In this mega pod, we are joined by special guest @HawkiingLines (Luke Philpott). We start off the pod with a comprehensive recap of the grass court tune ups. Some of the topics we discuss are Diallo's upside, Bublik's power ranking, Medvedev's preferred surface, expectations for Musetti at Wimbledon, the decline of Rublev and Tsitsipas, and power rankings of various tiers on the ATP Tour. We then do a full breakdown of the 2025 Wimbledon men's draw, going thru quarter by quarter and discussing the lines on the futures markets. Next, we do a fun fantasy draft in which the three of us picked fantasy teams of 6 players each (in snake draft format); the topic of the fantasy contest is: most break points saved. The last hour of the podcast focuses on previewing the 1st round matches and discussing some lines to attack. Kudos to Luke for getting a ton of CLV already.
In this pod, we first discuss the classic Roland Garros final between Sinner and Alcaraz and where it ranks among the greatest tennis matches in history. We then discuss other storylines which arose from Roland Garros, including who is closest to challenging Sinner and Alcaraz, Zverev's mental issues in slams, and Medvedev's precipitous decline. We finally preview the two finals in Stuttgart and Den Bosch and discuss Diallo's impressive rise and Fritz chances vs. Zverev, before briefly talking about the qualifying matches in Halle and Queens.
In this Roland Garros pod, we recap the first 7 days of the tournament and discuss the betting lines for the eight 4th round matches. We talk about a multitude of topics including: Sinner's dominant performance vs. Lehecka and his prospects for the business end of the tournament, Draper's rise and physical/mental maturity, Musetti's potential, Alcaraz's easy draw but tendency to donate sets, Djokovic's level relative to his prime, and much more. We play a game of "Strong or Fraud" and discuss whether some of the lower ranked guys that made runs can keep it up (Bublik, Tiafoe, Shelton, Norrie, etc). We finish the show discussing the lines for the eight 4th round matches in which we have some popcorn tennis!
In this new pod, we talk all things @rolandgarros. We do a mega preview of the draw and breakdown each quarter individually. We talk about a multitude of topics including: potential roadblocks for Sinner and Alcaraz, Musetti's "easy" quarter, Djokovic's chances of winning a 25th grand slam, and much more. We incorporate some Round 1 talk in the draw talk, but we finish the episode going thru more of the 1st round lines.
In our first pod in a while, we do a comprehensive recap of the Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome. We talk about a multitude of topics including Alcaraz's win vs. Sinner in the Rome final, possible threats to Sinner and Alcaraz at Roland Garros, Draper and Musetti's rise, Zverev's relative struggles, Cerundolo's improvements, and much more. We then do our clay court power rankings (which will be posted on X before the French Open). We also discuss how our rankings differ when talking best of 3 tennis vs. best of 5 tennis. We end the podcast with some Geneva and Hamburg 2nd round plays in which we have FIVE GBM official plays and TWO popcorn tennis plays (which is a lot). Stay tuned for another pod later this week which will be a comprehensive Roland Garros preview!
Our first podcast in a while includes an in-depth preview of all 8 quarterfinal matches in @bcnopenbs and @BMWOpen500. As Manny hasn't seen the lines prior to recording, we play "guess the lines" which is inspired by @BillSimmons podcast with Cousin Sal during the NFL season! We also recap the start to the clay court season and give our thoughts on the @ROLEXMCMASTERS.
GBM Official Plays include Fils ML vs. Tsitsipas in Barcelona and Bergs ML vs. Marozsan in Munich!
In Manny's solo pod, he recaps the impressive win by Jakub Mensik in the Miami final vs. Novak Djokovic and talks about the outlook for both guys heading into the clay court season. Then, he talks about the three ATP 250s in Marrakech, Bucharest, and Houston and mentions his favorite futures plays. He finishes the episode with a few 1st round plays.
In this pod, we recap the last few weeks and talk about the later rounds of the ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and the first 3-4 rounds of the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami. We talk about a multitude of topics including: Alcaraz's undisciplined play, Draper's title run in IW and future potential, Fonseca's hype and whether it's justified, Rune's immaturity, Medvedev's struggles, Cerundolo's impressive form, Fils' immense talent, Djokovic's first few matches in Miami and much more. We then preview the last R4 match between Zverev and Fils and then talk about the two quarterfinals which had lines out (Dimitrov vs. Cerundolo and Korda vs. Djokovic).
In this podcast, we talk about a bunch of topics surrounding the ATP Tour including: Djokovic's loss to VDZ and his prospects of winning another slam, whether or not we are updating our priors with Tsitsipas after Dubai, Ruud's pathetic showing vs. Giron, Griekspoor's impressive results in Dubai and IW, Davidovich Fokina's inability to capture his first ATP title, whether Medvedev is officially back to Top 10 form and ready to beat Paul, and Zverev's poor Golden Swing and Indian Wells. We then preview the four Round of 16 matches at Indian Wells on 3/11/25 (Paul vs. Medvedev, Tsitsipas vs. Rune, Giron vs. Fils, and Watanuki vs. Griekspoor). We finish the pod with some quick thoughts on the 1st Round matches at the Challenger 175s in Phoenix and Cap Cana.
In this mega pod, we recap the last two weeks on the ATP Tour. We start by talking about the entertaining Davis Cup Qualifiers 1st Round including the Grain-Bergs controversy and fun ties between Denmark-Canada, Norway-Argentina, and Japan-Great Britain. We then recap Montpellier and discuss Kovacevic's incredible week, FAA's impressive play indoors and much more. We transition to the 500s in Week 7, first talking about the two finals in Rotterdam (Alcaraz vs. De Minaur) and Dallas (Shapovalov vs. Ruud) and then about the action which has already happened. We discuss topics such as Medvedev's significant regression, Hurkacz's and De Minaur's improvements, Rublev's mental struggles, Shapovalov's fantastic run in Dallas, Munar cashing multiple GBM plays, and more. We close out the pod discussing the draws for the three 250s next week (Buenos Aires, Delray Beach, and Marseille). No futures lines were out unfortunately, so we have to resort to conjecture.
We discuss a random section of Quarter 2 in the AUstralian Open draw. Includes a lot of Matteo Arnaldi talk!!!! We ended up both betting him to win the quarter at 100/1 !!!
In this new pod, we start with a very brief recap of the ATP 250s in Auckland and Adelaide. We then dive deep into the first grand slam of 2025, the Australian Open, where we talk about the conditions, the draw, outright picks, quarter prices, and much more. We finish the show with a brief discussion on the 1st round matches. Apologies for not previewing all 64 matches like we've done in slams past, but we will be certainly be posting more plays/logic on X in the upcoming days. As always, thanks for listening!
In this podcast, we recap the first week of the season at the United Cup, Brisbane, and Hong Kong. We discuss a multitude of topics including Tomas Machac's upside, Opelka's win vs. Djokovic in Brisbane, Muller's tenacious run in Hong Kong, the "rise" of Mpetshi Perricard, Dimitrov's recent struggles with injury, Lehecka's potential, and much more. We then discuss the draws in Auckland and Adelaide and talk about our futures plays. Brad is on the Borges outright in Auckland (28/1) and Manny is on the Norrie outright in Auckland (12/1) and Bautista Agut outright in Adelaide (18/1).
Manny and Brad make a dinner bet on a couple of "Who Will be Ranked Higher" challenges. Probably the best 20 minutes of the podcast for those of you who don't' like to slog through 3 hours of our terribly grainy voices ;).
In this preseason mega pod, we do a big preview of the 2025 ATP season. We talk about the Bovada season long specials, including who will be ranked #1, and ranked in the Top 10/20/30/etc. We then do some hypothetical player comparisons and discuss who will be ranked higher. Some of our discussions include Rublev/De Minaur, Ruud/Hurkacz, Fritz/Medvedev, Fils/Musetti, Cobolli/Arnaldi. We did have some disagreements during this segment which will be posted as Youtube shorts. Finally, we do a segment of Buy/Sell in which we discuss players such as Machac, Tiafoe, Mensik, Zhang, Tabilo, and Auger-Aliassime.
In this ATP 250 preview pod, we break down the draws in Hangzhou and Chengdu before giving out our favorite bets for the first round. As always, thanks for listening!
In this pod, we preview all 32 of the 1st round matches in the top half of the draw (matches on Tuesday, August 27) and give out our best bets. As always, thanks for listening!
In this new mega pod, we talk all things US Open. We do a comprehensive breakdown of the men's draw, going thru quarter by quarter, and discussing our favorite futures bets. We then break down all of the 1st round matches on Day 1 (Monday, August 26) in the bottom half of the draw. Top half preview coming late tonight! As always, thanks for listening!
In this pure recap pod, we talk about all the events that happened on the ATP tour the last few weeks in Cincinnati, Winston-Salem, and US Open qualifying. The US Open preview pod will be coming out Saturday night. We open the show talking about our thoughts about the Sinner doping controversy. We then talk about the Draper-FAA match point controversy. Next, we recap the tournament in Cincinnati, talking about Sinner's "unimpressive" title run, Alcaraz's struggles on fast hard courts, Rublev's improved play, Tiafoe returning to better form, Rune's mental fragility, and much more. We then briefly touch on Winston-Salem (talk Carreno Busta, Michelsen, etc) and US Open qualifying. As always, thanks for listening!
In this week's mega pod, we recap the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal and preview @CincyTennis! We discuss multiple topics including Sinner's injury concerns, Rublev's resurgence, Popyrin's incredible/improbable week , Korda's improved form (and whether it's sustainable), Alcaraz's return to the hard courts, and much more. We then break down the Cincy draw and give out our favorite bets and leans for Round 1. As always, thanks for listening!
