HeyJaredBreaking Back, a tennis podcast
A tennis podcast by fans, for fans, covering all aspects of the game with an unfiltered lens.
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Breaking Back — S3E#8: Zverev's US Open Ball Bouncing and the Case for a Second-Serve Clock (opens the original)
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Zverev won the US Open without knowing it was match point, and his ball bouncing between serves has Norm, JB and Natalie Cutter debating a second-serve clock. Recorded before the Laver Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup Finals wrapped. In this episode: Zverev's ball bouncing between serves, and whether it is a weapon or a tic Natalie on the serve clock, and what MLB's pitch clock teaches tennis The 3:33am finish, and JB on why start times are the problem A Laver Cup preview, Rafael Jódar's climb a
Breaking Back — S3#E#7: US Open Day 12: Two Five-Setters, One Emotional Embrace, and a lot of Nipple (opens the original)
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We were wrong about Alcaraz. All three of us said he was gone before the semis. Ben Shelton just proved him wrong—beat him in five on court. And then there was Tiafoe and Mickelson: five hours, a comeback, and an embrace at the net where Mickelson lost it and Tiafoe became his shoulder to cry on. Shelton vs Alcaraz: two different sports. Mickelson and Tiafoe: five sets, a comeback, and an unscripted embrace that made everyone in the stadium forget the score. The semifinal bracket: one American g
Breaking Back — S3E6: US Open Week One, the Influencer Problem and the $1,100 Empty Seat (opens the original)
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Venus and Serena get Friday night on Ashe against Maya Joint, the player who put Serena out of Wimbledon. Combined age ninety. Nobody at the USTA has called it a farewell tour and everybody is selling it like one. The rest of week one was about who this tournament is for now. An influencer at Arthur Ashe stood with his back to the court. His own box asked him to sit down. He said he was watching it on the TV. Nat filed ten hours from the grounds. Drake coming out of Ashe into a Tommy Paul match
US Open 2026: The Honey Deuce Recovery Plan (opens the original)
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The 2026 US Open main draw is out and it's wide open. Sinner's out, Alcaraz is back but rusty, and nobody looks like the guy to beat. Norm, JB, and Natalie Cutter break down both draws: whether Alcaraz gets out of a quarter stacked with Shelton, Fils, and Tommy Paul; why the last three Cincinnati winners went on to win the Open; Menšík's path through the soft second quarter; and a fourth quarter on the women's side with Świątek, Osaka, Rybakina, Keys, and Bencic that reads like a bracket unto it
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