Tripp’s Tennis Talk

Episode 164 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a brief examination of this week's results and a lookahead to the 2026 Rolex Paris Masters.

Not a great effort by me, but, again, don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. Or at least... don't let perfect be the enemy of getting something out there on a release schedule.

Episode 163 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a live study session where I catch up on recent happenings in the 2026 season and look ahead to the indoor season.

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Episode 162 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is not about tennis! On this episode, we are live from Cincinnati the day after I attended another road win for my Jacksonville Jaguars, as they held on to defeat the Bengals 22-17 on Sunday to improve to 3-1 after four weeks of NFL play. I have now seen the Jaguars play in four different stadiums and the team is 4-0 in those games; including 3-0 away.

The guest is Nathan Gelter, a longtime family friend and my former babysitter!

This one is really informal. Sorry about the birds. We recorded on the back porch of my parents' house.

Episode 161 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a discussion of the 2026 Cincinnati Open and a lookahead to the 2026 US Open with my mom, Monica Andre. Mom attended the Cincinnati Open last week. We discuss what that experience was like, the results of the tournament with Fils and Gauff taking the titles, the current status of Sinner and Alcaraz, and who we would be surprised and unsurprised regarding potential US Open champions. Oh and Kyro, whatever.

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Music from Vectorman/Italo Doom.

Episode 160 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2026 preview with Luke McManus, a Ben Shelton fan and northern Florida football afficionado. We discuss tennis' place in the American sports calendar, why we enjoy watching Wimbledon so much, and our bracket picks for the title.

Sabalenka d Muchova

Gauff d Jovic

Swiatek d Kostyuk

Rybakina d Noskova

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Sabalenka d Gauff

Rybakina d Swiatek

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Sabalenka d Rybakina

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Sinner d Hurkacz

Djokovic d Walton

Shelton d Harris

Zverev d Kopriva

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Sinner d Djokovic

Zverev d Shelton

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"Rakuichi Buster" by Toby Fox

Episode 159 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the 2026 Roland Garros championship matches for men's and women's singles. The guest is Monica Andre, my mom and a longtime tennis fan and player. We discuss Alexander Zverev's nervous, low-quality win against Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, and the emotions surrounding Zverev's first major title. Then we touch on Mirra Andreeva's 6-3, 6-2 win over Maya Chwalinska. After that, we discussed the tournament at large, including the performances of the would-be top contenders, whether we liked the old-school line calling, and how in the end, the two winners weren't huge surprises, despite the chaotic nature of the tournament. All that and more on TTT #159.

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Episode 158 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the 2026 Roland Garros Semifinals. On Thursday, Mirra Andreeva picked up the pieces against a frazzled Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3, and Maya Chwalinska remained calm and focused, using her off-pace game to beat Shnaider 7-6, 6-4. Friday was a complete dud, with Alexander Zverev picking up the pieces against a completely gassed and unprepared-for-the-moment Jakub Mensik 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Flavio Cobolli advanced to the final after Matteo Arnaldi withdrew with a viral illness.

I wrote this in the last podcast description: "Kostyuk and Mensik are looking GOOD." Easy come, easy go, I guess.

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Episode 157 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the 2026 Roland Garros Quarterfinals. Today, we discuss the epic Aryna Sabalenka collapse, losing 6-0 in the third set, and the wins from Chwalinska, Arnaldi, and Cobolli. In addition, Marta Kostyuk defeated Elina Svitolina yesterday 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, with Andreeva, Mensik, and Zverev also getting wins.

Kostyuk and Mensik are looking GOOD.

With Zverev and multiple pro-Putin women storming into the final rounds, the tournament could be ending under some dark clouds. Hopefully somebody else will win!

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Episode 156 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the fourth round from 2026 Roland Garros, featuring a look at Aryna Sabalenka's 7-5, 6-3 pull-away against Naomi Osaka and, from Sunday, Marta Kostyuk's 7-5, 6-1 separation against Iga Swiatek. What is next for Iga Swiatek? Is Naomi Osaka still a grand slam contender? Most of this podcast was recorded during the latter stages of the Arnaldi-Tiafoe match, which ended after 1am with the Italian prevailing 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 5h26m. And of course, Serena Williams had to be the lead-off topic.

It's been a veritable tennis cornucopia over the last week. There's too much tennis!

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Episode 155 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the third round from 2026 Roland Garros, featuring a look at Joao Fonseca's exciting comeback against Novak Djokovic 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 on Friday afternoon and evening in Paris. It has been one of the greatest grand slam first weeks in many, many years. When tennis is at its best, it's the best sport in the world, and it's not even close.

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Episode 154 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a recap of the second round from Roland Garros 2026. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was declared the winner after one of the most shocking results in many years, rallying from a 3-6, 2-6, 1-5 deficit to TKO world #1 Jannik Sinner 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1. Elsewhere, Collignon beat #5 Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 and 17-year old Moise Kouame played a 4h56m epic, slaying Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(8) in front of a delirious Parisian crowd that was whipped into a religious fervor. The women's draw was quiet Thursday, but was still reacting to the Wednesday upset of Elena Rybakina, who went out 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 to Starodubtseva. It was a wild and woolly couple of days in Paris.

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Episode 153 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a news roundup from the first round of Roland Garros 2026. With several top twenty players, and a few more barely surviving, what will happen next?

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Episode 152 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with friend of the show Tami Boshart looking ahead to Roland Garros 2026. Who will take home the trophies? We discuss the male and female contenders, the predicted hot temperatures in Paris, line judges vs electronic line-calling, the sudden death of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, and more.

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Official tournament website - https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/

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Sabalenka d Pegula
Anisimova d Cocciaretto
Swiatek d Bencic
Rybakina d Andreeva

Sabalenka d Anisimova
Rybakina d Swiatek

Rybakina d Sabalenka

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Sinner d Shelton
Medvedev d Vacherot
Djokovic d Etcheverry
Zverev d Jodar

Medvedev d Sinner
Djokovic d Zverev

Medvedev d Djokovic

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Intro and outro music: NBC Roland Garros Theme

End of show music: Vectorman MIDI remix from Italo Doom Map01 (Holland/Mason)

Episode 151 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with friend of the show Rory Renzy about the 2026 Italian Open. Elina Svitolina got over the line against Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 to win her first 1000 event in eight years, while Jannik Sinner routined Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to continue his sweep of the Tennis Masters Series in 2026. Rory and I discuss championship weekend, what happened to the top contenders earlier in the tournament, how we think Roland Garros will play out, and a few non-tennis quick-hitter topics.

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Episode 150 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features Matt Zemek, the editor of Tennis With An Accent. In this podcast we discuss the results of the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open; the state of the ATP Tour following Jannik Sinner's 6-1, 6-2 drubbing of Alexander Zverev in the final; the WTA contenders, including Marta Kostyuk, who won the event 6-3, 7-5 against Mirra Andreeva, and the top players that lost early, including Sabalenka, Gauff, and Swiatek; our continued grousing regarding the current 1000-point format; what a successful podcast is in 2026; the status of Florida State football coach Mike Norvell, and more.

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Show page for Tennis With An Accent - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tennis-with-an-accent/id1184382902

Matt's Previous Appearances:

Rome 2024 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-bending-realities-ft-matt-zemek/id1638560158?i=1000656090199

Miami 2023 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meddy-wins-miami-ft-matt-zemek/id1638560158?i=1000607010898

Canada 2022 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adieu-canada-ft-matt-zemek/id1638560158?i=1000576064276

Episode 149 of Tripp's Tennis Talk covers Carlos Alcaraz's recent wrist injury, from the news itself to why it happened to the potential effect on the tour. We also look ahead to this week's Madrid 1000-level tour event.

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Episode 148 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is an instant reaction show about the 2026 WGI Percussion Independent World Finals that took place on April 18, 2026. Rhythm X won their first title in 13 years, taking home the gold medal with a record 99.3 score. RCC and Pulse Percussion rounded out the medal positions, with Music City Mystique, Broken City, and Infinity rounding out the top 6.

The guest on this episode is Andrew Frye. Andrew is a 6-time PIW finalist as a player (Timber Creek Independent 2010, Infinity 2011-15) and a current professional music performer and producer in Orlando, FL. We attended middle school and high school together and were both members of Timber Creek Independent in 2010. I am a 3-time PIW finalist (Timber Creek Independent 2008-10) and I also did tabulation for the Northern California indoor circuit this year.

Andrew's website: https://www.fryemixes.com/

Orlando Voyager interviews Andrew 8/26/25 - https://orlandovoyager.com/interview/check-out-andrew-fryes-story/

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Cobwebs alert! I haven't done a pod in two months, you have been warned! Plus the match wasn't great anyway, so I don't know if there's any awesome analysis to be done about it.

Episode 146 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a 2026 Australian Open preview. Topics covered include Roger Federer's press conference, the American television broadcast information, draw predictions for the men's and women's singles, mentions of some grand slam debutants, and the Sunday order of play.

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Sunday OOP: https://ausopen.com/schedule#!43225

Federer presser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co1-VmcjkQA&t=5s

ESPN TV info: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/01/espn-presents-all-the-australian-open-all-in-one-place/

ESPN personnel announcement: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/01/espn-announces-australian-open-2026-on-air-talent-lineup/

Music - "A Heart Divided" by Holly Throsby, which played during Australian Open commercials during the overnight shift in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_arb7IXK65o

The 2012 Visit Melbourne commercial that aired on ESPN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACPUVkHihY

Episode 145 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a 2026 pre-season podcast. Each interview subject answered the same list of questions. Today's guests are returning champions Rory, Tami, Wilburn, and Monica (aka Mom), as well as debutant Emilio.

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Here are the questions:

• The usual year-end #1 prediction.
• And the usual major winners question.
• Who will win the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry in 2026: Alcaraz, Sinner, or Tie?
• Will any player defeat both Alcaraz and Sinner in 2026? Who could? What would it take?
• What will the defining WTA rivalry be in 2026?
• How should Coco Gauff actually go about fixing her serve? How should fans and media react?
• Throw a dart at a player outside the top 50 and say “this person will do something in 2026.”
• Do you personally care about “tennis scheduling?”
• Which current tennis bachelor(s) could you see getting married next?
• Which individual person does the best work in tennis media right now?
• What is the strongest shot in your personal tennis game? The weakest?
• Name three professional tennis players. Bonus points for creativity!

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Timestamps are approximate.

0:00 Intro

5:30 Rory

40:45 Tami

1:19:30 Madeline and Emilio

1:56:00 Mom

2:47:00 Reaction to the answers

2:53:25 Lamarr Tribute

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Intro and Outro music - "Auld Lang Syne" arrangement by E's Jammy Jams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYS7m3VPLa4

Transition music - "End of the Line" by Tristan Clark from EVITERNITY II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2O7bpcwV90

Lamarr tribute music - "Aurora Awakes" by John Mackey, performance by UNT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ulk28Z4bwk

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