2026 Monte Carlo Recap, Sinner Alcaraz Rivalry, Draper’s Knee Injury & More
4/14/202658 min
Andy Roddick and Jon Wertheim dive deep into the Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz "Monopoly" over the ATP tour. With the two stars holding a combined 26,000+ ranking points, is there any hope for the rest of the field? Plus, we discuss Jack Draper’s retirement in Barcelona, Mirra Andreeva’s "thank yourself" tradition, and a massive Netflix announcement regarding Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. COMMENT BELOW: Who do you think will challenge Sinner & Alcaraz? 📩 Sign up for the Newsletter here: https://servedmedia.substack.com/ Check out some Served Merch: https://store.servedpodcast.com/ 📱If you're new to the Served with Andy Roddick, we're happy you're here! Follow us for more: https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast/ https://x.com/Served_Podcast https://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Ads 0:28 Welcome to Served 0:55 Breaking News: Jack Draper’s Injury in Barcelona 5:14 Dealing with Point Defending While Injured 5:53 2026 Monte Carlo Recap 7:16 Medvedev gets bageled & Racket Smash 13:38 Vacherot makes Monte Carlo Semi-Final 22:51 Sinner & Alcaraz: Dominating Every Surface 25:10 The Massive Ranking Point Gap 28:45 Zverev Mid-Match: "I Don’t Know How to Play Him" 30:31 Roddick on Matchup Nightmares (Federer vs. Nadal) 37:43 Explaining the 52-Week Ranking System 47:12 Why Tennis Players Make Great Golfers 48:23 Mirra Andreeva’s "Thank Myself" Tradition 49:36 BJK Cup: Belgium Upsets Team USA 50:34 Netflix Announcement: Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova 53:46 Wrap Up & Q&Andy Preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAndy Roddick· Host0:00
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Mike0:39
What's up?
Andy Roddick· Host0:40
We are all brought to you... Uh, maybe just the show and all of us are brought to you by ServiceNow. [laughs] Subscribe if you can. Thanks for joining us for another week. We're always happy you're here, and we never feel entitled to your attention, so we'll try to make it a good one. Uh, k- just breaking news kind of from today.
Mike0:57
Yeah There's some injury news.
Andy Roddick· Host0:58
What, what's going on with, uh- Yeah, before we get to Monte Carlo and Linz and all, and all the good stuff that was making headlines all weekend- Actually, we're only gonna talk about what you're gonna say. We're not even gonna mention Sinner- [laughs] ... and Alcaraz this week.
Mike1:07
'Cause in two months, people- Who?
Andy Roddick· Host1:09
Who?
Mike1:09
"All you talk about is Sinner and Alcaraz." I'm like, "That's 'cause they fucking win every tournament" People are gonna be on us for- Yeah ...
Jon Wertheim· Co-host1:13
only talking about Americans.
Andy Roddick· Host1:14
Sorry, so let's talk... Yeah, great.
Mike1:15
Sorry, guys.
Andy Roddick· Host1:15
Yeah.
Mike1:15
Uh, but no, it's today's Monday, it's around 4:00, and, uh, Jack Draper, uh, had to retire early from a match, uh, uh, with a, with a new injury, uh, a knee injury. Uh, putting out on Instagram shortly after that he was sad to retire