138: ATP Tinder Part 3, Tour Pet Peeves & Nightmare Opponents ft. The Players Box | EP 138
Nothing Major
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this exciting episode, the guys wrap up the last regular Friday edition before the Australian Open kicks off and we switch into Something Major!
They dive into early takes on the Australian Open, which includes some hilarious impressions.
Then, Sam & Stevie are joined by the ladies from The Player's Box - Desirae Krawczyk, Jennifer Brady, Jessica Pegula, and Madison Keys - for an epic collaboration. Highlights include ATP pet peeves, insights on life on tour and the much anticipated ATP Tinder Part 3!
Australian Open Bracket Draw is now live! For the first time we are doing a draw for both the men & women.
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00:00 Introduction
00:44 Early Takes on the Australian Open
01:33 Predictions
04:54 Australian Open Qualifying and Media Coverage
13:20 Interview with The Player's Box
26:59 Rising Stars and Rivalries in Women's Tennis
28:03 Intimidating Opponents and Game Styles
29:56 Balancing Personal Life and Professional Tennis
31:27 Tennis Fashion and Player Personalities
32:55 Starting Young on the Tour
39:35 Rapid Fire Questions
43:57 ATP Tinder Part 3
50:11 Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Up ahead on Nothing Major. This is our last regular episode for a couple weeks as we are going to |
| 0:05.7 | shift into something major. Yes, we are continuing to Something Major at the Australian Open as |
| 0:11.2 | that gets underway really, really soon. So let's get into this show. |
| 0:19.7 | All right. Welcome back, everyone, to Nothing Major Friday edition. The last regular episode before Something Major starts as we are on the eve of the Australian Open. |
| 0:33.7 | Today's show, we do have that interview, as mentioned before, with the ladies at the players box. |
| 0:38.5 | It includes ATP Tinder Part 3. |
| 0:40.5 | You're going to want to stick with us this episode as that's coming up really, really soon. |
| 0:44.7 | We'll also give some early takes on the Aussie Open. |
| 0:49.7 | And so let's go ahead and do that. |
| 0:51.7 | Any early takes here Friday, the tournament's about to start. |
| 0:57.1 | Anything we've learned from the tournaments that are going on right now, Adelaide, Auckland, |
| 1:04.7 | not much, right? |
| 1:05.8 | I mean, the top players aren't really playing these. |
| 1:08.4 | I would say like one thing we learned from, like go back to United Cup, there was a few |
| 1:13.1 | matches where like Coco Gough, like throwing in the double fault and like you're worried |
| 1:19.1 | about her. |
| 1:19.6 | And then like, boom, she beats Fiontec. |
| 1:22.2 | I feel like Coco, like no matter how bad she's serving, she could still win the tournament. |
| 1:29.8 | Like I honestly feel like that. as long as she doesn't serve herself out there's a little rivalry going on between |
| 1:34.8 | like Coco and I love it is there she's won four in a row against her there's just there's a little |
| 1:40.6 | animosity between the two and it's like making for like great, like a great little rivalry. |
| 1:46.6 | Coco's won the last four. |
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