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171: Steve Weissman Joins! Virat Kohli vs Ronaldo, Sinner’s Insane Streak, Hottie Bracket Curse | EP 171

Nothing Major

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On this Monday episode of Nothing Major, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Steve Johnson and special guest Steve Weissman recap Madrid and preview Rome. Weissman explains how he writes and runs TC Live, then the group breaks down Jannik Sinner’s emphatic 6-2, 6-1 win over Alexander Zverev in a 56-minute Masters final and debates what it would take to beat Sinner, plus where Zverev fits behind Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. 

They cover Marta Kostyuk beating Mirra Andreeva for a WTA 1000 title, discuss Kostyuk’s backflip background, and highlight Hailey Baptiste’s upset of Aryna Sabalenka saving six match points. 

The show hits Kei Nishikori announcing his final season and top players’ criticism of French Open prize money. The show then features “Wiseman’s Wisdom” backing Arthur Fils, stats on Sabalenka’s streaks, and Sam’s query comparing popularity of Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer and Virat Kohli worldwide. 
The show closes with Rome picks, Iga Swiatek concern, ATP fantasy changes, and a closing Pacific-time rant.

00:00 Show Kickoff and Guest Intro
01:22 How TC Live Gets Made
04:54 Madrid Final Sinner Dominates
08:41 Can Anyone Stop Sinner
10:47 Zverev Ranking Debate
13:31 WTA Madrid Kostyuk Breakthrough
16:38 French Favorites and Iga Debate
18:25 Baptiste Upset and Rising Stock
22:44 Nishikori Retirement Talk
26:31 French Open Prize Money Fight
31:27 Weissman's Wisdom Fils Pick
32:52 Arthur Fils Hype Train
34:53 Stevie Stats Sabalenka Streak
35:37 Serve Bot Zverev Madrid
36:17 Most Popular Athlete Debate
40:15 Rome Preview Djokovic Outlook
41:58 Americans Struggle On Clay
44:21 Iga Rome Panic Meter
46:37 ATP Fantasy Team Tweaks
49:18 Best Dressed And Farewell
51:19 Hottie Curse And Time Zone Rant
55:07 Wrap Up 

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0:00.0

All right, everyone, on today's episode of Nothing Major, we're going to take a look at what happened in Madrid. We're also going to look ahead to Rome, and we also have a special guest joining the pot. So let's get going. Jack Jones, Stevie and Sam, got close a few times, never want to slam. Nothing major. All right, everyone, welcome back. We got John Isner, Steve Johnson, Charlie Fox, the team at Sift, and a special

0:23.1

guest today. For those of you that watch Tennis Channel, you know who we're looking at, the one and

0:27.4

only heartbeat of the tennis channel, the host of TC. Live, Steve Wiseman. Steve, thanks for joining us.

0:34.4

Thank you so much. It's an honor to be here. Listen, after hosting 13 days in a row and then tomorrow starting 13 days in a row of Rome, what would I want to do on my one day off other than set an alarm for 6 a.m. and be with the boys. Yeah, you were a little upset when you, when you heard we were filming this early. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not an early not an early early rise no just one day off you know

0:57.5

he's got to he's got to get his beauty sleep yeah not today not today i was up all night you know

1:02.6

we're getting ready for the show i was i was nervous you know like that you did some prep work

1:07.6

all right for those you guys listening, Steve just wanted,

1:10.9

he just,

1:11.2

we're tossing around today.

1:12.5

He's just part of,

1:12.9

this isn't an interview with Wiseman. We're just getting his takes going around the circle because he knows a lot more than we do. Because he just heard, he just went 13 days in a row of T.C. Live. Before we get to the show, I got a couple questions. One, when it comes to TC Live, you basically

1:28.1

write TC Live. Can you give us just like the cliff notes of how you go about writing the show

1:35.1

each day? Yeah, so basically I get the rundown for the show, which you all know what it is,

1:40.3

but it's it's a format that lists what stories we're a format that that lists what stories we're going to talk about,

1:46.0

what highlights we're going to talk about, uh, what graphics we're going to have,

1:49.4

what the bumps or teases for the next segments are going to be. Um, and so when I get that,

1:55.4

uh, I write the whole thing. And depending on how long that show is, if it's an hour show,

2:00.8

like, uh, I've been doing with

2:02.7

you, Sam and you, Stevie on the grid, it probably takes me about three hours to write that show.

2:10.3

When I was doing the Australian Open, you know, during January, that would take me, that's a two

2:16.7

hour show. So that takes me like five to six hours to

2:19.2

write. It's much longer. For Roland Garros, I think it's going to be a three-hour show. That

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