:02 Post Match Interviews
    1:21:15 Zverev US Open
    1:21:55 Sinner Physical
    1:23:35 90s Gen Blues
    1:26:47 Medvedev vs. Safin

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Hall-of-Fame tennis writer Steve Flink joins Gill Gross to discuss the 2025 Australian Open. We'll start by unpacking the thrilling Novak Djokovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz quarterfinal. Then, we'll discuss Jannik Sinner's impressive title run along with Alexander Zverev's disappointing Sunday. We'll finish with Ben Shelton, Joao Fonseca, Taylor Fritz, Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen discussion.

    00:00 Intro
    02:30 Djokovic-Alcaraz QF
    28:57 Sinner & Zverev
    50:10 Ben Shelton
    53:29 Joao Fonseca
    57:25 Tien & Medvedev
    1:04:30 Taylor Fritz
    1:08:00 Alex Michelsen

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  • On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down Jannik Sinner's second consecutive Australian Open title, a dominant performance over Alexander Zverev in the 2025 final. We'll cover Sinner's ability to handle success and his biggest advantages over Zverev in the final. We'll go over Zverev's performance, big match mental struggles and if he'll ever win a major.

    00:00 Intro
    04:35 Defining Moment
    06:50 Sinner’s Advantages
    19:40 Zverev’s Performance
    28:30 Will Sascha Ever Win
    36:30 Sinner Closing Thoughts