142: 2026 Australian Open Round 4 Recap & QF Predictions! | Something Major | EP 142
Nothing Major
Sift Creative
4.8 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
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The Australian Open is underway, which means we’re back with Something Major, our round-by-round recap and preview show.
Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson, Jack Sock & John Isner break down all the news from Round 4 on both the Mens & Women’s draws, including how Novak Djokovic could be set to benefit from a walk over. Plus, they go over big wins for Learner Tien & Iva Jovic & predict the results of the Quarter-Finals.
Stevie also gives us his Research of the round, with his favourite stat from Round 4.
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:21 Reflecting on the Previous Episode
00:51 Big News: MGM Slam Partnership
01:30 Exclusive Content and Event Details
03:24 Discussing the Australian Open Matches
10:47 More Match Analysis and Previews
16:15 Respecting De Minaur
16:58 Shelton vs. Sinner: A Tough Matchup
18:22 Melbourne's Heat
18:52 American Women Dominating the Quarters
21:40 Iva Jovic vs. Sabalenka: A Tough Battle
23:36 Coco Gauff
28:40 Bracket Standings
30:39 Close
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everyone, welcome back to something major on today's episode. |
| 0:03.0 | We're going to go over the fourth round of the Australian Open. |
| 0:07.7 | And that's it. |
| 0:08.4 | We got some other things we're going to talk about, too. |
| 0:09.6 | Let's get going. |
| 0:15.5 | All right, welcome back. |
| 0:16.9 | I got Jack, John, Stevie, Charlie Fox, the team at Sift. Before we get going, you guys think last the episode two days ago, it was like kind of sucked? I went to bed the other night and I was like, I didn't think that we had a good episode. You guys ever feel like that? I liked it, actually. I didn't mind it. I thought I did go to bed sometimes like that, but I didn't have that. I kind of thought the other way a little bit. |
| 0:37.5 | I thought it was still, but I'm glad. |
| 0:41.4 | Stevie, what do you think? |
| 0:43.8 | That's kind of awkward. |
| 0:45.0 | It was super awkward. |
| 0:45.9 | No, I thought it was bad. |
| 0:48.6 | I know that's for eating at you for two days. |
| 0:50.8 | All right, we got big news before we get going on the recap. |
| 0:54.5 | We are officially partnering with the MGM slam. |
| 0:58.3 | This is March 1st. |
| 0:59.4 | You guys know it. |
| 1:00.2 | I'm going to explain to everyone what this is. |
| 1:02.4 | It's this eight-man tennis tournament at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. |
| 1:06.5 | Vegas, we've seen over the years, the last few years, they've done these exos. |
| 1:09.5 | This year, March 1st, eight guys. |
| 1:11.5 | I'm going to read the guys. |
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