121: Djokovic’s 101st Title, Rybakina Rules the WTA Finals & ATP Finals Preview | EP 121
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Sift Creative
4.8 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Djokovic’s 101st career title takes center stage next, with the crew debating his decision to skip the year-end finals and what it means for the tour. There’s also a shoutout to Learner Tien’s title run in Metz and Venus Williams grabbing a wildcard into Auckland at 45 — still swinging.
Then it’s time for an ATP Finals breakdown, as we all agree one group is stronger than the other. On the WTA side, Elena Rybakina caps her season with record prize money and a clear message for 2026.
To wrap things up, two teases you don’t want to miss: Maldives Watch and the mission to help Danielle Collins find a husband.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Battle of the Sexes: Sabalenka vs. Kyrgios
03:15 Novak Djokovic's Home Victory
09:35 Learner Tien's Breakthrough Year
14:19 Venus Williams' Wild Card Entry
14:52 Speculations on Player Participation
15:33 Breaking News: Sebastian Korda's Engagement
15:38 ATP Finals Overview
16:07 Shelton vs. Zverev Match Analysis
18:27 Alcaraz's Performance at ATP Finals
21:57 WTA Finals Recap
25:42 Upcoming Topics and Teasers
27:45 Goodbye!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everyone, in this packed Monday episode, we're going to talk Battle the Sexes. |
| 0:04.7 | We're going to talk about Athens, Lorner Tien, take a title in Mets, the turn-in field, the women's |
| 0:12.6 | year-in championship. |
| 0:13.5 | What a great day for everyone. |
| 0:14.8 | It's a Monday. |
| 0:15.3 | Let's get going. |
| 0:22.2 | All right, we're back. |
| 0:24.3 | I got Jack Sox, Steve Johnson. |
| 0:28.7 | Charlie Fox and the team at Sift, no John Isner, this morning. |
| 0:29.7 | The big man is busy. |
| 0:31.4 | He will be back on Friday. |
| 0:34.5 | Let's start with this. |
| 0:36.5 | This has been in the news lately. |
| 0:42.4 | The Battle of the Sexes Exo with Sabalanka and Curios coming up in about a month in Dubai. |
| 0:55.0 | Migo Jack, your buddy Nick playing Sabalanka. Thoughts on the XO. And just I think I don't know all of it. I believe it's one serve only. I think Sabalanka's side of the court might be a little bit smaller. You excited to watch? |
| 0:56.0 | I would probably assume I probably won't be watching much of it. |
| 0:59.0 | Obviously if I'm around and it's on, I'll tune in for sure just to see what it looks like. |
| 1:04.0 | I think, I mean, I don't know, I think always growing the sport, always doing new things, |
| 1:08.0 | always adding, you know, an exo or some element to the game of some |
| 1:13.2 | event, I think is great. Seems like there's a lot of, you know, a lot of fans. People love tennis over |
| 1:18.5 | in Dubai. So I'm sure the crowd will be great. I'm not sure about a smaller court, maybe on one |
| 1:25.6 | side and one serve. I think it could be a little strange. |
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