The beautiful country of Canada provided an excellent week of tennis in Montreal and Toronto this past week! Jessica Pegula wins her first title of the year, and its a big one! Sinner captures his first (hopefully of many) Master's 1000 titles! The guys also talk about an absurd take that is going around about 71% of amateur players think they could win a game off a pro player. Not a chance. Cole may think differently though...listen to find out! Lastly, Cincinnati is this week and should be a great tournament! Both sides have the top 16 players in the world playing! Loaded field! Enjoy some skyline chili and a rollercoaster ride this week!

This week's episode of NML Interviews features a fantastic tennis writer, Amisha Savani. She is co-author of 'The People's Wimbledon' and is a contributor for Courts Magazine. In this chat, Cole and Amisha get into topics involving the structure of the tours, the atmosphere at the US Open, and much more!

What a fun week of tennis! The Mubadala Citi Open in Washington DC was an absolute hit! Both Fred and Keith were able to attend and have plenty to share from the on site experience to catching up with old friends and Tiafoe's! Coco Gauff takes home her first 500 event and first title on American soil! Dan Evans was able secure the biggest title of his career and move into 21st on the rankings list, a career high for the Brit! Evans was on a 7 match tour-level losing streak prior to lifting the trophy this week! What a sport, man. In Los Cabos, Alex de Minaur keeps his unbeaten streak in Mexico alive before falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final! Great match and great reaction from Stef winning this 250 title! This upcoming week, the men head to Toronto and the women are in Montreal for 1000 events! Should be a fun week north of the border!

Last week on tour, Keith's 'getting the bump' pick Alexei Popyrin takes home the title in Umag, Iga wins in Warsaw, Zverev wins in Hamburg, Fritz wins Atlanta! The topic of 'Getting the bump' leads the conversation towards the question: Why do we root for certain players? The debate is great and lots of fun to hear different opinions! The ATP/WTA 500 event in DC takes place this week! Fred will be on the grounds majority of the week and Keith will make an appearance for the finals!

In this week's interview we are joined by Andy Katz, College Basketball analyst for the NCAA, Turner Network, BigTen Network and NBATV. Andy has a background in tennis from his childhood days and continues to play and watch the sport! Most recently, he was in Newport, RI covering for Tennis One at the Tennis Hall of Fame for the ATP 250 event! In this episode, Freddy, Keith and Andy talk about how Andy found his love for tennis, the ins and outs of the Hall of Fame venue, and which ATP Players Andy is picking to be in his starting five on the basketball court!

As we like to name the most random week in tennis, this post Wimbledon lull is 'Week of the Staads'. The rundown of last weeks action includes Gstaad, Bstaad, Newport, Palermo and Budapest. Rublev and Cachin take home titles in Bstaad and Gstaad on the clay! (Why is there still clay?) In Newport, RI, Adrian Mannarino wins the title on the final grass event of the year defeating 18 year old American, Alex Michelson. On the WTA, Palermo saw Zheng winning her maiden title! In Budapest, the main headline featured a young Hungarian who showed the most disrespect on a tennis court we have seen in a while. Many WTA players took the Twitter to show support of Zhang Shuai and ridicule Toth. Keith had a little run at his district tournament, but the highlight of Keith's weekend was his outfit! Lastly, the guys make a few predictions has we head into the stretch of North American hard court tournaments!

The grass court season has officially (sort of - Newport) ended and we have our Wimbledon Champions! Carlos Alcaraz has done it. He takes out Novak Djokovic in a thrilling 5 set match that will be remembered for a long time. On the women's side, Vondrousova wins over Jabeur in straight sets to break into the Top 10 and win her first Slam! The guys talk about each final and what this means for both players and the sport moving forward! Also, the importance of Wimbledon within the sports world and how it is held in such high regard within the tennis world as well.

This edition of NML Interviews, the team gets to chat with social media content creator, Eliza Wastcoat! She brings a knowledge and love of the game to the podcast this week! Her social media channels have been growing and she has been featured on Tennis Channel and other outlets during this years tour season! We chat about her tennis background, Wimbledon, and much more!

The second week of Wimbledon is here! This tournament has provided a lot of drama so far, but also has left us with many of the top seeds advancing to the final 8! Andy Murray provided some thrilling matches, the rain gave American viewers more tennis later in the day, and the roof could't decide if it should stay open or closed for the first few days! Now that the final 8 in both draws are set, it is going to be an exciting final week at Wimbledon! The guy's talk about their bracket picks with Keith leading the way and Freddy in dead last...not by much though! Chris Eubanks has been the story of the tournament! His run to the quarterfinals has shocked everyone! Stay tuned for more Wimbledon coverage later this week!

This week we recap what finished up in Mallorca, Bad Homburg and Eastbourne before Wimbledon begins! Chris Eubanks wins his maiden title in Mallorca, Siniakova takes the title in Bad Homburg, Madison Keys and Fransisco Cerundolo win in Eastbourne to round out the final week in the lead up to the strawberries and cream! The draw is set, lucky losers are placed, it's time to pick-em'! We go through our picks in both the (gentle)men's and (ladies) women's draws. This fortnight, there will be a few things on the line for the NML guys as they compete to see whose picks will take them the farthest! Tune into the social media channels @NML_Tennis to check out the content the next two weeks!