Best Of Three
Alvin and friends discuss a wide variety of tennis topics, both on and off the court.
Best Of Three
Latest Episodes
Iga Świątek’s Next Version, Coco Gauff’s Forehand, and the WTA’s Crowded Top Tier
Iga Świątek’s Toronto title was not simply a form check. Alvin and Torrey argue that her week showed a more tactically complete version of her game: more height, more shape, more patience, and a clearer sense of when to press rather than force....
Alex Eala’s Sustainable Rise, Rafael Jodar’s Unfinished Upside
Alex Eala’s DC title run raises a more interesting question than whether she is simply on a good run. Her game already has a recognizable identity: lefty disruption, forehand pressure, return-plus-one patterns, and the competitive steadiness to...
The Cruelest Game: Djokovic’s Survival Code in Modern Tennis with Matt Futterman
Matt Futterman joins Best of Three to discuss The Cruelest Game, his book on the hidden cost of chasing greatness in professional tennis. The conversation centers on why tennis exposes players so completely: the solitude of co...
American Tennis Has Talent. Does It Have Enough Tennis Culture?
American tennis is often judged by outcomes at the professional level, but the more important question begins much earlier: how are young players actually learning the sport? In this episode, Alvin and Torrey examine whether the U.S. developmen...
Jannik Sinner, Wimbledon, and the Limits of Tennis’ Most Revered Test
Wimbledon remains the sport’s most sacred stage, but this episode asks whether it is still the cleanest measure of tennis greatness. Grass demands a specialized version of the game: short points, first-strike precision, elite returning, low-con...