Episode 137 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon Day 8 recap, focusing on the Dimitrov retirement situation while leading World #1 Jannik Sinner 3-6, 5-7, 2-2, Flavio Cobolli's special victory over Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6, and Mirra Andreeva's dismantling of Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-3. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4oeBvBb0M Cobolli Clip - wimbledon.com

Episode 136 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon Day 7 recap, focusing on the five-set thriller between Cameron Norrie and Nicolas Jarry, which the Brit won 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-3 in a match where he didn't lose serve. Elsewhere, all the higher seeds advanced. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson Clip - from the Wimbledon world feed broadcast on ESPN+ John Romero Book Club Episode - https://tripp9.podbean.com/e/book-club-doom-guy-life-in-first-person-nobody-told-me-about-id/

Episode 135 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a recap of a Sleepy Saturday at Wimbledon, featuring easy wins by Sinner, Swiatek, and Djokovic (#100 at Wimbledon!) and a brief tangent into the recent Microsoft layoffs, specifically in the gaming division. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by Barry Adamson

Episode 134 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features coverage of 2025 Wimbledon Day 5, highlighted by Aryna Sabalenka's win over Emma Raducanu 7-6, 6-4, after trailing 2-4 in both sets; the first set in particular was quite dramatic and of high quality. Elsewhere today, Fritz beat Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 and Carlos Alcaraz took the scenic route over Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Madison Keys, who skipped press due to illness, was beaten 6-3, 6-3 by Siegemund, making Sabalenka even more of an overwhelming favorite. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by Barry Adamson.

Episode 133 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a live, unscripted rant about the stoppage of the Shelton-Hijikata match at around 9:30pm in London with Ben about to serve for the match. Elsewhere, it was another wild ride at Wimbledon on Thursday, with #4 Jack Draper and #13 Tommy Paul going out. We also had a match one game short of the 65-game maximum and a fun Dimitrov-Moutet match. Let's unpack it all! Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes. Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) by Barry Adamson

Episode 132 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2025 Day 3 recap, focusing on Joao Fonseca's 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win over Jenson Brooksby and Emma Raducanu's vintage performance against Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3. Elsewhere, Sabalenka got through 7-6, 6-4 and Alcaraz won 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Unfortunately, #4 Jasmine Paolini, the 2024 finalist, was upset by Rakhimova 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Then we finish up by listening to Alexander Zverev's emotionally heavy press conference from yesterday. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4oeBvBb0M  

Episode 131 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a personal update at the top, followed by a (cursory!) examination of one of the greatest first rounds at a grand slam ever played. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music - "Slaying at Night" by Peter Lawrence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqF6lHNZ1U  

Episode 130 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a Day 1 recap of Wimbledon 2025. It was a great day! I focus on the Fritz-Mpetshi Perricard match which was suspended at 2 sets all, and Bonzi's 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Medvedev. Also on Monday, 2-time defending champ Carlos Alcaraz went 4h37m against Fabio Fognini (7-5, 6-7, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1) and top-ten seeds Rune (#8) and Badosa (#9) were shown the door. You will hear all the results from today right here, one of the first podcasts worldwide to publish to an actual RSS feed following the completion of play. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 129 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a Wimbledon 2025 preview with Rory Renzy. We talk through the draws, make our predictions, talk a couple news items, and also hit the 2025 NASCAR In-Season Tournament. "Using Synthetic Control To Assess The Impact Of Light Rail Transit On Neighborhood Demographics: A Case Study of Charlotte's South End" by Rory Renzy and Mary Catherine Artzer - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213624X25001695?dgcid=author "The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedlics Kingpin" by Andy Greenberg of Wired News - https://www.wired.com/story/rise-fall-dark-web-psychedelics-kingpin-dmt/ - Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! - TRIPP PICKS - Rory (X) had mostly the same picks --QF-- 1 Sabalenka vs 6 Keys X30 Noskova vs 31 Krueger7 Andreeva vs 3 Pegula X11 Rybakina vs 2 Gauff X --SF--1 Sabalenka vs 30 Noskova3 Pegula vs 11 Rybakina --F--1 Sabalenka vs 11 Rybakina [SAME] --CHAMP--Aryna Sabalenka   --QF--10 Shelton d 1 Sinner4 Draper d 6 Djokovic9 Medvedev d 3 Zverev2 Alcaraz d Tien --SF--4 Draper d 10 Shelton2 Alcaraz d 9 Medvedev --F--2 Alcaraz d 4 Draper --CHAMP--Carlos Alcaraz   RORY PICKS QF/SF/F/W: Sinner-MusettiBublik-DjokovicFritz-ZverevRune-Alcaraz Sinner-DjokovicFritz-Alcaraz Djokovic-Alcaraz Djokovic   TRIPP NASCAR PICKS: SONOMA QF17 Keselowski d 25 Logano5 Elliott d 13 Chastain3 Buescher d 11 McDowell23 Reddick d 18 Byron DOVER SF5 Elliott d 17 Keselowski23 Reddick d 3 Buescher BRICKYARD 400 FElliott d Reddick RORY: Had Buescher winning it all.

Episode 128 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a roundup of the Wimbledon tune-up results, including Alexander Bublik's 6-3, 7-6 win over Daniil Medvedev in Halle, Carlos Alcaraz's edging of Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 in Queen's, and Marketa Vondrousova's great week in Berlin capped with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 win over Xinyu Wang. Music - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) by Barry Adamson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4oeBvBb0M Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 127 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a conversation with Brian Baldauff about the book "The Inner Game of Tennis." Brian Baldauff is the Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. From 2007-09 he was, at various points, my marching band instructor and private teacher when we both lived in Florida. In this conversation, we discuss how ascribing judgment to action can affect performance, two pedagogical approaches relating to technique, and the state of modern education, among other topics. Apologies to people that don't normally listen for the bit/skit at the beginning. I usually focus on "news of the day" on the pro tennis tour and I've been on hiatus, so I absolutely had to address that briefly here. And I really, really, really liked this bit actually, so, it stays in. :) I am not a very good interviewer because I don't do a lot of interviews. I started this one way, way off but I settled down a little bit the more it went along. It still wasn't my best work though. I need to practice my hosting skills when another human is involved. Hmm, maybe Self 1 is too involved in this thought. Objective, right? Okay, how about this. My syntax was halting and incomplete at times, I would have liked to speak in more calm and complete sentences. See? I just applied The Inner Game! All it takes is just doing it, right? If I do more interviews I'll become more comfortable without over-trying. Peanut butter is still, in fact, the shit. - Gallwey's website including a link to buy the book - https://theinnergame.com - Intro Music: "A Dark Zone" from Deltarune Chapter 4 by Toby Fox (2025) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ifukvnICY Outro Music: "Journal" from Flashback, used in DOOM II Sunlust MAP01 "Chasing Suns"  (1992/2015) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixE9Z8zlPvk - Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!  

Episode 126 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a breakdown of Matteo Berrettini's 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over #1 seed Alexander Zverev at Monte-Carlo, as well as a full recap of the rest of the day. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! - "Seaside Kingdom" from Super Mario Odyssey "Summers, Eternal Tourist Trap" from Earthbound remixed by Will Vega Match audio from Tennis TV.

Episode 125 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a tournament preview of the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters and a recap of action from Sunday and Monday, featuring Tabilo's 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 over the former champion Stan Wawrinka and Daniil Medvedev's shaky topsy-turvy win over Khachanov 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. - QF 6 Tsitsipas d 1 Zverev3 Djokovic d Baez4 Ruud d Etcheverry7 Rublev d 2 Alcaraz  SF 3 Djokovic d 6 Tsitsipas4 Ruud d 7 Rublev F 4 Ruud d 3 Djokovic - Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! - Intro Music - Seaside Kingdom music from "Super Mario Odyssey" - Outro Music - Summers music from "Earthbound" remixed by Will Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQc546L8c8k  

Episode 124 features a lookahead to the 2025 clay court season. Are we buying or selling the stock on top-ranked players? Can players that won big 1000 events last spring back it up this year? And who will win coveted seeding bracket spots for Roland Garros this year? Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! Music: "More" from "TNT: Evilution" written by Tom Mustaine and covered by Xeotroid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He3F4CQFZVY&t=512s - Race to Roland Garros Ranking (points Roland Garros 2024 to Miami 2025)1. Sinner 97303. Alcaraz 6520------2. Zverev 64454. Fritz  4680-----5. Djokovic 40607. Draper 366010. De Minaur 298511. Medvedev 2890-------6. Ruud 27159. Rublev 23908. Tsitsipas 1915 (#27) - Points earned during Race to Roland Garros 20248. Tsitsipas 15302. Zverev 12006. Ruud 11409. Rublev 10504. Fritz 6101. Sinner 6005. Djokovic 45011. Medvedev 40010. De Minaur 3503. Alcaraz 2007. Draper 120 Lower ranked players with big points to defend: Lehecka - madrid semisFelix - madrid semis Tabilo - rome semisJarry - rome finals Paul - rome semis  - WTA top 3 race to roland garros points (points Roland Garros 2024 to Miami 2025): Sabalenka 9061Gauff 5445Swiatek 5275

Episode 123 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features an Indian Wells wrap-up and a lookahead to Miami featuring frequent contributor and on-site reporter Rory Renzy. Mirra Andreeva gave a fearless performance from a set down to beat an ambivalent Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Jack Draper beat a listless Carlos Alcaraz (6-1, 0-6, 6-4) and a listless Holger Rune (6-2, 6-2) in the final two rounds to win the men's event. Andreeva's 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 takedown of Iga Swiatek is also discussed. But the real question is - what Address will these players end up at? I make the case that we don't really know the final destination of any of these players, whether they had success or failure this weekend. Their address is unknown. Indian Wells 2025 was only a data point on a much larger journey and not an opportunity to stop and make a big sweeping claim about the state of tennis. Miami WTA picks: SF - Gauff d Zheng, Pegula d Bencic, F - Pegula d Gauff. Miami ATP picks: SF - Hurkacz d Zverev, Medvedev d Alcaraz; F - Medvedev d Hurkacz. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 122 of Tripp's Tennis Talk, as a means of catching up on Indian Wells, features the framing device "what does NASCAR do better than tennis, and vice versa?," inspired by my weekend trip to Phoenix, Arizona for the Shriners Children's 500 NASCAR Cup Series race. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 121 of Tripp's Tennis Talk is a quick recap of Indian Wells Day 1, featuring Osorio's 6-4, 6-4 win over Osaka and Gracheva's comeback 3-set win against Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 120 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a line-by-line bracket prediction for the 2025 BNP Paribas Open. I picked all 128 lines, TLDR the final 8 picks are listed below. Sabalenka d PaoliniKeys d GauffRybakina d PegulaSwiatek d Zheng Sabalenka d KeysSwiatek d Rybakina Swiatek d Sabalenka --- Zverev d TsitsipasPaul d FilsFritz d RublevDe Minaur d Alcaraz Paul d ZverevDe Minaur d Fritz De Minaur d Paul - Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!

Episode 119 of Tripp's Tennis Talk features a preliminary dissection of the 2025 Indian Wells singles draws, television broadcast information on how to watch the tournament, the current state of Ukraine and how it relates to tennis, an aggregation/examination of the Rybakina/Vukov "toxic" relationship, and brief comments about Jannik Sinner's doping suspension and Serena Williams' ownership stake in the Toronto Tempo. This one gets into some heavier and slightly more far afield topics, so consider this a fair warning. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes! (Music - Scaraba arrangement by PPF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roP8zpDVXnY)

Episode 118 of Tripp's Tennis Talk ostensibly is a Sinner vs Shelton recap from the 2025 Australian Open Semifinals but in reality is a digression into tennis viewing, sleep deprivation, aging, and working. Sinner won 7-6, 6-2, 6-2. Subscribe to Tripp's Tennis Talk and download new episodes!