Tripp’s Tennis Talk – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 110 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a US Open Day 6 recap. It was a quiet one, folks. Everybody cruised with no trouble at all. The best match of the day was Nuno Borges' five-set win over Jakub Mensik, and even that match contained a 6-1 and a 6-0 set. But please listen anyway! :)

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Episode 109 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a US Open Day 5 recap, headlined by crazy action on the men's side for the second consecutive night. Frances Tiafoe, in 'his house,' vanquished Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in 4 hours and 3 minutes, and then Montreal champion Alexei Popyrin dismissed a mediocre Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. What does it all mean? All that and more on today's show.

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Footnote: I know most of this podcast features the Tiafoe-Shelton match, but this was the best podcast title, and it'll look funny right next to the last one. "Alcaraz's Magnificent Misfire. Djokovic's Magnificent Misfire. Zverev Wins US Open."

Episode 100 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2024 Day 6 recap. Yulia Putintseva upset World #1 Iga Swiatek 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, but other top players avoided upsets, with Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Ben Shelton, Elena Rybakina, and Daniil Medvedev each claiming victory.

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3 players who made the semifinals or better last week are already out this week; Pablo Carreno Busta, Beatriz Haddad Maia, and Dan Evans. Tennis is hard, you know?

Meanwhile, Anett Kontaveit won a professional tennis match. Naomi Osaka did not win a professional tennis match. Simona Halep gets another W. Coco Gauff takes a tumble. Meddy didn't look great doing it, but he won a big-tournament professional tennis match for the first time in a while. The Williams sisters go 0/4 in sets won today and only one of those sets reached 5-5. Time marches on. If you get the title reference in the quotation marks, you get a cookie. And a cheese coney.

I predict the 2022 Western & Southern Open, recap the Monday scores, and look ahead to Tuesday's order of play.

Matt Zemek of Tennis With An Accent joins me to discuss the 2022 National Bank Open / Omnium Banque Nationale.

Jessica Pegula was in a winning position in one of the biggest matches of her career and then hit 5,000,000 unforced errors. Simona Halep started negative and ended positive; she's now back in the top 10. Casper Ruud will not be world #2. Hubert Hurkacz wants to join Medvedev, Alcaraz, Tsitsipas, Zverev, and the Big 4 as active 2x Masters 1000 champions. Pablo Carreno Busta is in his first 1000 or Slam final. Dan Evans is not in his first 1000 or Slam final. Pliskova did not get back to the Canada final. Haddad Maia got into the Canada final. Aren't these descriptions awesome? Match audio is courtesy Tennis TV.

We have bleary eyes here in the podcast booth. Pablo Carreno Busta is good at making semifinals of hardcourt 1000 events. Evans and Paul provided a surprising entertaining and compelling match. BHM is for real. Pliskova's path is a long and difficult one but it once again results in victory. Simona holds off Coco. Pegula is into her third Masters semi of the year. Ruud is rude to Canada and Felix is inexplicable. Nick's hot streak gets iced. The losers today were all tired.

Belinda Bencic could be a 2-time Canadian Open champion. Gael Monfils makes and breaks your heart. Nick Kyrgios is engendering trust - for now. Gauff and Sabalenka practiced their faults and ball tosses in a match situation. Bia Maia atones for Wimbledon. Iga Swiatek does not atone for Wimbledon. 8 of the 16 singles matches went the distance today. Three top-8 seeds into the Men's Quarters and one into the Women's. It's been a good Wednesday and Thursday for watching tennis. Canada is the land of opportunity this weekend for the players that are left. Who will earn the trophy?

It was a day of upsets at the Canadian Open. 7 of the 14 top-8 seeds lost their opening round matches today. Iga Swiatek is the exception that proves the rule. Carlos Alcaraz couldn't handle the pressure (his words). Stefanos Tsitsipas needs a new coach. Nick Kyrgios is the best player in the world right now. Daniil Medvedev is not the best player in the world right now. Coco Gauff needs to work on her serve. Serena is a legend.