Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day 5 of the 2026 Australian Open. He offers his thoughts on a fantastic day for the Men's elder statesmen (Wawrinka, Cilic, Djokovic). He also examines a dramatic day of deciding set tennis for the women, shares his takeaways on breakout performances from Quinn and Spizzirri, previews a FANTASTIC Day 6, plus SO much more!!

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Biggest Storylines - 10:30

Upsets - 54:08

Going the Distance - 1:01:25

Other Women's Results - 1:02:20

Other Men's Results - 1:05:20

American Update - 1:11:00

Players w/College Ties Update - 1:13:00

Tennis Abstract forecast entering R3/Day 6 Preview - 1:14:55

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day 4 of the 2026 Australian Open. He breaks down a perfect day of results for the Men's Singles Seeds. He also offers his thoughts on another tremendous day for the ascending WTA Teenage Stars, debates the biggest threat to a Sabalenka/Gauff SF remaining in the draw, previews a FANTASTIC Day 5 schedule, plus SO much more!!

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Biggest Storylines - 5:40

Upsets - 48:07

Going the Distance - 51:45

Other Women's Results - 55:17

Other Men's Results - 58:00

American Update - 1:04:40

Players w/College Ties Update - 1:07:40

Day 5 Preview - 1:08:40

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day 3 of the 2026 Australian Open. He reflects upon a relatively simple opening round for many of the tournament's top title contenders. He also breaks down a marvelous R1 of results for men with college tennis ties, looks at those players continuing to trend upwards, previews Day 4's action, plus SO much more!!

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Biggest Storylines - 6:00

Upsets - 46:24

Going the Distance - 48:25

Other Women's Results - 51:43

Other Men's Results - 53:05

American Update - 54:35

Players w/College Ties Update - 58:20

Forecast heading into R2/Day 4 Preview - 59:25

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recap Day 2 of the 2026 Australian Open. He breaks down a day of Women's Singles results defined by the game's 21U rising stars. He also offers his thoughts on another sound day of results for the OG #NextGenATP crew, a fantastic performance from Learner Tien, Day 3's schedule, plus SO much more!!

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Biggest Storylines - 4:26

Upsets - 35:14

Going the Distance - 43:45

Other Women's Results - 46:13

Other Men's Results - 48:25

Americans - 51:30

Players w/college ties - 53:35

Day 3 Preview - 55:30

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day 1 of the 2026 Australian Open. He looks at a rare dominant day of slam play for the Men's seeds. He also breaks down a trio of Women's Upsets, marvels at a spectacular slam debut for 2x NCAA Singles Champion Michael Zheng, previews Day 2, plus SO much more!!

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Biggest Storylines - 5:30

Going the Distance - 39:52

Other Women's Results - 44:08

Other Men's Results - 46:20

American Update - 48:45

Players w/College Ties Update - 49:52

Day 2 Preview - 51:00

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps a rare Semifinal Friday in the pro tennis world. He offers his thoughts on a teenaged filled Championship Weekend on the WTA Tour. He also breaks down the continued excellence of Sebastian Baez, a fantastic week for the Czech men, an intriguing AO Day 1 schedule, plus SO much more!!

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WTA Adelaide - 5:00

ATP Auckland - 12:22

ATP Adelaide - 20:28

WTA Hobart - 25:35

AO Day 1 Preview - 29:38

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews the 2026 Australian Open Men's Singles Draw. He runs through each quarter of the draw and discusses the best R1 and potential matchups. He also offers his thoughts on the winners and losers of the draw configuration, shares his predictions for how he sees things unfolding, plus SO much more!!

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Alcaraz (1) Quarter - 4:45

Best R1 Matchups - 8:21

Best Prospective Matchups - 11:17

Sleepers in the section - 12:30

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 14:25

Who likes this draw most - 17:01

Who likes this draw least - 17:35

Prediction - 19:20

Zverev (3) Quarter - 20:17

Best R1 Matchups - 21:55

Best Prospective Matchups - 24:33

Sleepers in the section - 26:03

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 28:20

Who likes this draw most - 29:11

Who likes this draw least - 30:18

Prediction - 31:48

Djokovic (4) Quarter - 32:56

Best R1 Matchups - 34:22

Best Prospective Matchups - 37:15

Sleepers in the section - 39:20

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 41:00

Who likes this draw most - 44:00

Who likes this draw least - 45:25

Prediction - 46:38

Sinner (2) Quarter - 48:09

Best R1 Matchups - 49:28

Best Prospective Matchups - 51:02

Sleepers in the section - 52:30

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 53:30

Who likes this draw most - 54:15

Who likes this draw least - 56:28

Prediction - 56:51

Final predictions - 57:22

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews the 2026 Australian Open Women's Singles Draw. He runs through each quarter of the draw and discusses the best R1 and potential matchups. He also offers his thoughts on the winners and losers of the draw configuration, shares his predictions for how he sees things unfolding, plus SO much more!!

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Sabalenka (1) Quarter - 5:01

Best R1 Matchups - 8:00

Best Prospective Matchups - 10:01

Sleepers in the section - 11:29

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 14:25

Who likes this draw most - 15:38

Who likes this draw least - 17:06

Prediction - 17:47

Gauff (3) Quarter - 18:25

Best R1 Matchups - 20:06

Best Prospective Matchups - 22:44

Sleepers in the section - 25:00

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 28:04

Who likes this draw most - 30:02

Who likes this draw least - 31:32

Prediction - 32:45

Anisimova (4) Quarter - 34:10

Best R1 Matchups - 36:28

Best Prospective Matchups - 37:52

Sleepers in the section - 39:04

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 41:05

Who likes this draw most - 42:19

Who likes this draw least - 43:34

Prediction - 45:38

Swiatek (2) Quarter - 46:15

Best R1 Matchups - 48:00

Best Prospective Matchups - 49:12

Sleepers in the section - 50:20

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 51:47

Who likes this draw most - 52:39

Who likes this draw least - 54:00

Prediction - 54:40

Final predictions - 55:20

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps a rare Semifinal Friday in the pro tennis world. He offers his thoughts on a teenaged filled Championship Weekend on the WTA Tour. He also breaks down the continued excellence of Sebastian Baez, a fantastic week for the Czech men, plus SO much more!!

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WTA Adelaide - 6:30

ATP Adelaide - 14:35

ATP Auckland - 22:55

WTA Hobart - 32:51

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Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Thursday's action from across the pro tennis world. He breaks down the field of 16 men/women who successfully qualified into the Australian Open Main Draw. He also offers his thoughts on the day's quarterfinal action in Adelaide, Auckland, Hobart, plus SO much more!!

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AO Women's Qualifying - 6:33

AO Men's Qualifying - 15:35

WTA Adelaide - 27:15

ATP Adelaide - 34:15

WTA Hobart - 36:30

ATP Auckland - 39:36

ATP Challengers - 40:00

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