Early Round Notebook Dump (Townsend Fight, Djokovic Form, Draper W/D) | US Open 2025
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross unloads the early round notebook after covering early round action at the 2025 US Open. We’ll talk about the verbal altercation between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko, Jack Draper’s surprising withdrawal, upset losses for Madison Keys and Holger Rune, serve technique changes for Coco Gauff and Lorenzo Musetti, Novak Djokovic’s form through two rounds and more.
0:00 Intro
3:11 Townsend-Ostapenko Fight
11:50 Draper Withdrawal
14:12 Zarazua Upset Keys
16:12 Struff Upset Rune
20:00 Musetti & Gauff Serve Changes
29:05 Djokovic’s Form
34:42 US Open Changes
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Medvedev Meltdown On Night One | US Open 2025
Gill Gross reacts to an unforgettable night match on Armstrong, where Benjamin Bonzi beat Daniil Medvedev at a second consecutive slam, despite an improbable disruption and a subsequent meltdown nearly getting the 2021 US Open champion back from the brink of defeat.
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US Open 2025 PREVIEW + PREDICTIONS | Monday Match Analysis
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross previews the men's singles draw at US Open 2025. Jannik Sinner is the No. 1 seed and defending champion, 2022 champion Carlos Alcaraz is opposite the draw coming off a Cincinnati title, Alexander Zverev has shown signs of resurfacing the form of his Australian Open runner-up earlier this year and Taylor Fritz defends his first career major final off the back of a strong run of results. Ben Shelton, Jack Draper, Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov hope to cause disruptions as well. We'll go quarter-by-quarter with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions.
00:00 Intro
4:20 Sinner Quarter
10:20 Zverev Quarter
18:15 Fritz Quarter
27:57 Alcaraz Quarter
33:10 Final Weekend
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Sinner vs. Alcaraz Cincinnati 2025 Final | Post-Match
Gill Gross reacts post-match to an underwhelming rendition of Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
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Sumter CH Takeaways, Sinner vs. Alcaraz Pre-Match Questions | Monday Match Analysis
On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross gives his top-3 most intriguing questions ahead of another Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz clash in the final of Cincinnati. Then, he goes through his takeaways from commentating at the Sumter Challenger 125 this week, where Mattia Bellucci took home the title.
0:00 Intro
1:15 Sinner-Alcaraz Preview
6:00 Bellucci Sumpter
13:13 Alexander Shevchenko
17:50 Shintaro Mochizuki
22:15 Faria vs. Lajal
26:00 Nikoloz Basilashvili
29:14 Cassone and Blanch
33:16 Upsets
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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