The Mini-Break [Tennis Podcast]

ATP Finals Day 5 Recap

Thu, 13 Nov 2025

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day Five of the ATP Tour Finals. He offers his thoughts on victories for De Minaur and Alcaraz, previews tomorrow's battles between Sinner/Shelton and Zverev/FAA, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

De Minaur/Fritz - 6:00

Alcaraz/Musetti - 20:28

Day 6 Preview - 27:00

Women's ITF Events - 35:55

ATP Challengers - 39:15

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ATP Finals Day 4 Recap

Wed, 12 Nov 2025

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day Four of the ATP Tour Finals. He offers his thoughts on victories for Sinner and FAA, talks through the various SF scenarios heading into the final matches of group play, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

FAA/Shelton - 7:48

Zverev/Sinner - 22:54

SF scenarios - 30:37

Women's ITF Events - 35:29

ATP Challengers - 38:45

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Both sleepy and loud

Wed, 12 Nov 2025

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on the first three days of the ATP Tour Finals. He names his most impressive performances thus far, and shares his predictions for the rest of the week. He also previews this week's ATP Challenger and ITF Tour action, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

ATP Tour Finals - 5:15

Women's ITF Events - 27:33

ATP Challengers - 31:36

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ATP Tour Finals Preview ft. David Kane

Mon, 10 Nov 2025

Tennis.com Lead Editor David Kane joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to preview the 2025 ATP Tour Finals. They offer grades for each of the 2025 participants' seasons, debate which member of the field has the most on the line at this year's event, share their predictions, and SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

FAA/Musetti play their way in, Djokovic opts out - 3:30

Grading the field - 15:19

Grading the participants' seasons - 26:00

Jannik Sinner - 28:05

Carlos Alcaraz - 37:23

Alex Zverev - 44:26

Taylor Fritz - 52:46

Ben Shelton - 1:02:30

Alex De Minaur - 1:11:31

Felix Auger Aliassime - 1:19:50

Lorenzo Musetti - 1:27:05

Most on the line - 1:33:39

Predictions - 1:37:45

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WTA Finals Recap + Athens/Metz Thoughts

Mon, 10 Nov 2025

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recap the 2025 WTA Tour Finals. He breaks down Rybakina's run to the title, and offers his grades for each of the event's participants. He also looks back at this weekend's ATP action in Athens and Metz, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

WTA Finals Recap - 7:05

WTA Finals Grades - 22:40

ATP Athens - 40:28

ATP Metz - 44:16

WTA 125Ks + ITF Events - 48:55

ATP Challengers - 51:14

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