It's the Australian Open 2026 First Round Show with Gill Gross. We start by addressing ESPN's price hike on American tennis fans. Then, we'll talk about Felix Auger-Aliassime's retirement loss against Nuno Borges, how Daniil Medvedev's game looks different for better or worse, Alexander Zverev's survival of a tough draw in Gabriel Diallo, 2X NCAA Champion Michael Zheng upsetting Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe's productive-sounding offseason, Alexandra Eala's Court 6 atmosphere, and more! CORRECTION: Kostyuk made a final run in Adelaide, not a title run.

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3:05 ESPN Streaming
11:40 Felix Retires
18:50 Evaluating Medvedev
25:30 Zverev def. Diallo
31:40 Zheng def. Korda
39:30 Fery def. Cobolli
41:40 Jacquemot def. Kostyuk
43:30 Frances Tiafoe
47:50 Alexandra Eala Loss

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down the 2026 Australian Open men’s singles draw quarter-by-quarter. We'll go quarter-by-quarter with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions. Carlos Alcaraz will attempt to become the youngest ever to win the career grand slam. Jannik Sinner eyes his 3rd consecutive title in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev met in the semis last year, and they round out the top-four seeds. Plenty of intrigue exists with players such as Daniil Medvedev, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Alexander Bublik, Taylor Fritz and more.

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0:00 Intro
4:00 Alcaraz Quarter
13:40 Zverev Quarter
28:42 Djokovic Quarter
42:05 Sinner Quarter
50:35 Final Weekend
58:19 Ballkie Picks

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Former No. 2 Casper Ruud joins Gill Gross ahead of his Australian Open campaign. Casper and fiancé Maria are expecting their first-born soon, and Casper confirms here he will leave Australia for the birth if necessary. They'll also discuss Ruud's plans to bring in another coach at some point in time; his father, former top-50 professional Christian Ruud, has led Casper's team for his whole career up to this point. They'll also explore how the game has changed in recent years as well as Ruud's decision to play with a smaller headsize on his Yonex EZONE.

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross runs through the first championship Sunday of 2026. We'll start with Alexander Bublik's milestone win over Lorenzo Musetti that secured his place in the top-10. Then, we'll go to Daniil Medvedev's dominant week and win over Brandon Nakashima in Brisbane. Lastly, Hubert Hurkacz was perhaps the biggest mover of week 1 with a strong United Cup, culminating in victory over Stan Wawrinka and glory for Poland.

0:00 Intro
0:50 Bublik d. Musetti Hong Kong
18:57 Medvedev d. Nakashima Brisbane
31:05 Wawrinka d. Hurkacz United Cup

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross predicts the ATP year-end top-10 for the 2026 season. Last year's top-10 finishers included Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti, Ben Shelton and Jack Draper. Players eyeing a top-10 bounceback in 2026 include Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev. Young players poised for top-10 breakthroughs include Joao Fonseca, Arthur Fils and Flavio Cobolli. We'll hit on all of them.

0:00 Intro
0:45 Damian Kust
2:20 Opening Thoughts
6:10 Honorable Mentions
19:55 No. 10
23:30 No. 9
26:00 No. 8
30:10 No. 7
31:50 No. 6
35:40 No. 5
38:50 No. 4
42:15 No. 3
45:00 No. 2
48:10 No. 1

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross welcomes Jose Moron of Punto de Break to get the inside scoop on the biggest story of the off-season: Juan Carlos Ferrero's departure from the Carlos Alcaraz camp. We'll discuss how and why the relationship fractured and what Samu Lopez might bring moving forward.

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Gill Gross is joined by Alex Gruskin of Cracked Racquets to ask and answer one essential question for each and every ATP top-20 player ahead of the 2026 season.

0:00 Intro
2:40 Carlos Alcaraz
10:50 Jannik Sinner
16:25 Alexander Zverev
21:40 Novak Djokovic
26:28 Felix Auger Aliassime
31:26 Taylor Fritz
36:06 Alex de Minaur
42:19 Lorenzo Musetti
45:45 Ben Shelton
50:11 Jack Draper
54:25 Alexander Bublik
58:17 Casper Ruud
1:02:22 Daniil Medvedev
1:06:57 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
1:10:40 Holger Rune
1:14:00 Andrey Rublev
1:17:33 Jiri Lehecka
1:20:28 Karen Khachanov
1:22:21 Jakub Mensik
1:26:45 Tommy Paul
1:30:10 Flavio Cobolli
1:32:55 Joao Fonseca

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On a bonus Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross is joined by Alex Gruskin to look back at their draft of the brightest young stars on the ATP tour, one year later. Reminder that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner were intentionally excluded from this activity. They'll re-evaluate the draft placements of players like Jakub Mensik, Jack Draper, Arthur Fils, Learner Tien, Jiri Lehecka, Holger Rune and more.

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Lorenzo Musetti joins Gill Gross for a chat ahead of the new season. He has said his goal for 2026 is to close the gap on Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, so we asked about what he learned from last year's matches against the top-2. Musetti will continue to work with longtime coach Simone Tarterini, but he has made the decision this offseason to add a 2nd coach, Jose Perlas. We also ask the Italian if he thinks about prize money while playing for 1 million dollars and if he has changed his serve technique in recent months. Musetti will be playing the MGM Slam in Las Vegas on March 1st, a 10-point tiebreak tournament between eight top-players.

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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments about anything OTHER than tennis, including: what was my Spotify Wrapped, how is my personal tennis game going, play-by-play on my marriage proposal, the pros and cons of traditional media vs. new media, what other sports I am into, a breakdown of the food experience in Thailand, evaluating the eyebrows on tour, would I add a co-host to the podcast, what it's like to live in LA, how often I recognized, my baseball playing career and how I met my fiancé Jenna.

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​8:25 Personal Tennis Game
12:50 Getting Engaged
16:33 Traditional vs. New Media
23:43 Lightning Round
25:30 Other Sports
28:00 Thailand Food
34:10 Cross Training
36:15 Eyebrows
38:45 Relationship Keys
40:00 Beach or Mountains
40:30 Podcast Co-Host
41:44 LA Living
43:07 Ping Pong
43:47 Getting Recognized
46:25 Baseball Career
51:25 Jenna Backstory
54:50 Thailand Visit

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