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The Mini-Break [Tennis Podcast] Cracked Racquets
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"The Mini-Break" is a daily podcast that brings you the latest news and analysis from the world of tennis. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin, this podcast covers the biggest storylines, results, and controversies from both college and professional tennis.
Each episode features in-depth analysis and expert commentary on the latest happenings in the world of tennis, as well as interviews with some of the biggest names in the sport. From top players and coaches to analysts and brand leaders, "The Mini-Break" offers a unique and comprehensive look at the world of tennis. Tune in each day for the latest news and insights!
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Breaking Down the Madrid Draws
Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin shares his thoughts on the 2024 WTA and ATP Madrid Draws. He breaks down the first few days of action, offers his predictions, and so much more!!
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We Know the Top 4…Then What?! ft. David Kane
Tennis.com Lead Editor David Kane joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to offer their thoughts on the current ATP and WTA Top 12 Players. They explore the rise of Ruud, Collins, and Kostyuk, the struggles of Andrey Rublev, plus so much more!!
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Stuttgart (Plus a Hint of Monte Carlo) ft. David Kane
Tennis.com lead Editor David Kane joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to breakdown this week’s WTA action in Stuttgart. They also offer their thoughts on Tstistipas’s run in Monte Carlo, plus so much more!!
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Is Tsitsipas Back?!
Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on Thursday’s R16 action. He looks at a surging Tsitsipas, a renewed Rune, and so much more!!
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Tsitsipas/Zverev - 5:26
Rune/Dimitrov - 17:24
Djokovic/Musetti - 25:16
De Minaur/Ruud Top 8 Chase - 27:55
Everything Else - 32:47
ATP Challengers - 39:03
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Wednesday in Monte Carlo
Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on Wednesday’s Round Two action. He breaks down impressive performances from Sinner and Tsitsipas, breaks down the day’s other most notable results, and so much more!!
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Sinner/Korda - 4:58
Tsitsipas/Etcheverry - 14:48
Rublev eliminated - 18:39
Hurkacz keeps rolling + other takes - 22:11
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2024 ATP Monte Carlo Preview
Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews this week’s ATP 1000-Level Event in Monte Carlo. He breaks down each quarter of the draw, names which players have the most on the line this week, and so much more!!
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Notable R1 Results - 6:59
Djokovic Quarter - 24:32
Ruud Quarter - 28:11
Medvedev Quarter - 31:16
Sinner Quarter - 36:08
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Klantrecensies
It’s a great podcast, but it lacks consistency and reliability in the upload schedule
The Mini-break podcast is in a position where it has a great opportunity to be a consistent one-of-a-kind daily tennis podcast, yet it squanders this opportunity because our host Alex Gruskin intermittently has other events and obligations he attends to without there being a secondary host, and this prevents this show from being a true 'daily' podcast that it claims itself to be. And this is most unfortunate.
I never understood why the Cracked Racquets team never decided to hire a second host (and perhaps an additional superproducer?) so that this podcast that would at the very least be able to fill up the days that Gruskin himself wouldn't be able to host it. In that way it wouldn't even be a replacement but an addition that would keep this show a true 'daily podcast'; Something it is only now in name, but not in practice for many if not most weeks of the year it seems.
It is frustrating as a listener when you don't know in any given week or often not even the previous day whether you're getting a true full week of content or whether you're only getting a couple of days of content, not to mention that often the most significant days (the last few days in the week) are skipped. Yes, those days of tennis are usually addressed in a later podcast that covers all of those days in one show, but this is not the same as being able to listen to the content within a 24h period of the last point of the same/previous day being played.
The worst period of it all is when Gruskin and the Cracked Racquets team are so involved in something like College Tennis that it completely does not upload a single episode or otherwise just a couple over the stretch of multiple weeks. If my memory serves me correctly this happened somewhere back in the spring.
I am not saying that neither Gruskin nor the Cracked Racquets team needs to drop all or even any of their college or even challenger-level tennis involvement, but I have never gotten the impression that the team made a serious effort to make the Mini-Break podcast a true 'daily podcast' that uploads 5, 6 or 7 times each week consistenly every week of the year (maybe with the exception of the off-season).
At this moment, it is simply not that kind of show, and I find that unfortunate because I truly think that with a bit of effort and possibly the need for someone like Gruskin to put aside his pride of being the 'lone host' of this podcast (and no, David Kane does not count), that it will be possible for this podcast to live up to the potential that I know it has; Which is to be a true 'daily' tennis podcast that covers all things ATP and WTA each and every single day; The only one in the world as far as I can tell.
Other than all of that, I do think it's a great show and I would give it a 10/10 were it not for all these things mentioned above (I'm actually serious haha). I love the spontaneous and enthusiastic character of our host Alex Gruskin, I like all the little data and statistics he brings to us about the players, and I like the fact that sometimes he seems to be able to get just as enthusiastic about someone who just entered the top 100 than someone who is doing great things within the top 10. So in that sense: Keep it up!
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