On the 2025 Wimbledon 1st Round Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your questions about one of the most chaotic opening two days in tournament history. We’ll talk 90’s generation decline, Carlos Alcaraz’s surprise 5-setter against Fabio Fognini, Daniil Medvedev upset defeat against Benjamin Bonzi, Holger Rune’s blown lead against Nicolas Jarry, Jannik Sinner’s firing of his physical team, a comprehensive upset surprise meter, Stefanos Tsitsipas’s retirement due to a back injury, how the heat got to Berrettini and Musetti, the epic 5-set showdown between Taylor Frtiz and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, Coco Gauff’s disappointing showing versus Dayana Yastremska, another opening round win for Joao Fonseca and Alexander Bublik’s Wimbledon letdown against an impressive Jaume Munar.
0:00 Intro
1:50 90’s Gen Decline
7:10 Alcaraz d. Fognini
12:08 Medvedev Upset
21:55 Rune Upset
33:37 Sinner Fires Physio
36:36 Upset Surprise Meter
43:20 Tsitsipas Retirement
52:35 Rapid Fire
1:02:12 Berrettini & Musetti
1:05:58 Fritz d. Perricard
1:17:26 Gauff Upset
1:21:30 Fonseca d. Fearnley
1:23:36 Bublik Upset
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Wimbledon POWER RANKINGS (2025) w/ Alex Gruskin | Monday Match Analysis
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross and Alex Gruskin of Cracked Rackets compare notes on their 2025 Wimbledon Power Rankings. We'll also talk sleeper picks and pick a women's champion.
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0:00 Intro
1:40 Outside 10
19:25 10-7
40:20 6-3
59:55 3-1
1:07:16 Women’s Pick
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Wimbledon 2025 PREVIEW + PREDICTIONS | Monday Match Analysis
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews the men's singles at Wimbledon 2025. 1-seed Carlos Alcaraz enters on an 18-match win streak as back-to-back champion, 2-seed Jannik Sinner has been in the last three major finals, 3-seed Alexander Zverev has never made the quarterfinals here and 4-seed Jack Draper will replace Andy Murray as the contending home favorite at the All England Club. Much intrigue surrounds players such as Novak Djokovic and Alexander Bublik as well. We'll go quarter-by-quarter with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions.
0:00 Intro
3:42 Sinner Q
15:40 Draper Q
26:58 Zverev Q
36:30 Alcaraz Q
44:24 Final Weekend
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Alcaraz Topples Lehecka in Queen's, Bublik Blasts Medvedev in Halle | Monday Match Analysis #atp
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down the grass 500 finals for the week, where Carlos Alcaraz won his 18th straight match over Jiri Lehecka to win his second Queen's Club title and Alexander Bublik got his first ever win over Daniil Medvedev to take his second Halle title.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Alcaraz Wins Queen's
2:45 Alcaraz def. Lehecka
16:00 Bublik def. Medvedev in Halle
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On the Coach’s Mailbag, Gill Gross is joined by Hugh Clarke, author of tennis analysis newsletter ThreadOfOrder to answer your comments. First, we discuss how grass could change the dynamics of Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner and why the development of Jakub Mensik’s forehand will be pivotal. Comments include: should young players only learn two-handers, which skills rule on grass, is eye dominance important, analysis of Alexander Zverev’s and Holger Rune’s forehand, Alcaraz’s technique changes on backhand and serve, why Lorenzo Musetti is protecting his backhand better than Stefanos Tsitsipas, bent vs. straight arm forehands, the GOAT tennis coach, the importance of sliding, which pro has the most textbook technique, Iga Swiatek’s serve and how important are big muscles for big power?
0:00 Intro
2:05 Alcaraz vs. Sinner Grass
7:40 Mensik Forehand
14:30 Teaching One-Hander
17:00 Grass Skills
23:35 Eye Dominance
26:18 Zverev Forehand
30:00 Holger Rune
37:30 Alcaraz Tech Changes
45:55 Musetti vs. Tsitsipas BH
53:20 Sinner Bent Arm FH
55:38 GOAT Coach
1:00:09 Sliding
1:01:52 Textbook Player
1:09:10 Muscles for Power
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The most in-depth tennis analysis on the internet. Draw previews, match breakdowns, breaking news, comment mailbags and more. Gill Gross is a broadcaster for Tennis Channel, US Open Radio, Cracked Racquets and UC San Diego. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support
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