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Nothing Major

174: Year-End Top 10 Predictions, Sinner 2026 vs. Djokovic 2011 and Most Beautiful Tennis Courts | EP 174

Nothing Major

Sift Creative

News, Sports, Tennis, Sports News

4.8607 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

John, Sam, and Stevie debate their year-end ATP Top 10 predictions… and things immediately get messy. They somehow turn the Race to Turin into an argument, people start calling each other losers, and there’s already concern these picks may age horribly.

The guys also hit the Fan Mailbag, including a hypothetical showdown between 2011 Djokovic and 2026 Jannik Sinner, a trip back to Madrid’s old ballgirl era, and a juicy Life Advice involving an aggressively planned family vacation that completely splits the group.

Then, we’re joined by Nick Pachelli, author of The Tennis Court, for a hunt through some of the most beautiful courts in the world. From satellite scouting and random door-knocking to hidden gems most tennis fans have never heard of, Nick shares stories from years spent chasing the game’s coolest locations.

Plus, Margaret returns for a Major Match update and gives us a “where are they now?” on the chaos... including what happened after the cameras stopped rolling and whether anyone deserves a second chance.

00:00 Intro: We're Back!
01:14 Most Beautiful Courts in the World!
02:01 How The Book Began
04:02 Finding Hidden Courts
06:09 Favorites Courts and Private Courts Access
09:45 Best US Courts
16:24 Where To Buy the Book
18:10 Favorite Not Seen Moments
20:47 Rankings Predictions Begin
22:00 Sam Picks Top 10
23:07 Stevie Makes His List
24:27 Isner's Time!
25:15 Comparing The Picks
27:29 Fan Challenge
28:44 Madrid Ball Crew Talk
31:41 Sinner 2026 Vs Djokovic 2011 
34:08 Life Advice: Vacation With Annoying People
38:40 Margaret Match Update
44:28 Wrap Up And Goodbye!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on nothing major, the guys are going to predict the end of season ATP rankings from number three to number 10.

0:07.8

We also have an awesome interview with Nick Pichelli, the author of The Tennis Court,

0:13.9

A Journey to Discover the World's Greatest Tennis Courts.

0:16.9

It's got a, Stevie's got the book with him.

0:18.5

It's going to go great with our future segment we have going on.

0:24.1

And we have some fan questions, mailbag, and also an update from Margaret from Major Match.

0:31.0

Let's get into the show.

0:32.0

Jack Jones, Stevie and Sam, got close a few times, never want to slam.

0:37.1

Nothing major. All right. Welcome back to Nothing Major. That was a mouth times, never want to slam. Nothing major.

0:37.9

All right.

0:38.2

Welcome back to nothing major.

0:39.4

That was a mouthful, that intro.

0:42.2

John Isster here, Sam Quarry, Stevie Johnson.

0:46.6

Happy Friday, everyone.

0:47.9

Appreciate you.

0:50.4

Sticking with us again.

0:51.7

Maybe this will be on Thursdays going forward.

0:53.8

But we're going to start this

0:54.9

episode as mentioned before with our great interview with nick bechelli the author of this

1:01.0

amazing tennis book stevie show it the tennis court it is absolutely awesome mine's downstairs

1:06.6

on my coffee table uh but hope you guys enjoy this. It was a lot of fun to record with Nick.

1:12.8

Okay, everyone, welcome back to Nothing Major.

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