We've just returned from the US Open, excited to share some stories from the site. We cover our night session with Venus, the debut of Carlos' buzz cut, Felix vs some fake fans, and the luck of seeing Barbie K's opening match at two consecutive Slams. This has been something of a whiny US Open, though -- kicked off by Medvedev’s calculated tantrum, then followed by Ostapenko’s shameful display against Townsend (which Jonathan witnessed in person!). Later, we chat about the experience of a stretched out schedule, Serena inducting Maria into the Hall of Fame, the draws as they stand now.

1:30 Daniil Medvedev’s desperation

11:10 Stefanos, another pissy baby

15:50 Your primary source for Townsend-Ostapenko

32:00 Victor Barber we are so sorry (this time)

36:20 Night session with Venus Williams!

43:10 An overwhelming sense of ickiness

53:05 Félix and the fake fans

62:50 How the Sunday start impacted the on-site experience

70:20 Inductrination

77:35 The draws at the cusp of week two

We're kind of winging it for this US Open preview. It's a bit too late for a Cincy recap, so we're talking about major themes -- like Coco’s coaching overhaul, Iga’s mid-season surge, the guys not named Carlos or Jannik -- and sprinkling in some results. We talk about what worked and what didn't in the mixed doubles exhib-- I mean the prestigious and successful mixed doubles tournament featuring the world's best players. Plus we settle some scores and probably create a few new beefs, but what the hell, this is the last major of 2025 and literally our 43rd Slam preview.

1:00 The major storylines in the women’s draw: I warned you Iga was coming! + Coco drops the GripMD

15:00 Men’s storylines: Djokovic LoseWatch, the also-rans

21:05 The mixed doubles experiment

31:30 Mardy Fish comes for Rajeev Ram out of nowhere

35:50 Not Parks and Vavassori liking fake news homophobic posts on IG

38:45 Women's draw preview

51:25 Men's draw preview

67:10 US Open artwork: Honoring Althea Gibson in death but not in life

The Canadian Open (finally) ends, and with a shocker: Burlington, Ontario’s Victoria Mboko snatches her first WTA title after starting the year outside the top 300, and Ben Shelton wins his first Masters event. Honestly, the longer format, the withdrawals of the top men, and the Cincinnati overlap all really hurt this tournament (the second-longest running in tennis history, btw!). We didn’t want to contribute to this Naomi speech discourse, but I guess we do in a small way. Plus: Stefano Vukov’s suspension has been overturned, That Guy is delulu (but in a very intentional PR type of way), and we take a question or two from the mailbag.

0:40 Burlington’s Very Own

13:50 The Naomi Discourse - not doing it again! (well, a little)

25:00 Performance, Bye

29:20 The longer format is sucking the life out of the Canadian Open

39:45 Shelton wins his first Masters 1000, electronic line calling loses (again)

48:00 Stefano Vukov’s ban by the WTA has been overturned in arbitration

59:50 A few questions from the mailbag