TRACK INJURIES

“Nuno Borges, the Portuguese world number 52, had a 6-4 lead in the second set tiebreak against Tomás Martín Echeverry, and Borges delivered an Underarm Ace on Match Point. Echeverry didn't get a racket on it, put his hands on his hips, walked to the net, delivered possibly the frostiest handshake we've seen thus far of the clay season and the Catalan crowd booed. So here's the debate: Is the Underarm Serve tactical genius or is it disrespectful?”

“I think the draw and Kaboli did him a favor taking out Zverev in the semi-finals because Ben Shelton does have a Zverev problem. Doesn't match up well against Sasha. But I'm not surprised at all. He was playing horrendous tennis for his standards prior to the tournament. And he came through in the clutch five times with different weather conditions as well.”

“All I can talk about is on Instagram. And yes, books are being cooked. There's some suspicious views to likes ratio, like with too many likes, not in not, you know, let's say 20,000 likes, but only 21 comments. The ratio is askew there. Yes, it's happening. And I will say it does not happen with Nothing Major. We put out a clip that's a total dud. You're going to know that it's a total dud.”

“Look, I do not think he is a threat to Carlos and Janek. I just don't think anybody is, quite frankly. But he is a threat to be a top five guy. I mean, his game is massive, his serve is huge. I think John has talked about it a lot, actually, like getting through a tricky match at early in the tournament, that can catapult you to play some of your best tennis.”

“Midway through Indian Wells, the app stopped working and I have not heard from them. So this is where my information on what's going on is very limited. I don't know what happened, but I think it's safe to assume bulky is not going to be a thing. I hope everyone's okay over there. More likely than not, they probably just hatched the project and they haven't been communicative with me.”

“Prospects of any age can now accept prize money in their sport without impacting their college eligibility. This change appears to be a direct result of the class action lawsuit filed by Reese Brantmeyer, the UNC tennis player who sued the NCAA over this exact rule. One catch though, the minute they enroll in college, locked out again until they turn pro. Make that make sense.”

“Look, I do not think he is a threat to Carlos and Janek. I just don't think anybody is, quite frankly. But he is a threat to be a top five guy. I mean, his game is massive, his serve is huge. I think John has talked about it a lot, actually, like getting through a tricky match at early in the tournament, that can catapult you to play some of your best tennis.”

“Zverev finally started serving Medvedev heavily wide in Paris. Sasha's wide serve, it's improved since then. He's worked on hitting a slower, more angular slice serve. And that very improvement that I've seen from Zverev this year is going to really play into this Medvedev head-to-head really nicely. Not to mention Clay. Look, I mean, Zverev's weight of shot, if he's actually hitting through the ball with confidence... these things in theory should help Zverev.”

“Borris Becker's 1989 US Open trophy, the trophy he lifted after beating Ivan Lindell in four sets, just sold at auction this past Sunday for $357,546. That's now the most expensive tennis trophy ever sold at public auction. Interestingly enough, the $357,000 this trophy just sold for is more than the $300,000 in prize money Becker earned for winning the trophy in the first place.”

“Four years is the maximum, term of ban that von Droshova could be subject to because it is a fundamental part of any testing program in sport, in any sport that you cannot refuse a test. Of course, the panel will look at any mitigations, and they will make the ultimate decision on the level of fault and therefore the appropriate sanction.”

“Let's talk Monte Carlo. It is of the clay tournaments. It generally reads as the slowest. It's windy and it is slow. The ball is going to lose a ton of energy on the court surface. And the real sort of natural clay quarters, especially because there is less time for the less natural players to even make that adjustment and to get comfortable again on the dirt, the real natural clay quarters are usually going to do pretty well at this tournament.”

“Only one time in tennis history has a player won the Sunshine Double, and then also won Monte Carlo. And that was Djokovic in 2015. It doesn't really happen. I'm never really going to back a player to win the Sunshine Double and do well at Monte Carlo. History tells us it's just not going to happen. Now Jannik can do it. He does a lot of things that are historical and mind-blowing, but it's not something that I'm going to bank on.”

“Zverev finally started serving Medvedev heavily wide in Paris. Sasha's wide serve, it's improved since then. He's worked on hitting a slower, more angular slice serve. And that very improvement that I've seen from Zverev this year is going to really play into this Medvedev head-to-head really nicely. Not to mention Clay. Look, I mean, Zverev's weight of shot, if he's actually hitting through the ball with confidence... these things in theory should help Zverev.”

“Ultimately, I do think Alcaraz will get back on track here and win Monte Carlo back to back. He has been so, so good on clay. The extra effectiveness on the forehand for Carlos, the options that he has creatively to sort of use his drop shot in these conditions... I think what we see players do against Carlos where sometimes they can just sort of suffocate him and kind of go all out offensive blitz. It's not going to be a thing in these conditions.”

“Francis Tiafoe would play Madrid if it was a week-long event. He doesn't mind clay. I think he's healthy. Like, you don't want to go over there and be in Europe for 26 days, 28 days before Roland Garros and have the possibility of only playing three, four matches. It's crazy. It's insane. It's just mentally exhausting to sit there and do nothing for 26 days.”

“She's, of course, one of the top contenders for the Roland Garros title. And it's not Sabalinka's favorite surface, Clay. So I think she's going into this tournament. It doesn't matter whatever the surface is, she's going to go into every single tournament she plays as one of the favorites. But winning a tournament like this and defending a title like this, as you said, Sam, yeah, I think that can do wonders for her confidence.”

“Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Barcelona Open with a right-wrist injury just 48 hours after losing the Monte Carlo Masters final to Yannick Sinner, a loss that dropped him from world number one to world number two. Addressing the local media in Spanish, Carlos made it clear that this was a health call, not a tactical one, saying, 'I have to listen to my body, listen to what's best for me, and won't harm me in the future.' No timeline was given for a return to the courts, but the clock is ticking as he is set to defend his Rome title in just a few weeks.”

“I completely disagree. I think this is a big cause for concern. It's a right wrist injury. I mean, he's hurt his right wrist. Like he can't practice right now. He's out of Madrid. There's a decent chance he can miss Rome as well. You don't want to mess around with the wrist injury. So I think this is a huge deal.”

“Portia Archer has informed us of her decision to step down from her role as CEO effective April 20 ahead of her contract renewal. We are working through a transition plan for the leadership of the WTA tour, and we'll share an update on this by mid May. Portia has made important contributions to our tournaments, our players, and the advancement of women's tennis.”

“I cannot believe this, but it's three straight tournaments he has been my dark horse. Indian Wells, Miami, now I'm looking at this again... to me, he's just easily the most dangerous unseated player in that particular section. More so than Griegsbord, who's struggling. More so than Monfils, who hasn't been able to really stack together wins in some time.”

“This is a pretty significantly weakened field based on just withdrawal. So I'm going to go down the list right now. It's Djokovic, Fritz, Draper, Davidovic, Vakina, Feess, Munnar, Korda. And then a few Americans didn't sign up, Shelton, Tommy Paul, a couple of others. So there are plenty of players who you would normally expect to see in a Masters 1000 tournament that we will not be seeing.”

“Well, the ATP, they have made a move here. So for now, let's just do that. I have signed up, I have made a league. It's called Monday Match Analysis, the code to join the league. It's through the ATP website. So it's very official. It's not going to shut down and go belly up on us. The code will be in the description to join the Monday Match Analysis Fantasy League.”

“When she sat down and she just looked so sad and unwell and miserable really because she was puking in a bin in the middle of a tennis match. Like, you're gonna be miserable. I thought we might see an eager swiatek from her and she might just retire. But actually just as she was puking, that was actually kind of the catalyst for turning the match around.”

“Let's talk Monte Carlo. It is of the clay tournaments. It generally reads as the slowest. It's windy and it is slow. The ball is going to lose a ton of energy on the court surface. And the real sort of natural clay quarters, especially because there is less time for the less natural players to even make that adjustment and to get comfortable again on the dirt, the real natural clay quarters are usually going to do pretty well at this tournament.”

“Ultimately, I do think Alcaraz will get back on track here and win Monte Carlo back to back. He has been so, so good on clay. The extra effectiveness on the forehand for Carlos, the options that he has creatively to sort of use his drop shot in these conditions... I think what we see players do against Carlos where sometimes they can just sort of suffocate him and kind of go all out offensive blitz. It's not going to be a thing in these conditions.”

“Francis Tiafoe would play Madrid if it was a week-long event. He doesn't mind clay. I think he's healthy. Like, you don't want to go over there and be in Europe for 26 days, 28 days before Roland Garros and have the possibility of only playing three, four matches. It's crazy. It's insane. It's just mentally exhausting to sit there and do nothing for 26 days.”

“It was Jim Courier that reported on the Tennis Channel that the shrimp tacos had been responsible, but the plot thickens because Coco Gauff, one of the most notable victims of this, this outbreak, she denies eating the shrimp tacos. So the investigative work continues. Jonathan Overend on Sky, said that the Madrid tournament have established that it did not come from official catering, but, quote, they would say that, wouldn't they?”

“All I can talk about is on Instagram. And yes, books are being cooked. There's some suspicious views to likes ratio, like with too many likes, not in not, you know, let's say 20,000 likes, but only 21 comments. The ratio is askew there. Yes, it's happening. And I will say it does not happen with Nothing Major. We put out a clip that's a total dud. You're going to know that it's a total dud.”

“Midway through Indian Wells, the app stopped working and I have not heard from them. So this is where my information on what's going on is very limited. I don't know what happened, but I think it's safe to assume bulky is not going to be a thing. I hope everyone's okay over there. More likely than not, they probably just hatched the project and they haven't been communicative with me.”

“There's 11 guys in the top 50 with college ties. You got Ben Shelton, Vashiro, Lerner Tien, Sarundalo, the good one, Cameron Norrie, Rinder Kinesh, Nakashima, Gabriel Diallo, Rafael Yodhar, Ethan Quinn, Nuno Borges. And there's a few guys just outside the top 50 with college ties as well. It's pretty damn impressive.”

“Number four seed is Lorenzo Musetti. He is back. Hopefully healthy. He's the defending runner up, so there's a lot of ranking point implications on Musetti's run here. He's been so good at this event. Monte Carlo has been his best tournament throughout his career, and I do think the draw is really favorable for him, so I don't see him really getting picked off early.”

“I cannot believe this, but it's three straight tournaments he has been my dark horse. Indian Wells, Miami, now I'm looking at this again... to me, he's just easily the most dangerous unseated player in that particular section. More so than Griegsbord, who's struggling. More so than Monfils, who hasn't been able to really stack together wins in some time.”

“Well, the ATP, they have made a move here. So for now, let's just do that. I have signed up, I have made a league. It's called Monday Match Analysis, the code to join the league. It's through the ATP website. So it's very official. It's not going to shut down and go belly up on us. The code will be in the description to join the Monday Match Analysis Fantasy League.”

“I think the draw and Kaboli did him a favor taking out Zverev in the semi-finals because Ben Shelton does have a Zverev problem. Doesn't match up well against Sasha. But I'm not surprised at all. He was playing horrendous tennis for his standards prior to the tournament. And he came through in the clutch five times with different weather conditions as well.”

“Only one time in tennis history has a player won the Sunshine Double, and then also won Monte Carlo. And that was Djokovic in 2015. It doesn't really happen. I'm never really going to back a player to win the Sunshine Double and do well at Monte Carlo. History tells us it's just not going to happen. Now Jannik can do it. He does a lot of things that are historical and mind-blowing, but it's not something that I'm going to bank on.”

“He says that there is no tear, that it is just inflammation in the risk, and the target at the moment is to return, for Queen's to prepare for Wimbledon. I've also heard a lot of other noises about the fact that, you know, they're very aware, the Alcaraz team, of the cautionary tales out there about wrists, and you don't you don't mess around with wrists.”

“This is a pretty significantly weakened field based on just withdrawal. So I'm going to go down the list right now. It's Djokovic, Fritz, Draper, Davidovic, Vakina, Feess, Munnar, Korda. And then a few Americans didn't sign up, Shelton, Tommy Paul, a couple of others. So there are plenty of players who you would normally expect to see in a Masters 1000 tournament that we will not be seeing.”

“But Mazzetti is building here. He he he was showing the full repertoire yesterday. I mean, it it really is. If you just wanna watch a a tennis match for an experience of a player having all the shots and and utilizing them and when to use them. He is a joy to watch. He's an artist on the court.”

“She's, of course, one of the top contenders for the Roland Garros title. And it's not Sabalinka's favorite surface, Clay. So I think she's going into this tournament. It doesn't matter whatever the surface is, she's going to go into every single tournament she plays as one of the favorites. But winning a tournament like this and defending a title like this, as you said, Sam, yeah, I think that can do wonders for her confidence.”

“Roland Garros announced this week that the 2026 prize money is jumping 9.5%, bringing the total purse to 61.7 million euros, or $72.7 million, making it a $6.2 million jump from last year. The singles winners will take home $3.3 million, but the real number is $102,000—that is what the first-round losers will take home. I don't know about you, but sign me up for taking an L on the red clay.”

“Seeing these two meet for the first time is such a it's such a fun stage to watch them at. You know, there's no there's no real baggage there for them. They're both they're both explosive, powerful hitters and they and they play with that sort of youthful exuberance and going after the ball like that. And, I was laughing at the audacity of some of the shot making from from both of them, really, in those in those first two sets.”

“There's 11 guys in the top 50 with college ties. You got Ben Shelton, Vashiro, Lerner Tien, Sarundalo, the good one, Cameron Norrie, Rinder Kinesh, Nakashima, Gabriel Diallo, Rafael Yodhar, Ethan Quinn, Nuno Borges. And there's a few guys just outside the top 50 with college ties as well. It's pretty damn impressive.”

“Number four seed is Lorenzo Musetti. He is back. Hopefully healthy. He's the defending runner up, so there's a lot of ranking point implications on Musetti's run here. He's been so good at this event. Monte Carlo has been his best tournament throughout his career, and I do think the draw is really favorable for him, so I don't see him really getting picked off early.”

“I completely disagree. I think this is a big cause for concern. It's a right wrist injury. I mean, he's hurt his right wrist. Like he can't practice right now. He's out of Madrid. There's a decent chance he can miss Rome as well. You don't want to mess around with the wrist injury. So I think this is a huge deal.”