The Mini-Break [Tennis Podcast]

Tennis.com Lead Editor David Kane joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin for their 2025 WTA Award Show. They start the show by offering their grades for the 2025 WTA season. They then name their nominees for categories such...

Cracked Racquets Intern James Tait joins the show to ask Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin a unique series of questions. They cover topics such as "Building the ideal player", "Future Top 25 members", "Match pros to ideal...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews the 2025 WTA/ATP Year-End Award Shows. He explains the twelve categories of awards, breaks down his toughest debates, runs through the list of honorable mention...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on the most intriguing ATP players entering the 2025 offseason. He divides the players into four categories: "How real is your Top 8 tennis", "How much...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on the most intriguing WTA players entering the 2025 offseason. He divides the players into four categories: "How real is your Top 8 tennis", "How much...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin evaluates the performances of his 2025 ATP "Make or Break" All Stars. He breaks down those players that found their best in 2025, discusses which cases carry into 2026, plus...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin evaluates the performances of his 2025 WTA "Make or Break" All Stars. He breaks down those players that found their best in 2025, discusses which cases carry into 2026, plus...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on a hypothetical 2025 NextGenWTA Finals Field. He breaks down the seasons of the hypothetical eight participants, discusses the plethora of ascending...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on the 2025 NextGenATP Finals Field. He breaks down the seasons of the eight participants, discusses the biggest absences from the field, and SO much...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his final ATP Top 10 Rankings of the 2025 season!! Don’t forget to give a 5 star review on your favorite podcast app! In addition, add your twitter/instagram handle...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his final WTA Top 10 Rankings of the 2025 season!! Don’t forget to give a 5 star review on your favorite podcast app! In addition, add your twitter/instagram handle...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his finals thoughts on last weekend's NCAA Championship action + Davis Cup Finals. He breaks down an exceptional week of tennis from both Reese Brantmeier and Michael...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down Friday's Quarterfinal action at the 2025 NCAA Tournament. He also offers his thoughts on a sneaky busy week on the Pro Tour featuring Davis Cup, Women's ITF...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers some belated thoughts on Jannik Sinner's run to the ATP Tour Finals Title. He also offers his thoughts on this week's NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship results...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day Five of the ATP Tour Finals. He offers his thoughts on victories for De Minaur and Alcaraz, previews tomorrow's battles between Sinner/Shelton and Zverev/FAA...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recaps Day Four of the ATP Tour Finals. He offers his thoughts on victories for Sinner and FAA, talks through the various SF scenarios heading into the final matches of...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on the first three days of the ATP Tour Finals. He names his most impressive performances thus far, and shares his predictions for the rest of the week...

Tennis.com Lead Editor David Kane joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to preview the 2025 ATP Tour Finals. They offer grades for each of the 2025 participants' seasons, debate which member of the field has the most on...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin recap the 2025 WTA Tour Finals. He breaks down Rybakina's run to the title, and offers his grades for each of the event's participants. He also looks back at this weekend's...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on Wednesday's action in the Pro Tennis World. He breaks down the Day 5 of play at the WTA Tour Finals. He also looks at a season-saving victory for...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin offers his thoughts on the penultimate week of the 2025 Tour Season. He shares his thoughts on the first two rounds of play at the WTA Tour Finals. He also previews this...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down a busy Championship Sunday in the Pro Tennis World. He marvels at the continued excellence of Jannik Sinner and Janice Tjen. He also offers his thoughts on the...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down Saturday's results across the Pro Tennis World. He offers his thoughts on a lopsided Day 1 of action at the WTA Tour Finals, looks at the breakout run of Lilli...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down Friday's action from across the Pro Tennis World. He breaks down the "trick or treat" nature of the Bublik, Fernandez, and FAA 2025 seasons, marvels at the...

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down a busy Thursday in the Pro Tennis World. He offers an update on the Race to the ATP Finals. He also offers his thoughts on today's in Hong Kong, Jiujiang...