167: Alcaraz’s Clay Swing In Doubt, Fils Top 5 Potential, Shelton Shines in Munich | EP 167
Nothing Major
Sift Creative
4.8 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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On this Monday episode of Nothing Major, Sam, John, and Stevie recap Arthur Fils winning Barcelona over Andrey Rublev and debate how much of a threat Fils is on clay, then break down Ben Shelton’s Munich title and what it means for Americans on European clay.
They cover Elena Rybakina defending her Stuttgart crown and discuss whether the win boosts her Roland Garros chances, then shift to major news with Carlos Alcaraz’s wrist injury forcing him out of Madrid, plus a wave of other Madrid withdrawals and frustration with the event’s expanded format. The guys also share a stat on college ties among ATP top-50 players, joke about other pods “cooking the books,” and tease an upcoming interview with Terence Atmane.
00:00 Show Kickoff and Agenda
00:20 Munich vs Madrid Banter
00:55 Queens Club Membership Update
02:28 Coachella Shoutouts and Pickleball Invite
03:21 Barcelona Champion Arthur Fils
08:40 Munich Winner Ben Shelton
14:53 Stuttgart Title and Porsche Mystery
18:23 Major News Alcaraz Injury
22:55 Madrid Withdrawals and Format Critique
24:18 Major Opinions College Ties Stat
25:23 College Ties Surge
26:07 Georgia Dream Lineup
26:43 Serve Bot of the week
29:12 Pods Cooking Books
32:19 Madrid Mens Outlook
35:09 WTA Madrid Favorites
37:15 Reviewing Last Picks
38:19 Locked In Debate
40:50 Future Segments Tease
42:27 Wrap Up And Outro
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| 1:00.6 | All right, everyone. |
| 1:02.5 | On today's episode of Nothing Major, |
| 1:05.2 | we're going to bring you back all of our Monday segment shows. |
| 1:11.8 | We also are going to talk about the champions in Madrid, Barcelona, and Stuttgart. |
| 1:14.2 | And with that, let's get started. |
| 1:19.4 | Jack Jones, Stevie and Sam, got close a few times, never want to slam. |
| 1:21.6 | All right, everyone, welcome back. |
| 1:23.0 | I want to flip it today. |
| 1:24.2 | What are you shaking your head for? |
| 1:26.3 | Let's hit Munich this week since it happened. |
| 1:49.9 | We'll hit Madrid in a couple weeks when it finishes. Whatever. Yeah, good point. Munich, Madrid, same thing. It's hard to do an intro and someone's sitting there shaking their head as you're doing it. It's hard, dude. I can feel Stevie's just like eyes piercing through my soul. Anyway, that's never happened for Sam once, but that that's okay we're back i've got uh charlie the team at sift john isner and you i'm not even giving your name on today's pod uh so let's get started um little update |
| 1:58.2 | for friday's show we're talking about my Queens membership. I got to remember |
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