The Mini-Break [Tennis Podcast]

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews this weekend's action across the Pro Tennis World. He breaks down the first day of Davis Cup results, checks in on the week's two WTA events, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

• Davis Cup Day 1 - 7:00 


• WTA Guadalajara - 19:39 


• WTA Sao Paolo - 26:43 


• ATP Challengers - 32:25 


• WTA 125Ks + Women's ITF - 38:36

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down this week's action across the Pro Tennis World. He previews this weekend's Davis Cup action, peaks in on the WTA action in Guadalajara and Sao Paolo, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

• Davis Cup Preview - 5:12


• WTA Guadalajara - 19:45
  

   




• WTA Sao Paolo - 24:12
  
  

   




• ATP Challengers - 28:05
  
  

   




• WTA 125Ks + Women's ITF - 32:50

Laurel Springs

Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential.

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Former NY Times contributor and "Bounces" author Ben Rothenberg joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to draft the biggest storylines of the 2025 tennis season's homestretch. They offer their thoughts on a strong season for the American Women, the race to challenge Sinner/Alcaraz, the sport's biggest off-court stoyrlines, and SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

• Ben Pick #1: American Women look to finish strong - 12:50


• Gruskin Picks #1/2: Who is the fourth best Men's players/biggest threat to Sinner/Alcaraz - 25:10


• Ben Pick #2: Hurt Tall Lefties (Draper, Shelton) - 39:00


• Ben Pick #3: Is there an Alcaraz/Sinner Gap - 45:50


• Gruskin Pick #3: Is Naomi Osaka back - 50:37


• Gruskin Pick #4: Can Elena Rybakina win a big one - 57:52


• Ben Pick #4: State of Saudi affair - 1:04:00


• Ben Pick #5: PTPA - 1:08:50


• Gruskin Pick #5: Rapid Fire - 1:12:40

Laurel Springs

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers a status report on his 2025 "Make or Break" All-Stars. He checks-in on and evaluates the pivotal 2025 campaigns of Yastremska, FAA, Cerundolo, Kenin, Paolini, and SO many more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

• You are who you are - 11:40


• Dayana Yastremska - 11:45


• Felix Auger Aliassime - 19:28


• Ludmillla Samsonova - 25:30


• Francisco Cerundolo - 29:44


• Anastasia Potapova - 33:43


• Frances Tiafoe - 38:05


• Leylah Fernandez - 41:18


• Denis Shapovalov - 44:32
  

   




• Former Slam Champions/Is the run over? - 48:34



• The Original #NextGenATP Crew - 48:54



• Bianca Andreescu - 52:55



• Sofia Kenin - 54:11



• Emma Raducanu - 55:43



• Nick Kyrgios - 56:50
  
  

   




• Will you ever be healthy? - 57:38



• The Czechs - 57:45



• Sebastian Korda - 59:07
  
  

   




• How real was it? - 1:00:27



• Jasmine Paolini - 1:00:30

Laurel Springs

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his ATP Top 10 Rankings coming out of the North American Hard Court stretch. He also shares his perspective on the biggest storylines of the 2025 ATP season to date, checks in on the Race to the ATP Tour Finals, previews the week ahead, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

• Story of the 2025 season to date - 6:43


• Race to the Tour Finals Check-in - 31:10
  

   




• Top 10 - 34:26
  
  

   




• Tier 1 - 38:40
  
  

   




• Tier 2 - 40:05
  
  

   




• Tier 3 - 42:55
  
  

   




• Tier 4/Honorable Mention - 47:55

Laurel Springs

Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential.

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