160: Taylor Fritz Joins, Gauff Is Back & ATP Basketball Dream Team? | EP 160
Nothing Major
Sift Creative
4.8 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
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On this Friday episode of Nothing Major, we are joined by friend of the pod Taylor Fritz for an interview, he talks about staying motivated in the top 10 and his recovery from injury.
Sam & Stevie then recap the second week in Miami, breaking down Jannik Sinner’s dominance, Alexander Zverev’s form, Arthur Fils’ dramatic tiebreak win over Tommy Paul, and preview the men’s semifinals. On the women’s side they cover Coco Gauff’s run to the final and Aryna Sabalenka’s win over Rybakina.
They also do a March Madness-style tennis “starting five” basketball draft, answer fan questions about bad hitting partners and answer why American clay plays differently.
00:00 Intro
00:16 Two Man Pod Setup
00:35 Intro Music Debate
01:09 Taylor Fritz Interview
02:50 Fritz On Training
05:11 Coaches And Camp
06:26 Body And Knee Update
08:02 Goals And Pressure
09:31 Advice For Juniors
12:13 Exhibitions And Mixed
13:45 Post Interview Recap
16:14 Winners Circle Miami
17:43 Sinner Dominates Tiafoe
19:23 Zverev Rolls Cerundolo
20:17 Fils Stuns Tommy Paul
22:55 Semifinal Picks
27:16 Coco Gauff Dominates Muchova
29:45 Sabalenka Defeats Rybakina
31:36 Miami Final Preview
33:41 Alcaraz Yacht Sponsorship
34:27 March Madness ATP Starting Five
37:06 Sixth Man and Transfers
38:42 Coaching Your Team
39:39 Bad Hitting Partners
41:59 American Clay Debate
44:23 Show Wrap Up
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, on today's episode of Nothing Major, we've got updates from the second week of Miami. |
| 0:04.5 | We also have an interview with Taylor Fritz, and we have a fun March Madness segment. |
| 0:09.9 | So let's get going. |
| 0:11.2 | Jack Jones, Stevie and Sam. |
| 0:13.7 | Got close a few times, never want to slam. |
| 0:16.3 | Nothing major. |
| 0:16.8 | All right, everyone, welcome back. |
| 0:18.0 | It's a two-man show. |
| 0:19.8 | It's just Steve Johnson, myself, and of course the suits at Sift. |
| 0:24.6 | Jack's playing a pickleball tournament, and I think John is playing a golf tournament. I'm also playing a golf tournament, but you know what? I made the effort to be here. John did not. So anyway, do what you want with that. Also, this is the second to last episode. |
| 0:37.9 | I've just been informed that we're going to use my jingle on the show. We're going back to the old intro music. Stevie, I could see you're happy. You didn't like the jingle? No, it just hits me a little too hard. Like it comes out too hot in my headphones, whatever it comes on. So it scares me a little. but I'm not a big fan of the old jingle either, |
| 0:55.4 | so we got to find something new. |
| 0:56.7 | Something in the middle. |
| 0:57.5 | We'll do that. hot in my my headphones whatever it comes on so like it scares me a little but i'm not a big fan |
| 0:54.5 | of the old jingle either so we got to find something new something in the middle we'll do that |
| 0:58.0 | uh also suits want everyone to subscribe and like now before the show begins um so i know no one is |
| 1:04.8 | doing that but just if you want to do it go ahead the suits. Um, so with that, you know who else likes, |
| 1:12.9 | likes to subscribe before the show? Taylor Fritz. And with that, let's actually get into the |
| 1:17.9 | Taylor Fritz interview. Great interview. I was not a part of it, but Stevie, John and Jack in |
| 1:22.5 | Miami, uh, you guys, uh, or he was nice enough to kind of stick around in the rain after a show got canceled, and he gave you guys a great interview. |
| 1:31.9 | So let's start the show with the Taylor Fritz interview from Miami. |
| 1:35.7 | Coming on the show right now, he's a top 10 player. |
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