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Hi David, do you think it will be beneficial for Djokovic to hire a coach for the next season?

Nadal is easily the No 2 on the men's GOAT list.

how people can call nadal only a clay court player is beyond me, he achieved double career grand slam, which fed didnot even have it. Of course, some peole will say, without nadal , fed could have won 4-5 RG titles. But without Djokovic or Fed, how many more AO and W titles Nada could have won? Nadal only lost 9 slam finals, and 8 of them came from Fed and Djokovic.

Glad you mentioned Rybakina. We need her back in the mix.

I don't like that hosts are promoting the idea of giving overinflated importance to H2H versus the performance against the whole field. We've been through this before - in 2006-07 when Rafa fans were drumming about "Real #1". This idea goes against the basic logic, the part is given a greater importance than the whole. The truth of the matter is that Sinner is #1 and Alcaraz is not. In China Sinner won 1000 event, while Alcaraz won 500 event. This truth is getting lost while everybody concentrates on their Beijing final.

Steve and David covered last 2 weeks and Steve is a great tennis expert and has photogenic memory and dissects detail very well all the time 🎉🎉❤

Agree that Zverev - Tiafoe was the decider in a way. Regarding Fritz: Zverev was injured in the Wimbledon match and has been playing with pneumonia now so take that into account when you mention Fritz beating him three times in a row.

Just so you know big 3 didn’t play in 2021 so it’s not first time I believe 23 also they didn’t play

Great tennis information u 2. The Laver Cup is the best ever tennis for me, to have all those top players being interviewed together as a team, with all their sense of humour, and lovely honesty is just wonderful. Loved it all, so tense, so full of drama, so exciting and all playing as a team. This is just the best tennis to watch.

Terrific discussion from the two of you. Always great to hear tennis being discussed. I agree that Tiafoe's match on Sunday was the decider.

Carlos was magnificent!

I believe iga had a lot of force error due to Pegula"s ball striking. Let's not underestimate Pegula's game. Also, Sabalenka"s game is not only power anymore. That's now an old conversation. Let's move on.

I agree Sinner has more consistensy

I believe that if Novak hires an A + coach (Brad Gilbert comes to my mind) he can have 2 more years on tour.

Agree. If Djokovic wins one more major, he will probably call it a career.

Steve's audio occasionally goes off for a few seconds. It happens on all of your podcasts.

I am unsure about their 2025 predictions for men in terms of the future rivalry between Carlos and Jannik. I am not confident that Carlos will recover (although I surely hope so as a fan). I understand that Carlos is going through tough times and completely unravelling recently but the question is would he be able to recover from that? It doesn’t seem that he is able to revert back to the top quality tennis we are used to with Carlos. I don’t think this is solely due to the Olympics hangover As for Novak, his priority for next year will undoubtedly be to win Wimbledon. By winning his 9th, he will surpass Federer’s record of the most Wimbeldon wins. Also, whenever he decides to retire down the line, I believe it will be during wimbeldon. He always said that that place is the most special for him. Best court for him is centre court at Wimbeldon and that was his childhood dream

Great Review and balanced analysis. Sinner was by far the best player at USO and so was Aryna and deservedly Won.Sorry for Taylor and Jessica, hope they can do it once at Grand Slam🎉

The different sound of balls off Sinner's racket is a combination of his long powerful swing and the high string tension he uses. it reminds me of gunshosts using a silencer.

This slam confirms Sinner as the new king of tennis, just as Novak starts his decline. I won't be surprised if Sinner wins all 4 slams next year.

2:47 Steve Flink doing the Ed Bassmaster face prank

Steve Flink's audio, as in most of your pods, dips/mutes off and on.

Daddy Hall of Fame predicted after Roland Garros, that Sinner would win AO and USO, and Alcarez would win RG and W. About the US tennis players, I don’t agree that this last Slam proved that they are any closer to winning a grand slam; in fact, it proved that they are as far as they have always been when the BIG 3 were around. This last Slam displayed that the only way for the current US players to win is that they don’t have to go through the very elite players (Sinner, Alcarez, Medvedev, and Djokovic). I found it not encouraging or discouraging; I would call it an "Assessment Slam.”

This podcast, by far, has the most balanced and insightful tennis analysis I have found (and I listen to a lot of tennis podcasts!). Thank you, Steve and David, for sharing your tennis acumen with us! 🙏🏽

Carlos is just not consistent, he will be allways prone to big upsets.

Sinner will win us open

If Zverev is going to win a slam, this might be his best chance!!

All this said, why did everybody predicted Carlos and Novak to play the final? Does it make sense to do the previews before the tournaments?

Great points guys. What a summer for Carlos. Makes it kind of crazy perspective what Rafa did in 2008. French, Wimby, Olympic Gold, then ran outta gas vs Murray in US Open Semis.

Great insights! Felt bad for Carlos but given that he won the FO and Wimby back to back playing some grueling 5 setters then playing the Olympics for the first time and deciding to play doubles with Rafa and pretty much playing every day that week then loosing in the finals to Novak with only a few days to rest then having to go to the US hardcourts it was only a matter of time that there was going to be an emotional and physical letdown. Hope he can recharge and recover but with Davis and Lavar cups around the corner doubt that will happen 😢

Positive Doping Tests are not a distraction. They are very important.

To all those simpletons incapable of doing basic research and wrongly opining that Sinner got off due to his ranking try some facts for a change. It should be noted that Marco Bortolotti faced a similar controversy at the tail end of 2023. Despite being a lower-ranked player (376) his case was resolved within three months, with no suspension. The player's case wasn't made public until a conclusion was reached, just like Sinner's.

Bullshit, being caught as standard protocols stands that the athlete is disqualified from competition till proven otherwise, we could argue the amount found is minimal but that why they have drugs that hide the substance used, i believe Sinner is innocent but the way this was disclosed is a travesty and pathetic from the ATP. How can you explain this against their verdict of all cases presented that this was kept silent. Its all above suspicion and the process taken smells foul

Silken went public and so did the drug authority . She wanted to clear her name immediately. Off season, had a cold, bought 2 dollar sinutab at drugstore shelf, contained a newly banned mask, no effect performance, she wasn’t even in any events. Suspended 4 months Rules are rules fuckheads Sinner should be removed from all pro sports for this BS

I know everything Sinner is a sinner and anyone believing that story makes shit look smart. Carries bottles of clearly marked DOPE, puts dope on cut for No reason any Doctor has ever heard of, doesn’t wash, bandages it with bad bandage, of course why would a gay massage therapist massaging a gay tennis player with open cuts on hands apply all over a gay body with cuts Nobody in the world would believe this BS

They hid it illegally and for a reason because he should have been suspended Don’t disagree with me Two Serbians were banned for 2 years and never took anything Urine had nothing and delayed dangerous blood needles for 3 hours later blood had nothing Where is sinners blood test, it would show more than urine. Sinners leg muscles are obviously steroided by testosterone , he can barely walk normal. He keeps taking time off, tired, can’t play next day, tonsils, Vomiting (drug side effect), banned from Olympics for drugs

Sinner said that his team is and will continue as Meticlous as ever. In other words they will inject him with steroids and he will play better and be more muscular and not be suspended.

The positive steroid kept him out of the olympics

The news only came out now because the Independent Tribunal only reached the decision on 15th August..prior to that he was provisionally suspended for both of the samples and in both cases, he appealed very quickly and the appeal was accepted. That's why it wasn't made public- it only goes public once a suspension goes ahead. It wasn't secrecy, it was the normal process for the circumstances. The worst thing in Halep's case was the delay to her appeal.

I hope that all the bad things against Sinner written under this video will be turned against those who wrote them

Someone shakes a players hand, a 'banned substance' is transmitted with no advantage to your game, you get fined 400k, and lose points. Seems a little ridiculous. If you can't find evidence of intention or woeful neglect by a player, leave them alone! You'd need to submit every meal you have at a restaurant to chemical analysis, etc etc.

The rules are clear nothing need to be reported until the decision by the Tribunal, so nothing was deliberatly withheld. This is totally an over the top reaction from the media. Steroid use has side afects that are obvious like bad temper explosion like smashing racquets and erractic pshychotic episodes , excessive muscular development at young age that is abnormal for the age, etc.,. Anybody with a brain cell can clearly see that Jannik is not overmuscled, and retains his normal calm demeanour in the most stressful times on Court. I can mention many other players who don't. Enough of this BS about Sinner doping.

Perhaps he played Cincinnati to try and get the number 2 seeding at the US Open so as to avoid Sinner until the final?

*Former ATP anti-doping chief on the Jannik Sinner case: “The regulation was followed to the letter”* Former ATP anti-doping program chief Richard Ings analyzed the documents of the ruling regarding Jannik Sinner’s Clostebol positivity, declared innocent by the ITIA court, shedding light on the darkest passages of the affair involving the Italian tennis player number one in the ATP rankings. To dispel any doubts and dispel suspicions, *Richard Ings, former ATP anti-doping chief from 2001 to 2005 and then CEO of the Australian anti-doping commission from 2005 to 2010,* analyzed the affair step by step (which became public only on August 20 but which he and his team had already been aware of for months) and found no discrepancies with respect to what the regulation provides for these situations. *"I read the ruling and the rules were followed to the letter* - the former number one of the circuit's anti-doping explained in an interview with Adam Addicott for ubitennis -. *Sinner's lawyers filed an appeal on the same day of the suspension* (April 4, ed.), asking for the suspension to be revoked since no responsibilities had been identified. *A judge heard the appeal and revoked the suspension.* According to the current rules - Richard Ings continued, continuing to shed light on the less clear aspects of the affair involving Jannik Sinner -, *no announcement can be made publicly until the court finishes dealing with the matter. The ITIA court then reviewed the entire case and the evidence at its disposal and then ruled that Sinner was not at fault, so he could play.* In these cases it is mandatory that points and prize money be deducted, even if there is no fault. *Therefore the rules were followed to the letter.* Jannik is not at fault. It is true that it is usually difficult for a player to trace the primary source of contamination, but in this case it was quite easy and so he was able to demonstrate his innocence. Too bad it cost him almost half a million euros and the crooked faces of the press and colleagues" concluded the former head of ATP anti-doping Richard Ings, clarifying the darkest passages of that bomb that exploded a few hours after Sinner's success in the Cincinnati Masters 1000 and a few days before the start of the US Open (in which the Italian tennis player number one in the world will regularly take part).

The problem isn't whether Sinner is found guilty/innocent. It's the ATP. Per their own ITF rules, if a player tests positive they announce it immediately and supend them. Instead, they kept the information hidden for 5 months and even let him play tournaments when HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED until a tribunal made a decision! The preferential treatment is unacceptable.

👎 LUDICROUS CRIMINAL DOUBLE STANDARD. Sinner FAILS TWO DRUG TESTS-and it’s KEPT HIDDEN for FIVE MONTHS!?! ANY other player would have been banned long-term with a drawn out investigation and censure. Pathetic. “Oh, I didn’t know… It was in my massage cream.” UH-HUH. The old “Blame the Trainer” BS. Sinner makes WAY TOO MUCH MONEY NOT to KNOW.

Italians have a history for abuse this creme for doping, from 2019 to 2023, over the 30 sportsman were caught for doping using exactly that creme. Do you want to tell us that this physio, who alredy had one more case like this, didn't know it what's his using?? C'mon. And the fact that Sinner took him for work is suspicious too. But anyway. Sinner fans will never be objective. That's so clear.

In 2016, the ITF announced it would publicly announce “adverse findings” if a player was provisionally suspended. Per the policy, if a player didn’t accept a provisional suspension, the pos. test wouldn’t be made public until a resolution was reached.

You guys are only creating irrelevant excuses. Problem is huge because they were silent about doping. Which was not the case in every single case of other players! With his doping Sinner is creating huge problem for all other Italian tennis players and almost all Italian sportsmen. Sinner team and especialy Darin Kahil “Pharma Man” explanations are total nonsense. He should be suspended like all other players.

The process has evolved! The Tennis Integrity Committee (along with Sport Resolutions) came to the proper conclusion… no enhancement to performance.