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Sep 18, 2026
Miles DavidHOST
age it used to be.
Miles DavidHOST
So we're just going to be sitting here with Alexander Zverev in this uncomfortable villain-esque energy that kind of clouds him while he continuously racks up a bunch of matchments on the ATP Tour.
Miles DavidHOST
How do we...
Miles DavidHOST
I don't know how you process that because on one hand, I'm like, well...
TonyGUEST
I mean, I was tweeting about this earlier in the tournament, and I got a lot of people responding back to me like, don't even say that.
TonyGUEST
Don't bring it up.
TonyGUEST
But I'm like, Alexander Zverev is... almost a shoo-in to win player of the year 2026 for the ATP side two slams a final Carlos and Yannick are both out like he is most likely going to pick up a bunch of awards he has a good shot at getting to number one depending on when Yannick comes back and all of that like this really, there's more Zverev coming before he goes away, unfortunately, unless we can get that buy one, get one retirement.
TonyGUEST
And I will spend as much as I can.
Michael AbramsonHOST
you've had a marvellous journey I suppose over a period of about 15 years going back to your first connection with the sport as a volunteer just after the 2010 World Cup when South Africa was going soccer mad taking over and being involved in the position of tennis working your way up the ranks so to speak you must be very very proud looking back on everything that the sport has been able to achieve
Anthony MoruthaneGUEST
yeah yeah absolutely I think I was just having the conversation with a friend a couple of days ago to say that it's just weird when I started joining tennis back, I think you'd recall when Monte Cassino used to host the ATP 500-250.
Anthony MoruthaneGUEST
Yeah, so I think to eventually become GM of Tennis Africa and receive this very unexpected national recognition as administrator of the year 15 years later is something I don't take lightly.
Anthony MoruthaneGUEST
But then I keep saying to myself that if I win the award, but it doesn't grow, then I've got a very nice trophy and a very serious problem.
Kim ClijstersHOST
All right.
Blair HenleyHOST
I felt like those were two of my children out there [laughs] playing because as a, not to toot my own horn, Kim, a little bit of an ATP 250 specialist.
Blair HenleyHOST
[laughs] That's sort of where I cut my teeth in the tennis world was at ATP 250s, so I have known Alex since he was, you know, what, 18? I've known Frances since he, since he was 18.
Blair HenleyHOST
And so seeing them do what they do on the biggest stage in the world and- I would guess helping many people fall in love with the sport who had maybe never been exposed to it before was really neat.
Kim ClijstersHOST
Yeah.
Kim ClijstersHOST
All right.
Blair HenleyHOST
I felt like those were two of my children out there [laughs] playing because as a, not to toot my own horn, Kim, a little bit of an ATP 250 specialist.
Blair HenleyHOST
[laughs] That's sort of where I cut my teeth in the tennis world, was at ATP 250s.
Blair HenleyHOST
So I have known Alex since he was, you know, what, 18? I've known Frances since he, since he was 18.
Blair HenleyHOST
And so seeing them do what they do on the biggest stage in the world, and I would guess helping many people fall in love with the sport who had maybe never been exposed to it before Was really neat.
DaveHOST
[laughs] I-- Oh my God, that is so funny.
DaveHOST
I [laughs] Do you know, uh [laughs] ATP tennis player, Marcus Willis.
DaveHOST
Hello, I'm Dave, in case anyone else is wondering.
DaveHOST
Uh, Willis, do you know what one of the best things about having a podcast is? Not just talking to you on the ranks.
DaveHOST
It-- Now, if you were from Spain, Italy, Germany, whatever, chances are you'd have been p- playing some Davis Cup.
DaveHOST
But we have a freakish amount of fantastic doubles players now, including multiple [laughs] Grand Slam champions.
DaveHOST
Um, so even in the 50s and 60s of ATP, um, it's, it's...
DaveHOST
I don't know if it's unlikely you'll play, but is it a bit of a dream for you to be playing?
MattHOST
Beautiful.
MattHOST
So if you have a tennis, if you have an ATP player and he is in the Australian open, he stay in line, stay in line, stay in line.
MattHOST
Um, say cause center is in second and he has eight.
MattHOST
Caboli with seven, Shelton with five, Tiafoe and FAA with four, and then a whole bunch of three.
13 MINS LATER
HunterHOST
We're putting tennis on ice, but I wanted to leave you with one thing before we move on, because I know there are other sports as well.
HunterHOST
Yeah.
HunterHOST
Currently in the ATP side of things.
HunterHOST
Flavio Caboli, Francis Tiafoe, and Felix Auger-Alassime are sitting third, fifth, and sixth, getting some clear, you know, unredistributed tennis hominy points.
Alex LaporteGUEST
So my father was a professional tennis player.
Alex LaporteGUEST
He played ATP Tour events as well as Dutch Davis Cup and is actually one of the leading directors of tennis for private clubs in the U.S. And so, yes, as a young child, I did have aspirations to follow in his footsteps.
Alex LaporteGUEST
But he advised me and said it's a very difficult position to achieve.
Alex LaporteGUEST
And he was one of the lucky ones.
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Ben RothenbergGUEST
And now especially he's number two in the race, he might be more motivated to do it.
Ben RothenbergGUEST
Will they come back and, you know, be ready to reclaim what's theirs? Or will Zverev manage to continue feasting on this, uh, abandoned shopping mall that is the ATP Tour?
Alex GruskinHOST
It's...
Alex GruskinHOST
Look, it was my number one on the board as well.
14 MINS LATER
Ben RothenbergGUEST
Senator, do you dispute that there is a recession?
Alex GruskinHOST
[sighs] We don't use that word because we don't wanna breathe life into it.
Alex GruskinHOST
I think economic conditions on the ATP Tour are...
Alex GruskinHOST
I think trends are positive.
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Well, who is the best male tennis player in the world? Based on the ATP singles rankings, Jannik Sinner holds that accolade as the number one ranked player returning to the summit in April twenty twenty-six.
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Germany's Alexander Zverev occupies the second spot in the rankings, holding on to a slim lead over Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, who returned to the court for the first time since April after recovering from a wrist injury.
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Olympic gold medalist Zverev won the second Grand Slam of his career with a victory at the US Open following, uh, on from his triumph at the twenty twenty-six French Open.
Scott YoungHOST
And I wanted to just dive into this a little bit because I find the whole thing fascinating.
Scott YoungHOST
Kudos to Brian Shelton, who actually, as of last week, I didn't know Brian was an ATP Tour player.
Scott YoungHOST
He was top 55 at one stage in the world, so a hell of a good player.
Scott YoungHOST
And so that makes light of why young Ben may be as brilliant as he is.
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