151: Alex Eala’s Stardom, Alcaraz Looking Unstoppable & Delrays Epic 250! | EP 151
Nothing Major
Sift Creative
4.8 • 604 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Last chance to apply for Major Match! https://nothingmajorshow.com/majormatch
On this Monday episode of Nothing Major, Sam, Jack, John, Stevie recap a busy week across the tours, with all the segments featured from last week!
They recap all the winners as Carlos Alcaraz wins Doha over Arthur Fils, Sebastian Korda takes a loaded Delray Beach, and Jessica Pegula captures the Dubai 1000. They debate Rio’s weak field after Tomas Echeverri’s title run, check in on Coco Gauff’s serve issues, and ask if Jannik Sinner should be worried after an early Doha loss.
The guys also discuss the crowds Alexandra Eala is drawing worldwide, preview Acapulco/Dubai/Santiago, touch on Serena Williams re-entering the drug testing pool, and close with their Locks of the Week!
00:00 Monday Show Kickoff
01:04 Matchmaking Callouts
01:41 Alcaraz Wins Doha
03:38 Doha Mindset
06:28 Rio Title and Field Debate
09:31 Hitting with Arnaldi
11:16 Delray Beach Loaded Draw
13:09 Pegula Takes Dubai
15:17 Coco Gauff Serve Woes
18:26 Major News: Sinner Slump
21:25 Major Opinions & Stevie’s Stats
22:22 Serve Bot of the Week
24:22 Jack's Flowers
25:28 Hottie Coaches Bracket
26:17 Sam’s Query - Alex Eala
29:29 Acapulco Preview
32:34 Dubai and Santiago Rundown
36:01 Serena Rumors
41:10 Locks of the Week
43:03 Wrap Up
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, on today's episode of Nothing Major, we got all of our segments from last Monday, |
| 0:04.5 | winter circle, major news, locked in. Let's get into this Packed Monday show. |
| 0:15.1 | All right, welcome back everyone. We've got Jack, John, Stevie, Charlie, the team at Sift. Busy Monday. I think, uh, before we start, John, Stevie, Charlie, the team at Sift. |
| 0:21.6 | Busy Monday. |
| 0:26.0 | I think before we start, everyone loved my jingle, by the way. |
| 0:28.2 | Do you guys see that on the YouTube comments? |
| 0:30.4 | I didn't actually know. I couldn't turn it off fast enough when I re-wisten to the episode. |
| 0:33.7 | I agree with you guys. |
| 0:34.5 | It was horrible. |
| 0:35.0 | It was like a 100% hit rate with the fans. |
| 0:39.6 | As cringy as that is. |
| 0:42.9 | And then also, I guess if you guys want to take a moment, I picked Baez, sorry, I picked |
| 0:47.6 | Sarundo to win Buenos Aires two weeks ago, and I picked Cordo to win Del Rey. |
| 0:51.8 | If you guys just want to take a moment to congratulate me. |
| 0:55.6 | I will. |
| 0:56.1 | I'll give you, I'll give you props. |
| 0:56.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:57.4 | I had some flowers to give out later, but I guess I'll do now. |
| 1:01.1 | To back weeks. |
| 1:04.9 | With that, we've got our matchmaking segment, member Margaret. |
| 1:09.1 | We've got a handful of good applicants. We're going to give you guys one more day to submit. It's got to be video submissions. Some of you guys, I think, are just hitting like the, or just sending like, I don't know, resumes with no video. We got to see what you look like. We're not going and blind with our girl Margaret. But the links in the description, hit that another day or so to submit your videos. |
| 1:29.8 | Again, we've got some quality guys already. |
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