On the Mailbag, Gill Gross responds to your comments about Round 1 action at Roland Garros 2025. We discuss Francisco Cerundolo's surprise defeat to Gabrielle Diallo, where the ideal retirement ceremony for Novak Djokovic would be, 4-seed Taylor Fritz losing to Daniel Altmaier, how to beat Carlos Alcaraz on clay based on the Djokovic Olympics Strategy, thoughts on getting hate for predictions, Sebastian Baez's confounding results, why RG won't use ELC, has Alexander Zverev ever played as well as he did at French Open 2022, which Big 4 member would be the best at doubles and coverage of the tournament on TNT. In the notebook dump, we hit on Joao Fonseca's blowout win over Hubert Hurkacz, Djokovic's opening round victory and comments on his scheduling, Daniil Medvedev's exit at the hands of Cameron Norrie, how Paula Badosa beat Naomi Osaka and Ben Shelton's insane stats at major tournaments.

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross discusses two Saturday finals ahead of Roland Garros Day 1 before being joined by Abigail Johnson for the final installment of the French Open Power Rankings. First we'll cover Geneva, where Novak Djokovic won his historic 100th career title, beating Hubert Hurkacz in a tight final. Then, we'll hit on Flavio Cobolli's comprehensive Hamburg win over Andrey Rublev. Abigail joins to share her power rankings and discuss Daniil Medvedev's stalling, Holger Rune's boom or bust season, Francisco Cerundolo's expectations, Jack Draper's clay exploits, Casper Ruud's consistency, a panic meter on Alexander Zverev, Djokovic's hard to read form and the race at the top between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross works his way through the 2025 Roland Garros men's singles draw. Jannik Sinner is the top-seed having won the last two majors, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is opposite Sinner as the two-seed fresh off his Rome title, former finalist Alexander Zverev gets another crack at his first slam as the 3-seed and Taylor Fritz is the 4-seed. We'll go quarter-by-quarter with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and quarterfinal predictions.

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dives into the blockbuster Rome 2025 Final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. We'll discuss Alcaraz's mighty clay resume and the multitude of streaks he's now ended for Sinner. We'll talk about missed opportunities for Sinner in the 1st set, the factors that swung the tiebreak towards the Spaniard, a level raise from Alcaraz headlined by spectacular variety and movement. Then, in the notebook dump we'll take on Sinner's 2nd serve return, average groundstroke speeds, Sinner's 1st serve percentage, net play from both and netcord points. We'll finish with May 18th French Open Power Rankings.

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The top rivalry in tennis is renewed in the 2025 Rome Final. Jannik Sinner looks to win his home Masters 1000 in a triumphant return from suspension, while Carlos Alcaraz tries to put a stake in the clay and beat his arch rival for a 4th consecutive match. On the show, we'll talk about Sinner's beatdown against Casper Ruud and comeback win over Tommy Paul in the semifinals. We'll cover Alcaraz's victory over crowd-favorite Lorenzo Musetti. Then, we'll get into the nitty gritty of Sinner vs. Alcaraz Episode 11.

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Join Gill and Joel for the latest edition of "Three -- The Tennis Show," as they take a deep dive with a special guest, longstanding tennis journalist Christopher Clarey, to discuss his exciting new book: The Warrior: Rafael Nadal And His Claycourt Kingdom.

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On the Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: are Joao Fonseca's recent losses concerning, thoughts on Jannik Sinner's Rome comeback and his more muscular frame, the best player who hasn't won a big title now that Casper Ruud has won Madrid, does a career in tennis media ever make me sick of tennis, Denis Shapovalov's slump, Masters 1000 chaos, Adrian Mannarino's bizarre results swings, Holger Rune's upset loss to Corentin Moutet, Novak Djokovic's participation in Geneva.

Correction: when answering the top-100 question, I had the race pulled up... some players mentioned are inside the top-100 rankings.

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The biggest Monday Match Analysis ever? First, Gill Gross breaks down Casper Ruud's first Masters 1000 triumph over Jack Draper in Madrid. Then, we'll hit the French Open Power Rankings with results from the second clay Masters in. Then, we'll go to mailbag questions, including: did Carlos Alcaraz's Netflix doc reveal a problematic partying habit, will Jannik Sinner play well coming back from his 3-month suspension and is it time to accept severe Novak Djokovic decline. Then, we'll go to the quarter-by-quarter Rome Preview. Sinner returns as the top-seed with Alexander Zverev, Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz. Finally, Gill talks about his observations and experiences at the Aix-En-Provence Challenger where Borna Coric defeated Stan Wawrinka for the title.

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From Iga Swiatek’s toughest matchup to Holger Rune’s resurgence to the state of Novak Djokovic, the latest edition of “Three – The Tennis Show” touches on a wide range of topics. Join Gill, Amy, and Joel for a lively look.

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross offers up his first installment of the annual French Open Power Rankings, a results-based ranking of title contenders. Then, we'll dive into the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open Masters 1000 draw quarter-by-quarter with upset alerts, dark horses, early popcorn matchups and predictions. The top seeds are Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic.

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