Monday Match Analysis

On this week's Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your questions, including: who should (and shouldn't) Rafael Nadal want to draw first round in his Brisbane return, what is the ideal scheduling to prepare for the Australian Open, what is the potential for NextGen champion Hamad Medjedovic, is Daniil Medvedev in his head about winning the same title twice, will Naomi Osaka return to slam contendership, will a Super Tour destroy the small tournaments, comparing the prospects of Sebastian Korda to Jack Draper, the forced silence during tennis points, is the ATP Finals format optimized, is it possible for someone to return with two hands and use a one-hander from the baseline, is Carlos Alcaraz's backhand underrated and more! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Nadal's Ideal Start 3:40 AO Prep 7:55 AO Balls 8:55 Hamad Medjedovich 13:12 Medvedev Title Defense 16:35 Naomi Osaka 19:25 Super Tour 24:12 Korda vs. Draper 27:12 Silence During Pts 32:32 ATP Finals Format 34:42 Alcaraz's Backhand 40:23 Future Stars Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

Gill Gross predicts the ATP year-end top-10 ahead of the 2024 season. The year begins with Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Holger Rune, Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz make up the current top ten. Intriguing names on the outside looking in include Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud, Felix Auger Aliassime, Nick Kyrgios, Ben Shelton, Karen Khachanov, Jack Draper, Alex de Minaur, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul. All 20 of those players, and more, will be discussed on this week's show. 00:00 Intro 00:55 2022 Reflection 05:40 Honorable Honorables 07:50 Honorable Mentions 16:00 No. 10 19:30 No. 9 21:38 No. 8 25:10 No. 7 26:57 No. 6 28:50 No. 5 32:23 No. 4 35:05 No. 3 38:00 No. 2 40:55 No. 1 43:41 Full List/Conclusions Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

On the ultimate off-season Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: what's on my bucket list, how do I prepare for an episode of Monday Match Analysis, which artists made my Spotify Wrapped, is tennis commentary my full time job, what country have I always wanted to visit, my favorite meals of 2023, my experience ballboying, who would win in a match between myself and Alex Gruskin, why I've declined on UFC fandom, do more people watch my channel or listen to my podcast, thoughts on the upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender live action, what my job would be if I didn't do this and my favorite values. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Bucket List 05:03 My Process 11:24 Spotify Wrapped 18:25 My Job 21:45 Dream Destination 25:28 Top Meals 34:06 Ballboying 38:17 My Car 39:22 Gross vs. Gruskin 41:10 Mixed Martial Arts 47:15 Podcast vs. YouTube 50:30 New Avatar Show 52:58 Fallback Job 55:25 Favorite Values Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

On this week's special off-season Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross is joined by Alex Gruskin of Cracked Racquets to cover each and every top-30 ATP player. This isn't just a lookback on 2023 or a lookahead to 2024- it's a combination of both as we tackle one essential question we have at this moment for every player. Part 1 featured players ranked 1-13, this Part 2 features ranking spots 14-30 plus Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios. 00:00 Intro 00:49 Tommy Paul 04:55 Grigor Dimitrov 08:00 Karen Khachanov 10:53 Frances Tiafoe 15:24 Ben Shelton 23:33 Cameron Norrie 27:32 Nicolas Jarry 32:57 Ugo Humbert 38:27 Francisco Cerundolo 43:50 Adrian Mannarino 44:45 Tallon Griekspoor 45:50 Sebastian Korda 49:40 Jan-Lennard Struff 51:06 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 53:45 Lorenzo Musetti 57:15 Sebastian Baez 59:08 Felix Auger Aliassime 1:00:38 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 1:02:10 Rafael Nadal 1:07:35 Nick Kyrgios Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

On this week's special off-season Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross is joined by Alex Gruskin of Cracked Racquets to cover each and every top-30 ATP player. This isn't just a lookback on 2023 or a lookahead to 2024- it's a combination of both as we tackle one essential question we have at this moment for every player. 00:00 Intro 04:00 Novak Djokovic 09:40 Carlos Alcaraz 14:30 Daniil Medvedev 18:40 Jannik Sinner 23:10 Andrey Rublev 27:28 Stefanos Tsitsipas 32:54 Alexander Zverev 37:45 Holger Rune 45:10 Hubert Hurkacz 47:10 Taylor Fritz 49:50 Casper Ruud 55:00 Alex De Minaur Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

The 6th Annual Monday Match Analysis Awards, hosted by Gill Gross, pay tribute to the greatest accomplishments and spectacles we witnessed over the course of the 2023 ATP season. If this award show were in-person, the following players would be in attendance (winners and honorable mentions): Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Fabian Marozsán, Thiago Seyboth Wild, Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, Chris Eubanks, Gael Monfils, Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Matja Pecotic. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Best Shot 06:12 Story of the Year 11:20 Comeback Player 15:45 Match Comeback 23:00 Newcomer of the Year 26:25 Best Tournament Run 32:10 Best Upset 37:10 Best Match Performance 41:00 Match of the Year 46:40 Player of the Year Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

On the last Mailbag of the season, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: is Andrey Rublev's racquet to blame for his weaker 2nd serve, why Hsieh Su-Wei is a marvel, might the grand slams, ATP and WTA combine to create a super tour, what grade should we give Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev's seasons, when will Novak Djokovic consider retirement, why doesn't Djokovic hit a lot of runaround forehands, what is my favorite tennis style to watch, should Hubert Hurkacz be a serve & volleyer, what is the status of Nick Kyrgios heading into next season, is it harder to develop offense or defense, is Carlos Alcaraz too short to have success into the next decade, what did we learn from Jannik Sinner's win over Djokovic at Davis Cup and is he Nole's biggest threat at the Australian Open. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Rublev 2nd Serve 9:13 Hsieh Su-Wei 11:38 Super Tour 15:32 Gladiatorial Tennis 19:00 Tsitsipas & Zverev 26:55 Djokovic Retirement 30:40 Djokovic Runarounds 33:24 Stylistic Preferance 37:26 Zverev-Medvedev Matches 39:50 Hurkacz Tactics 40:37 Nick Kyrgios 43:55 Developing Offense 48:00 Sinner vs. Tsitsipas 50:20 Alcaraz Height 53:10 Djokovic vs. Sinner DC Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

On this week's Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross discusses Novak Djokovic's dominant conclusion to an all-time 2023 tour season. He beat Jannik Sinner in the championship at the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals in Turin 6-3 6-3. We'll discuss why the gap between Djokovic and the field increases in the fastest conditions on tour, Djokovic's dominant serving performance on 1st and 2nd deliveries, the reversal of forehand success from the Round Robin match to this one, Sinner's performance and finally why Djokovic's tennis is like a great cup of coffee 00:00 Intro 01:10 Djokovic in Turin Conditions 03:37 The Final 04:10 Djokovic Serve 12:13 Forehand Reversal 21:16 Sinner Assessment 23:13 Good Coffee & Djokovic Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz met in the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals semis, with their H2H tied 2-2. Gill Gross breakdown and analysis... Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support

In the first semifinal at the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals, Italian crowd favorite Jannik Sinner battled former champion Daniil Medvedev. Gill Gross breakdown and analysis... Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support