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Monday Match Analysis

Gill Gross, Bleav

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The most in-depth tennis analysis on the internet. Draw previews, match breakdowns, breaking news, comment mailbags and more. Gill Gross is a broadcaster for Tennis Channel, US Open Radio, Cracked Racquets and UC San Diego. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monday-match-analysis/support
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill is joined by Alex Gruskin of Cracked Racquets to compare notes on Wimbledon Power Rankings. In doing so, they discuss Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, Hubert Hurkacz, Jack Draper, Grigor Dimitrov, Alex De Minaur, Tom…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross analyzes two first-time grass title winners from the ATP 500s this week. Jannik Sinner eclipsed Hubert Hurkacz in Halle for his 4th title of the year. We’ll contextualize the dominance of his season, discuss the key moments in the final, highlight his serve and running forehand, plus look at Hurkacz’s potential …
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: does Alcaraz's all-around game explain his weaker serve, has tennis had an analytics revolution, why has Jack Draper broken through on the grass, should players be criticized for skipping the Olympics and Wimbledon title contender tiers. 00:00 Intro 00:55 Strength-Weakness Relationships 0…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill breaks down the ATP finals from the first week of grass season and what they mean for each player. Jack Draper secured his first career title with a three-set win over Matteo Berrettini in Stuttgart and Alex De Minaur continued his stellar play with a straightforward championship Sunday win over Sebastian Korda in Her…
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments after the 2024 French Open. We'll discuss Carlos Alcaraz's big match play, his cramping, his best surface and his serve. We'll address Alexander Zverev type 1 diabetes condition, his grass court struggles and the settlement in his Domestic Abuse case. Other topics include Holger Rune, Naomi Osaka on …
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross is joined by International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Steve Flink to discuss Roland Garros 2024. We’ll get into Carlos Alcaraz’s surface versatility and his tactics against Alexander Zverev. We’ll dive into the key moments in the men’s final including the controversial double fault overrule. And we’ll talk about Zvere…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects Carlos Alcaraz's come-from-behind five-set win over Alexander Zverev in the 2024 Roland Garros final to win his first title in Paris and his 3rd major overall. We'll go over Alcaraz's tactical variety, his fearlessness under pressure and his fighting spirit. We'll also cover Zverev's nerve management, t…
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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz played their most important match to date at Roland Garros 2024 in the semifinal. Gill Gross breaks it down. In the second men's semifinal, Alexander Zverev took down an ailing Casper Ruud. We'll cover that before jumping into a preview of the final: first French Open title on the line for the winner of Alcaraz vs. …
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Gill Gross is joined by Noah Eagle, the play-by-play voice for NBC’s coverage of Roland Garros. We’ll talk about the upcoming Iga Swiatek vs. Jasmine Paolini women’s final, the rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic’s run in Paris and how his injury affects the rest of the season, what it’s like to work with John McEnroe a…
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Gill Gross previews the 2024 Roland Garros semifinals. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner play their most important match to date. Plus, Alexander Zverev looks to get over the semifinal hump against 2X reigning finalist Casper Ruud. A new French Open champion will be crowned on Sunday. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Sinner vs. Alcaraz 16:10 Zverev d. De Minaur 20…
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On the first day Roland Garros Men's Quarterfinals, Carlos Alcaraz faced Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner took on Grigor Dimitrov. Gill Gross breakdown and analysis... Subscribe to The Draw, your one-stop-shop for the best tennis content on the internet every week: https://www.thedraw.tennis/subscribe…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Abigail Johnson joins Gill Gross to preview all four men's quarterfinal matches at Roland Garros 2024. We'll hit on some of the 4th round matches as well. Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov will contest the first quarterfinal in a Miami Open rematch, Alexander Zverev has survived a couple five-setter to set up a meeting wit…
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On tales from the booth, Gill Gross deep dives Novak Djokovic's comeback win against Lorenzo Musetti and covers the state of doubles, Carlos Alcaraz's excellent form, alcohol being banned at Roland Garros matches, Andrey Rublev's meltdown, the excellent match between Daniil Medvedev and Tomas Machac and Alexander Zverev's narrow escape against Tall…
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On Tales From The Booth, Gill Gross runs through 2nd round storylines and matches for Roland Garros 2024. The thrilling Iga Swiatek vs. Naomi Osaka match is rightly dominating the buzz. We'll also cover Novak Djokovic's performance through two rounds, Karen Khachanov's shocking upset by Jozef Kovalik, why Jannik Sinner's win over Richard Gasquet wa…
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross wraps up Round One of the French Open by answering your comments, including: thoughts on French 20-year old Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, what does Nick Kyrgios's comeback mean for tennis, should Terence Atmane have been defaulted, how does Holger Rune's mental game compare with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, did Alcaraz…
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Rafael Nadal battled 4-seed Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros 2024, in what could be his final time playing the major he won a record 14 times. Gill Gross breaks down the first round matchup that dropped everyone's jaws when the draw came out. Subscribe to The Draw, your one-stop-shop for the best tennis content on the internet every week: https://…
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On tales from the booth, Gill Gross talks about why he picked Jannik Sinner to win the French Open despite underwhelming past clay court results and the hip injury. Why he's adding Brandon Nakashima to the dark horse list after calling his first round win on TC Plus. Analyzing Andy Murray vs. Stan Wawrinka. Terence Atmane's temper doesn't cost him …
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross is joined by lead analyst at Tennis Viz Tom Corrie for Part 2 of the 2024 Roland Garros Preview. In this conversation, we'll look at cutting edge data to breakdown the top contenders in Paris, answering pressing questions such as: what is Jannik Sinner's biggest weakness, has Carlos Alcaraz's serve improved at a…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews the 2024 French Open men's singles draw with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups, quarterfinal and final weekend predictions. Novak Djokovic is the number one seed looking for his first title of the year. 2-seed Jannik Sinner has battled a hip injury but arrives with sparkling results in 2024. 3…
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It is being called the most wide open Roland Garros men's singles events in two decades, and it surely is. Enter, the power rankings! This system is meant to rank title contenders based on past performance only: I look at 2024 clay results, the season as a whole, past attempts on the Paris clay, best-of-five resume and more. These rankings are more…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross delves into the Rome final between Alexander Zverev and Nicolas Jarry. We'll talk about why the match wasn't as close as the scoreline, why it was a bad matchup for Jarry and how Zverev serves a higher 1st serve percentage than anyone else. We'll also evaluate Zverev's Roland Garros title chances and take stock …
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross is joined by Jimmy Arias to discuss Danielle Collins' incredible surge, the ATP landscape shifting and Novak Djokovic's comments on motivation, before delving into viewer questions, including: is Rafael Nadal actually going to retire in 2024, should Roland Garros have given Dominic Thiem a wildcard, which Roland Garros ti…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill breaks down blowout wins over Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal by Alejandro Tabilo and Hubert Hurkacz respectively, at the 2024 Rome Masters. We'll analyze both matches, plus address the water bottle incident and Roland Garros prospects. Lastly, we'll take a fresh look at the Rome draw with the Round of 16 stage ahead.…
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross unpacks Dominic Thiem's legacy and why the reaction to his retirement should be celebration, not regret. Then, we get to your comments: is Thiem quitting too soon, would Thiem have returned to peak form if the wrist injury never happened, are the injuries on tour a result of a poor calendar, who would be the Roland Garros…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews the 2024 Italian Open in Rome with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions. 6-time champion Novak Djokovic is the top-seed, followed by defending champion Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, and Madrid champion Andrey Rublev. 00:00 Intro 03:20 Djokovic Q 9:00 Zverev Q 18:50 Rublev Q 2…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down Andrey Rublev's triumphant comeback win over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2024 Mutua Madrid Masters final. We'll talk about why Rublev called it the "most proud" title he's ever won. We'll discuss the key dynamic in the match: FAA's serve against Rublev's return. We'll cover the chances that Felix is…
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross overviews Madrid men's singles storylines such as the avalanche of injuries, Rafael Nadal's best run since 2022, Jiri Lehecka's breakthrough and an Andrey Rublev vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime final. Then, he answers your comments, including: has Andrey Rublev peaked, how do players qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, how do …
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37-year old Rafael Nadal drew 16-year old Darwin Blanch in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open. Gill Gross breakdown and analysis... Subscribe to The Draw, your one-stop-shop for the best tennis content on the internet every week: https://www.thedraw.tennis/subscribeKirjoittanut Bleav + Gill Gross
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open ATP 1000. The top-seed is Jannik Sinner looking for his first big clay title, Carlos Alcaraz is the back-to-back defending champion opposite the draw, Daniil Medvedev and two-time Madrid champion Alexander Zverev round off the top seeds. Rafael Nadal opens against Darwin Blanc…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill covers Casper Ruud's breakthrough victory at the ATP 500 in Barcelona, where he reversed his previous result against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. We'll then move to Munich, where Jan-Lennard Struff beat Taylor Fritz for his first career title. Then, we'll take on Rafael Nadal's comeback effort in Barcelona, where …
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On the Coach' Mailbag, Thread of Order author Hugh Clark joins Gill Gross to answer your questions about professional technique and various tennis topics. We'll start by discussing Stefanos Tsitsipas's one-handed backhand in response to the recent video by Intuitive Tennis claiming it's "not bad." Comments include: an argument that Casper Ruud's bi…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects Stefanos Tsitsipas’s commanding win over Casper Ruud in the 2024 Monte Carlo final. We’ll talk about how the event has shaped the narrative of Tsitsipas’s career, why Ruud should be upset with his performance, who’s forehand is better between the two, what to make of the Norwegian’s finals record and wh…
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Gill Gross breaks down two high-billing quarterfinals from Friday's action at the Monte Carlo country club. Jannik Sinner faced Holger Rune in a rematch from last year's semifinal at the event. Plus, Novak Djokovic took on Alex De Minaur looking to reverse the result from this year's United Cup. At the end, we'll preview the semifinal lineup of Ste…
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On Monday Match analysis, Gill Gross talks Ben Shelton’s title in Houston, Matteo Berrettini’s win in Marrakech and previews the 2024 Monte Carlo Masters quarter-by-quarter. First, we’ll discuss how Berrettini breaks the conventional wisdom of needing matches to play well, and we’ll analyze why he has three titles on grass and clay, but none on har…
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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross unpacks Novak Djokovic’s split with Goran Ivanisevic, including the media coverage, the reasons for the breakup, who might be next and what value that person should bring to the 24-time major champion. We’ll answer your comments, including: how do we rank events in order of court speed, why Nuno Borges got robbed in Estor…
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Note to audio listeners: 6:25 to 19:29 is pretty heavy on visuals; I try to describe what I'm showing as much as possible, but if you wish to skip that part my analysis shifts away from film study thereafter. On Monday Match Analysis, Gill breaks down Jannik Sinner's dominant 2024 Miami Open performance. The Italian took over the #2 ranking with a …
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Top-seed Carlos Alcaraz looked to keep his Sunshine Double chances alive facing Grigor Dimitrov in the 2024 Miami Open quarterfinals. Gill Gross breaks down that result, and previews the semifinals featuring Alexander Zverev and a AO Final rematch of Daniil Medvedev vs. Jannik Sinner. 00:00 Intro 00:25 Alcaraz vs. Dimitrov 17:40 ? vs. Zverev 22:50 …
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On The Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: rating the WTA's one-slam winners of the last decade, my favorite matchups on tour, what could separate Carlos Alcaraz from Jannik Sinner long-term, why is Serena Williams considered the GOAT when Steffi Graf has statistical advantages, what improvements has Daniil Medvedev made this year…
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With Novak Djokovic’s uncharacteristically sloppy performances against Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open and Luca Nardi at Indian Wells, it is time to take stock of his future. He is, after all, 36 years old. Is Djokovic in decline? While it won’t take long to get an answer, Gill Gross argues it’s still far too soon to know for sure.…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross gives his quarter-by-quarter predictions for the 2024 Miami Open, featuring upset alerts, dark horses and popcorn matchups. Defending champion Daniil Medvedev, Indian Wells champion Carlos Alcaraz and Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner are deserved top-3 seeds. Alexander Zverev, Holger Rune, Stefanos Tsitsip…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross discusses Carlos Alcaraz's massive week at Indian Wells. How he found found his best tennis to snap Jannik Sinner's 19-match win streak and then beat Daniil Medvedev in the final for his first title since Wimbledon. We'll also cover takeaways from the Phoenix Challenger and Gill will share his personal experienc…
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On this week's Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross goes over some high-profile Sunday matches at Indian Wells. Carlos Alcaraz had no trouble defeating former #6 Felix Auger-Aliassime. Jannik Sinner blitzed past Jan-Lennard Struff. Andrey Rublev was overpowered by a redlining Jiri Lehecka. Gill explains his tweet about Coco Gauff's deciding set impres…
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On this week's Mailbag, Gill Gross reacts to the cancellation of Netflix's tennis docuseries Break Point and dissects the Simona Halep ruling that paves the way for her return to tennis, before answering your comments: should Rafael Nadal have withdrawn from Indian Wells earlier, are the courts in Palm Springs faster this year, why do Alexander Zve…
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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews Indian Wells with quarter-by-quarter predictions, dark horses, upset alerts and popcorn matchups. Top-seed Novak Djokovic returns to the California desert for the first time since 2019, two-seed Carlos Alcaraz defends his title, three-seed Jannik Sinner looks to stay perfect this season and four-seed Da…
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On this week's Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross recaps his experience going to Las Vegas for the first ever Netflix Slam with Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. We'll start by going over the match itself and why just the two taking the court was a victory. Then we'll get into the roadtrip to Vegas, the city itself, hotels, gambling and all the sort.…
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Gill Gross answers your comments, including: is Frances Tiafoe correct that tennis is the hardest sport in the world, can Daniil Medvedev repeat last year's Sunshine Double success, why do Czech Republic and Russia produce so many stars, should there be a January Masters 1000, has Medvedev's career already been a success, what can Gilles Simon add …
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On this week's Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down Jordan Thompson's Los Cabos win over Casper Ruud to win his first career title and Karen Khachanov's takedown of 18-year old Jakub Mensik. First we'll open with some quick takes on Sebastian Baez winning his first 500 in Rio. We'll try to unpack Thompson's late career improvements before …
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On this week's Mailbag, Gill Gross is joined by Abigail Johnson to answer your comments. First, we'll discuss the breakout weeks for teenagers Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca. We'll react to Holger Rune reuniting with Patrick Mouratoglou as head coach. Then it's to the comment section: how can Jannik Sinner be defeated, why is Andy Murray slumping, a…
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On this week's Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross reacts to next week's historic ATP Rankings revelation. Stefanos Tsitsipas's drop to #11 means there will be no one-handed backhands in the top-10. Is this just a moment in history, or is it the start of a non-reversing trend? Then, we'll cover Jannik Sinner's straight set win over Alex De Minaur in …
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On this week's Mailbag, Gill is joined by Coach Jonathan Stokke, a former Duke player and host of the Baseline Intelligence Podcast. We answer your comments including: is there a place for the one-handed backhand in the modern game, can a player who hits two forehands like Teodor Davidov have success in the pros, why are you losing matches even tho…
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