5 SETTER: This Week in Racket Sports, where we bring you the top five headlines across tennis, padel, pickleball, and more.

In this episode, we cover the biggest stories shaking up the world of racket sports:

 1. Svitolina & Haddad Maia End Seasons due to Burnout and Fatigue

 2. Carlos Alcaraz Injury Scare

 3. PTPA Adds Slams To Lawsuit

 4. Remembering Nikola Pilić

 5. Djokovic, Wawrinka Return to Shanghai 

SBJ Article on PTPA Lawsuit: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/09/23/ptpa-adds-grand-slams-to-atp-wta-antitrust-suit/

Playlist for ALL Laver Cup Live Shows: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWWkXnLy9FWVIvWdxJ8g8l244ppur1QT4

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Andy Roddick and Jon Wertheim recap the 2025 Laver Cup! From match highlights, to live shows, to the event itself, they dive into it all. 

We had an awesome time getting to interview some of the greats: Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Yannick Noah, John McEnroe, Pat Rafter, and Tim Henman. If you want to watch any of those interviews, click the link here to watch them all: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWWkXnLy9FWVIvWdxJ8g8l244ppur1QT4

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Welcome to Served

2:30 Andy commentates Laver Cup Final Day Highlights

8:50 Andy and Jon talk Taylor Fritz & Alex De Minaur

10:40 Does this win over Alcaraz count?

13:45 What was the energy of 2025 Laver Cup like?

18:30 Andre Agassi & Yannick Noah post-match speeches

21:40 Do the players treat Laver Cup like an exo?

22:40 Federer and Roddick talk about surface changes for Laver Cup

28:50 Techy Sean and Producer Mike takeaways from Laver Cup

31:20 The energy of Laver Cup

32:30 Thank you to the team & the fans!!

34:50 Tony Godsick interview next week! (Roger Federer agent/business partner)

35:45 Final thoughts

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Served LIVE from the 2025 Laver Cup Fan Zone - Tim Henman joins the show! They preview the Laver Cup finals, coaching Team Europe, and so much more!

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Did you expect Team World to play this well?

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Andy Roddick jumps on today's Quick Serve, Presented by Microsoft Copilot, to talk the 2025 BJK Cup Finals preview: USA vs Italy! Who do you have winning the 2025 BJK Cup?

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Served LIVE from the 2025 Laver Cup Fan Zone - Roger Federer and Pat Rafter join the show! Pat Rafter talks all things Team World, working with Andre, and his experience being the Vice Captain for the first time. Then, Roger Federer joins the show. Andy and Roger talk Laver Cup, how it started, what it was like retiring at this event, and so so much more.

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Andy Roddick jumps on today's Quick Serve, Presented by Microsoft Copilot, to talk the 2025 BJK Cup Semi-Finals: Reacting to Italy's win over Ukraine where Paolini and Errani really held their ground for their team. Then Andy previews a bit of the Semi-Final matches for between Great Britain and USA.

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Served LIVE from the Laver Cup Fan Zone - Former Team World Coach, Jon McEnroe, joins the show to talk their experience coaching for this tournament.

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Served LIVE from the Laver Cup Fan Zone - New team coaches, Andre Agassi & Yannick Noah, join the show to talk their approach to this upcoming tournament. 

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Friday 9/19 - 1:30p ET / 10:30a PT

Saturday 9/20 - 1:30p ET / 10:30a PT

Sunday 9/21 - 1:30p ET / 10:30a PT

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Andy Roddick is back with big news: we’re going live from the Laver Cup fan zone all week, plus details on the Serve Challenge fans can participate in on site. The guys react to Holger Rune’s viral “psych” handshake and debate how the Davis Cup format lost its magic. Andy previews Billie Jean King Cup matchups (Italy-China, Spain-Ukraine, Kazakhstan-USA, Great Britain-Japan) and talk real captaincy decisions and matchups. Also: Stan Wawrinka delighting Challenger crowds and Iva Jovic grabbing a WTA 500. .

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⏰ Timestamps:

0:00 Welcome to Served

0:10 The guys talk seeing Messi in person

2:06 Laver Cup: daily live shows announcement (fan zone at Laver Cup)

4:33 Serve Challenge details (presented by ServiceNow)

7:52 Andy coming back to tennis??

9:39 Davis Cup Final 8 set + early takeaways

11:06 Why the current Davis Cup format misses (home/away vs neutral site)

15:32 Holger Rune “psych” handshake reaction & double-bounce controversy

19:02 Team USA struggles, injuries, and captaincy second-guessing

22:42 Billie Jean King Cup preview: key ties and X-factors

25:31 Do matchups rule everything? How captains actually decide lineups

28:36 Stan Wawrinka at Challengers & Iva Jovic winning WTA 500

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5 SETTER: This Week in Racket Sports, where we bring you the top five headlines across tennis, padel, pickleball, and more.

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